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M. Night Shyamalan's Abandoned Surprise Sequels

Jan 17th, 2019 Bill Bria

Rapunzels and Riding Hoods: The Sexually Aggressive Women of John Waters

For most viewers, cult director John Waters' movies are synonymous with transvestism, “bad...

Jan 14th, 2019Joe Blevins

Overlooked '99: The Woman Chaser

1999 is considered one of the strongest years of cinema in living memory. There will no doubt be...

Jan 8th, 2019Zach Vasquez

There Were 1,313 Movies Released in America in 2018. We Have Data for All of Them.

Box Office Mojo has data for 839 movies released in 2018. That's a lot of movies! It's also...

Jan 7th, 2019Eric D. Snider

Film Fests

Palm Springs Film Fest Report: Risky Business

Jan 16th, 2019 Josh Bell

Although it caters to a large community of retirees, the Palm Springs...

REVIEW: Cam Shows the Perils (and Perks) of Living Online (Fantasia Festival)

Nov 16th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

(Streaming on Netflix.) Most of us don't have the exact problems that Alice in Cam has because...

REVIEW: Open Your Cold Heart to Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Oct 17th, 2018 Eric D. Snider

Lee Israel was a journalist who made a living writing well-regarded biographies before falling on...

Reviews

REVIEW: M. Night Shyamalan's Glass

Jan 17th, 2019 Britt Hayes

M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable was arguably years ahead of its time. Released in 2000, five years before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins,...

Reviews

Palm Springs Film Fest Report: Risky Business

Jan 16th, 2019Josh Bell

Although it caters to a large community of retirees, the Palm Springs International Film Festival...

Reviews

REVIEW: Dumb Sci-Fi Replicas

Jan 14th, 2019Eric D. Snider

It's not fair to call Replicas the stupidest movie of 2019. The year is only two weeks old -- and...

Yesteryear

Looking Back

Rapunzels and Riding Hoods: The Sexually Aggressive Women of John Waters

Jan 14th, 2019 Joe Blevins

For most viewers, cult director John Waters' movies are synonymous with transvestism, “bad taste” humor, and toxic American kitsch. But the...

Looking Back

Overlooked '99: The Woman Chaser

Jan 8th, 2019Zach Vasquez

1999 is considered one of the strongest years of cinema in living memory. There will no doubt be...

Looking Back

The Best and Worst Movies of 2018

Dec 28th, 2018Eric D. Snider

The usual disclaimers apply: I didn't see every movie, I'm an idiot who doesn't know what he's...

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

Acronym Titles Ranked According to How Fun They Are to Say Aloud

Mar 22nd, 2017 Rob Hunter

One of this weekend’s most anticipated new movies — or to put it more accurately, this week’s...

Tale As Old As Time: Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Gay Nontroversy

Mar 14th, 2017 Eric D. Snider

The rapidly growing self-cannibalization wing of Walt Disney Pictures has manufactured a new...

Nostalgia

Zach Vasquez Says Don’t Forget: Colossal

Dec 26th, 2017 Zach Vasquez

Colossal seems destined to become a cult film, one that we’ll look back on and wonder how...

The Horror Of Blade Runner

Oct 4th, 2017 Bill Bria

Two genre masterpieces were released on the same day in the summer of 1982, both exploring a world...

Analysis

There Were 1,313 Movies Released in America in 2018. We Have Data for All of Them.

Jan 7th, 2019 Eric D. Snider

Box Office Mojo has data for 839 movies released in 2018. That's a lot of movies! It's also...

Eric D. Snider's 2017 Sundance Diary: Day 3-4

Jan 23rd, 2017 Eric D. Snider

Day 3: Saturday, Jan. 21 As you probably heard (unless Fox News is your only source of...

Even more from the archives

Theda Bara's <i>Cleopatra</i>: The Story of a Century-Old Lost Classic

Looking Back

Theda Bara's Cleopatra: The Story of a Century-Old Lost Classic

Oct 18th, 2017 Kelly Robinson

If you've ever read anything about silent film, you've likely seen the image of...

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...

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

Looking Back

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...

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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