Halloween has come a long way from its origin story of the day when the souls of the deceased returned to Earth. These days, instead of preparing for the arrival of the souls of our…

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While you can find great buddy comedies in most decades, there are few ten-year periods in film better than the 1980s. Duos like Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, Alex Winter,…

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The 2000s were an incredible decade for cinema, with some of the most iconic movies that have stood the test of time – and defined modern culture from humor to superheroes. From epic dramas to…

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The 1980s was an interesting time to be alive. The fashion was filled with pastels and neon, the hairstyles were wild (and often untamed), and a lot was going on in the world. It was…

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Action cinema’s “girls with guns” subgenre seems an unlikely source of prestige, going by name alone, and the bodies that arbitrate movies’ cultural value – the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for instance…

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Whether or not you want to admit it, there’s a part of many us that wants to take a peek at the darker side of life. We want to peel back the curtain and peer…

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Depending on where you live in the Northern Hemisphere, in between the cold and rainy days, you’re probably enjoying a few sunny, unseasonably warm days. That’s really all it takes to get the summer vibes…

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So you’ve just gotten out of the theater after seeing Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, and you’re in need of both a fresh pair of drawers and a pick-me-up tonic to recover from the experience…

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If you go decade by decade and rank each one based on the number (and quality) of comedy movies, it’s pretty difficult to beat the prowess of the 1980s. Go ahead and try. The decade…

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While we’re all for the sentiment that everything old is new again and nostalgia is king–especially because it makes us feel less old–when it comes to turning old school video games into movies we’re not…

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Stephen King is often referred to as a master of horror. The title is well-deserved thanks to terrifying novels like The Shining, It, Pet Sematary, Salem’s Lot, and others. He’s also written poignant, coming-of-age stories…

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Awards hype is rarely worth your time and bother. Even when pundits and PR machines pick the right nominees, they’re still wrong for treating them like race horses. For the 2022-23 season, the awards committees…

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The DC Universe surely needs an adrenaline injection, and it looks like The Flash with troubled actor Ezra Miller might just be what the Marvel Universe rival needs. Helmed by Argentine director Andrés Muschietti, much…

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Pulp Fiction. The Dark Knight. Schindler’s List. Each of these films enjoy a spot in film’s pantheon, and qualify as modern classics. This will inevitably make more than a few folks who grew up in…

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Rotten Tomatoes and Netflix both reign supreme in their respective territories and since there’s such a natural overlap, it might be worth seeing what the first has to say about the second. As it turns…

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Over the last few decades, Highlander, Russell Mulcahy’s 1986 fantasy cult movie, has received more home video releases than Connor MacCleod has taken heads from immortals in sword fights. But Lionsgate’s recent 4K update, now…

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