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IMAGINARY Review: Tiresome Compendium of Horror Genre Cliches
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Filled with stock scares, stock plot turns, and stock set pieces, Imaginary, writer-director Jeff Wadlow’s (Fantasy Island, Kick-Ass 2, Never Back Down) latest enfeebled effort, stumbles from its first moments through its last shot before the end credits mercifully roll...
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Friday One Sheet: THE ROOSTER
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This dark, moody and minimalist key art from Australian design house Barlow.Agency injects some metaphor and iconography into Mark Leonard Winter's feature film debut, The Rooster. We have featured the design work of Timothy Barlow's company a few years ago for...
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BAG OF LIES Trailer: Three Thing You Must Not do…
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Desperate to save his dying wife, Matt turns to The Bag, an ancient relic with dark magic. The cure demands a chilling ritual and strict rules. As his wife heals, Matt's sanity unravels, facing terrifying consequences. [Read the whole post...
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KUNG FU PANDA 4 Review: Fourth Entry Falls Short of Its Predecessors
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While the Kung Fu Panda series has been noticeably offscreen for the better part of a decade, it’s survived and thrived via three, small-screen series, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Paws of Destiny, and The Dragon Knight, each,...
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The B-Side – 2024 Oscars Special (with Joe Reid & Chris Feil)
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Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. Today, however, we talk about Oscar...
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New to Streaming: The Tree of Life, Perfect Days, The Teachers’ Lounge, Full Time & More
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Actors (Betsey Brown) With its central storyline revolving around a male actor (Peter Vack) adopting...
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, Nicole Holofcener & More Curate Double Features on TCM
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Turner Classic Movies have announced a new limited series, Two for One, that will feature 12 nights of double features curated by some of the most celebrated filmmakers in Hollywood beginning April 6. TCM Primetime Host Ben Mankiewicz will be joined by...
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NYC Weekend Watch: The Bridges of Madison County, Palestinian Film Archive, Max Fleischer & More
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaThe Bridges of Madison County, Bette Gordon’s Variety, and Secretary play on 35mm this weekend. Anthology Film ArchivesWorks about the Palestinian film archive screen this weekend while films by Raul Ruiz, Yvonne...
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Damsel
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“There are many stories of chivalry where the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress. This is not one of them.” That is how Millie Bobby Brown’s sumptuous new fantasy film begins, so we know from the start that there...
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DAMSEL Review: Millie Bobby Brown Stars in Middling Dark Fantasy
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At 20, Millie Bobbie Brown, the erstwhile breakout star of Netflix’s Stranger Things, has co-starred in two kaiju-themed blockbusters (Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla: King of the Monsters), and not only headlined two made-for-Netflix young-adult adventure-dramas, Enola Holmes I and II...
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