If Mister Hitchcock never met Mrs. Hitchcock, then we wouldn’t have Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill (1980). Between its ill-fated leading lady and its cross-dressing serial killer with dissociative identity disorder, Dressed to Kill…
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‘Spenser Confidential’ is Yet Another Forgettable Berg/Wahlberg Action Romp
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have been inseparable since first teaming up for 2013’s Lone Survivor. In the years since, they’ve become Hollywood’s leading providers of robust, forgettable action thrillers with weirdly conservative politics. They’re…
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Calibre (2018) follows the fate of vacationing hunters, and arrives this summer amid a steady flow of independent films on the festival circuit that find their way into the Netflix fold. This English language production hails…
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In a time where independent film continues to grow, A24 appears to have emerged as the leading studio for such film. With recent films such as Moonlight and Swiss Army Man, A24 looks to keep the ball…
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Smaller films need to be smart about when they release the film to the public in order to maximize profit. This weekend is a prime example of such an outcome with counter programming heavily in…
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The last major release of the weekend is the next psychological horror movie from Gore Verbinski, A Cure For Wellness! The film seemed to be attracting some buzz as it was heavily involved in advertisements…
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M. Night Shyamalan’s name was considered toxic just a few short years ago, but after the moderate sucess of The Visit, he seems to be regaining some traction in the film community. Now he’s back…