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Sins of the Father: The Unfair Orphaning of The Fly II

Feb 12th, 2019 Drew Dietsch

How Studios Will Repeat <i>Aquaman</i>’s Success

How Studios Will Repeat Aquaman’s Success

After the now billion-dollar-grossing Aquaman defied critics of good taste everywhere, executives...

Feb 12th, 2019Randy Tayler

The Best of Percy Rodrigues, Voice of a Thousand Trailers

On the whole, movie trailers haven’t had narrators for over a decade. They’ve been replaced by...

Feb 7th, 2019Bill Bria

In Memory of Dick Miller: The Many Lives (and Deaths) of Walter Paisley

Ring rubber bells, beat cotton gongs, strike silken cymbals, play leathern flutes. The cats and...

Feb 4th, 2019Craig J. Clark

Film Fests

Review: Bleak Drama Donnybrook

Feb 15th, 2019 Eric D. Snider

Despite its happy, Irish-sounding title, Donnybrook is bleak misery porn about...

REVIEW: Mega Time Squad Reminds Us New Zealand Seems Fun (Fantasia Festival)

Feb 14th, 2019 Eric D. Snider

(Now in theaters and VOD.) We in the Northern Hemisphere have this image of New Zealand as...

Eric D. Snider's 2019 Sundance Diary

Jan 31st, 2019 Eric D. Snider

Day 1: Thursday, Jan. 24 Good news! They decided to have the Sundance Film Festival again this...

Reviews

Review: Bleak Drama Donnybrook

Feb 15th, 2019 Eric D. Snider

Despite its happy, Irish-sounding title, Donnybrook is bleak misery porn about meth and meth-adjacent Midwesterners scrambling to survive and/or...

REVIEW: <i>Mega Time Squad</i> Reminds Us New Zealand Seems Fun (Fantasia Festival)

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REVIEW: Mega Time Squad Reminds Us New Zealand Seems Fun (Fantasia Festival)

Feb 14th, 2019Eric D. Snider

(Now in theaters and VOD.) We in the Northern Hemisphere have this image of New Zealand as...

REVIEW: Horror Comedy <i>Happy Death Day 2U</i>

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REVIEW: Horror Comedy Happy Death Day 2U

Feb 14th, 2019Britt Hayes

Making a horror comedy that successfully riffs on the Groundhog Day formula while simultaneously...

Yesteryear

Looking Back

Sins of the Father: The Unfair Orphaning of The Fly II

Feb 12th, 2019 Drew Dietsch

How could anyone even suggest making a sequel to The Fly? David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi/horror remake of the 1958 classic is a stone-cold...

Looking Back

The Best of Percy Rodrigues, Voice of a Thousand Trailers

Feb 7th, 2019Bill Bria

On the whole, movie trailers haven’t had narrators for over a decade. They’ve been replaced by...

Looking Back

In Memory of Dick Miller: The Many Lives (and Deaths) of Walter Paisley

Feb 4th, 2019Craig J. Clark

Ring rubber bells, beat cotton gongs, strike silken cymbals, play leathern flutes. The cats and...

Sports & the movies

REVIEW: Boxing Drama <i>Creed II</i> — Sports
REVIEW: Boxing Drama *Creed II*

Nov 24th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

Sports
Which Baseball Movie Fits Your Mood? A Handy Guide

Apr 3rd, 2017 Scott Weinberg

Laughs

How Studios Will Repeat Aquaman’s Success

Feb 12th, 2019 Randy Tayler

After the now billion-dollar-grossing Aquaman defied critics of good taste everywhere, executives...

M. Night Shyamalan's Abandoned Surprise Sequels

Jan 17th, 2019 Bill Bria

The final scene in 2017’s Split revealed that the movie, thought to be a self-contained M. Night...

Nostalgia

Sins of the Father: The Unfair Orphaning of The Fly II

Feb 12th, 2019 Drew Dietsch

How could anyone even suggest making a sequel to The Fly? David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi/horror...

The Best of Percy Rodrigues, Voice of a Thousand Trailers

Feb 7th, 2019 Bill Bria

On the whole, movie trailers haven’t had narrators for over a decade. They’ve been replaced by...

Analysis

How Studios Will Repeat Aquaman’s Success

Feb 12th, 2019 Randy Tayler

After the now billion-dollar-grossing Aquaman defied critics of good taste everywhere, executives...

Eric D. Snider's 2019 Sundance Diary

Jan 31st, 2019 Eric D. Snider

Day 1: Thursday, Jan. 24 Good news! They decided to have the Sundance Film Festival again this...

Even more from the archives

The <i>Star Wars</i> Prequels Warned Us About This

Looking Back

The Star Wars Prequels Warned Us About This

Oct 5th, 2017 Joshua M. Patton

Star Wars creator George Lucas often talks about his motivations for creating...

An Obsessive's Guide to the <i>Halloween</i> Movies

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An Obsessive's Guide to the Halloween Movies

Oct 30th, 2017 Eric D. Snider

Since 1978, Halloween hasn't just been a day to worship Satan and eat small...

Dan Pinto: The Batman <i>Ingrid Goes West</i> Needs

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Dan Pinto: The Batman Ingrid Goes West Needs

Aug 24th, 2017 Clint Worthington

There’s a lot to like about Matt Spicer’s Sundance darling Ingrid Goes...

MOVIE B.S. WITH BAYER & SNIDER

A weekly podcast of movie reviews by Jeff Bayer and Crooked Marquee editor Eric D. Snider.

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