Because of her outlandish costumery and made-up name, it’s easy to dismiss Lady Gaga as a gimmicky pop star. What we […]
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The title of Private Life, starring Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn as an upscale Manhattan couple trying to have a baby, […]
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Iron Man, Captain America, and the others in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would probably like to make it clear that Venom isn’t […]
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The Horror Corner took a week off to enjoy the amazing Fantastic Fest, where there were lots of horrors afoot, and […]
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(Screened at the 2018 Fantasia Festival; now available on VOD and Blu-ray.) I never saw Tales from the Hood, but if […]
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The rare slasher film that’s not a sequel to or remake of a previous one, Hell Fest exploits the premise of a […]
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After last year’s bumpy edition of Fantastic Fest, roiled by revelations that its founder had continued working with employees and associates […]
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The premise of Night School, an overlong, under-funny comedy starring Kevin Hart, is that a 35-year-old high school dropout named Teddy […]
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Smallfoot is a light animated adventure set in a remote Himalayan village occupied by yetis, aka Abominable Snowmen (and Snowwomen), who have […]
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(Screened at Fantastic Fest; now streaming on Netflix) Continuing the Wind River cycle of movies about outsiders going to cold, sad Indian reservations […]
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David Lowery’s last movie, A Ghost Story, was about a ghost but wasn’t a horror film. His new one, The Old […]
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(Screened at Fantastic Fest; U.S. release TBA) We have Velvet Underground to thank for the title Strike, Dear Mistress, and Cure […]
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