Category: Movie News
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Poltergeist at 40: Spielberg’s haunted house hit brought horror home
The 1982 summer smash showed that scary movies had a place in a suburban setting and in the multiplex for a family audienceIn the summer of 1982, Steven Spielberg released two movies in consecutive weeks, Poltergeist and Et the Extra Terrestrial, that now seem like mirror images of each other. Both are about suburban enclaves…
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Streaming: the Queen in film
Cinematic portrayals of Her Majesty span psychological depths and gleeful farce, from The King’s Speech to The Naked GunYou don’t hold a single position of global celebrity for 70 years without becoming a cinematic figure too. Whether wildly fictionalised or painstakingly rendered in biographical terms, the Queen has racked up a rare screen legacy for…
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‘The Roundup’ Review: A Rip-Roaring Sequel to a South Korean Action Hit
One of the most enjoyable South Korean action movies in recent years, 2017’s “The Outlaws” was a deft mix of brutal gang-warfare thrills and Keystone Cops comedics. It provided an ideal vehicle for Ma Dong-seok aka Don Lee (“Train to Busan” and “Eternals”) as the police investigator whose hit-first-ask-permission-later methods regularly got the job done…
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Spyscape’s Interactive Batman Experience To Open In New York City – Here Are Some Intriguing Details
If you’ve always dreamed of being Batman‘s sidekick, dream no more. The Caped Crusader is rappelling into the interactive experience Spyscape in New York City, where visitors will be able to put their detective skills to use to help him solve a mystery involving the criminal organization Leviathan. The Batman x Spyscape experience utilizes a…
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David Cronenberg Approaches Directing In The Most Cronenbergian Way Imaginable
Watching a David Cronenberg film can be a visceral experience. Though Cronenberg’s three previous collaborations with Viggo Mortensen, “A History of Violence,” “Eastern Promises,” and “A Dangerous Method,” have seen him working in a more mainstream mode, their latest, “Crimes of the Future,” has the 79-year-old director returning to his body horror roots, having lost none…
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The Final Episodes Of Stranger Things Season 4 Promise A ‘Mad Symphony Of Chaos’
“Stranger Things” season 4, episodes 1 to 7 are out on Netflix, leaving us with just two episodes left. It seemed like a strange choice to split the season, but according to an EW interview with series creators and showrunners the Duffer Brothers, we’re in for a treat!The reason for the delay, by the way?…
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Horror Villains Who Were More Right Than We Want To Admit
Horror villains are rarely worthy of our empathy. Most often, the genre’s greatest transgressors are simply, unequivocally evil for no good reason, and they commit murders strictly for mayhem’s sake. On occasion, however, the big baddies’ evil-doing stems from deep-seated pain, trauma, and tragedy incurred earlier in their lives. These characters unleash terror upon the…
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The Wire Couldn’t Be Made In The Post-Game Of Thrones Age, According To Co-Creator Ed Burns
Twenty years ago, HBO’s original drama programming consisted of “Oz,” “The Sopranos,” and “Six Feet Under.” The pay-cable outlet had been blazing a daringly original trail comedy-wise with series like “The Larry Sanders Show” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David,” but this foray into seriousness shook up an industry that expected hour-long dramas to…
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HBO Will Only Pursue More Game Of Throne Spin-Offs If Creative, Exciting Concepts Come Up [Atx]
Arya Stark once asked “What’s west of Westeros?” It’s a fair question, but it turns out there’s only so much of the “Game of Thrones” world that still needs to be filled in. Amidst a full but ever-shifting development slate featuring several “Game of Thrones” spinoffs and prequels, HBO’s VP of Original Programming, Kara Buckley,…