Almost every conceivable trigger warning is in effect for Rob Jabbaz’s pandemic horror movie, The Sadness. Saying the film isn’t afraid to “go there” is probably the biggest understatement of Fantasia 2021 — it’s undoubtedly the …
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ReviewsThriller
‘Safer at Home’ Would Have Been Better Left on the Drawing Board
by Brian Connorby Brian ConnorA sub-genre of the “found footage” films, computer screen films have been less prevalent than their Blair Witch-related cousins but can, as in the case of Searching or the Unfriended movies, be surprisingly effective. If they’re …
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ReviewsScience Fiction
What Would You Do if You Forgot the One You Love? Exploring a Memory-Loss Pandemic in ‘Little Fish’
by Bethany Lolaby Bethany LolaIn a world where a pandemic has broken out (imagine that!), Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O’Connell) must figure out how to hold onto their memories of each other as their thoughts begin to …
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We’re getting to the point where noticing similarities between a movie and the hellscape that is the current pandemic is reaching levels of self-parody. (“She Dies Tomorrow has a virus that spreads from person to …
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PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast
COVID-19 Decimates Box Office Totals: What Do We Do from Here?
by Nick Kushby Nick KushThe effects of COVID-19 increased tenfold over the last week in the United States, with closings, cancellations, suspensions, delays, and postponements coming form every direction. People are started to stay home, which is great for …
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PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast
The Coronavirus Makes Its First Noticeable Impact on the Box Office
by Nick Kushby Nick KushWith a growing list of items that includes the cancellation of SXSW 2020, MGM pushing No Time To Die to November, and now Onward‘s lackluster first-place finish this weekend at the box office, the effects of …