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April 13, 2019

HELLBOY [Review]: If My Face Could Talk.

Fair warning, I’m going to spoil the shit out of the end credit sequences at the end of this review. I’m assuming most of you won’t see this anyway, so read at your own risk. Hellboy isn’t quite as bad as its scathing reputation. It’s being compared to Venom, which is warranted. But Venom at …

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November 16, 2018

FANTASTIC BEASTS – THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD [Review]: Monstrously Underwhelming.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them attempted to capitalize on the nostalgic gap Harry Potter fans have craved since the franchise ended five years prior, but the eccentric supporting cast, the vibrant beasts Newt kept in his briefcase, and Eddie Redmayne’s exceptionally peculiar behavior weren’t enough to support the film’s obsession with formulaic ridiculousness …

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June 27, 2018

JURASSIC WORLD – FALLEN KINGDOM [Film Review]: Man-Made Monsters.

Similar to how Star Wars: The Force Awakens was too nostalgic for its own good rather than providing a viable reason to return to these beloved characters and this world that is executed as nothing more than a gargantuan cash cow, Jurassic World was shackled to being more homage to the previous films instead of …

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June 5, 2018December 29, 2018

HEREDITARY [Film Review]: The Horrors of Headhunting.

Hereditary is a special kind of horror film where the audio alone is an accomplice to the terrifying suspense taking place on-screen. The well-thought out and horrifyingly executed tension throughout the supernatural horror film will leave you, as well as everyone sitting around you, collectively attempting to cover up the cold sweats that shiver down …

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June 4, 2018

UPGRADE [Film Review]: Automated Vengeance.

Upgrade has been a must-see ever since it debuted at the 2018 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival and won the Midnighters Audience Award earlier this year. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious: The Last Key), Upgrade takes place in a near future where society has become high-tech and completely dependable on artificial intelligence; …

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September 8, 2017

DEATH NOTE [Retrospective]: Girlish Screams and Apple Cores.

Adam Wingard’s American live-action version of Death Note based on the original manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata was just released to Netflix last week, but in addition to the 37 episode anime series the source material was also adapted into four live-action Japanese films (the most recent was released in 2016) and a …

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