The Mark Duplass-produced Unlovable is a refreshingly honest depiction of a woman’s road to recovery from sex addiction, based on writer […]
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Two teenage girls, one a self-admitted sociopath, the other a spoiled schemer, conspire to commit murder in Cory Finley’s brilliantly incisive […]
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This year saw a phoenix-like rebirth of the elemental spirit we call Nicolas Cage, with the actor rising from the ashes […]
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In the midst of his Elisabeth Moss trilogy (consisting of Listen Up Philip, Queen of Earth, and Her Smell), indie auteur […]
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In an alternate (and, frankly, better) universe, Augustine Frizzell’s Never Goin’ Back would have been one of the biggest comedy hits […]
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In The Favourite, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) stuffs a piece of cake into her face, then promptly vomits it back into […]
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It’s fitting that the most iconic image from the films of David Cronenberg is the exploding head from Scanners (1981). Cronenberg’s […]
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Superman (called Superman: The Movie in advertising) was released on Dec. 15, 1978, but it was supposed to come out in […]
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Christmas stories and tales of space exploration both appeal to an audience’s sense of wonder, so it’s only natural that filmmakers […]
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According to Hollywood lore and its IMDb trivia page, Twins was dreamt up during a desperate bathroom break by two writers […]
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The title Christmas Evil (also released as You Better Watch You) does not promise a complex psychological drama, and anyone going […]
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Every year, I revisit my favorite film franchise, Rocky. Every year, I’m questioned by those around me why I feel the […]
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