Tag: Descent
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‘Fright Night 2: New Blood’ is a Direct-to-Video Sequel to a Remake, So You Can Guess the Quality
(Welcome to Dtv Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week, we head to Romania with the Countess of Bathory.) Vampires are a common threat in horror movies, some would say far too common (and yes that someone is me). So it should come…
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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Team to Develop Freeform Comedy ‘Asian Descent’
As the Fresh Off the Boat team disembarks from the groundbreaking ABC sitcom after six seasons, several of them are preparing to develop another Asian-American-led comedy on Freeform. Fresh Off the Boat executive producers Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan are teaming up with series writer and co-producer Cindy Fang to develop Asian Descent at Freeform,…
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‘Bulletproof 2’ Unfolds In a World Where the First ‘Bulletproof’ Both Exists and Sucks
(Welcome to Dtv Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week, we take a look at a new follow-up to an early Adam Sandler “gem.“) What are the odds anyone has talked about Bulletproof since its release in 1996? The film was something of…
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‘American Crime Story’ Review: ‘Descent’ Begins The Downward Spiral
This week’s American Crime Story review takes a look at the latest episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace, “Descent.” Spoilers follow. 1996, La Jolla It’s a full year before Andrew Cunanan’s killing spree, and now we’re going to start to learn what makes him tick. The Assassination of Gianni Versace’s backwards narrative has kept…