Tag: The Lie
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Welcome To The Blumhouse: ‘Bingo Hell’ & ‘Black As Night’ Are Both Horror Busts [Review]
“Into the Dark” may be over, but Jason Blum and his Blumhouse company aren’t done delivering original horror films to streaming subscribers who are looking for something new this spooky season. Following the quartet of releases from last October under the “Welcome To the Blumhouse” banner that included “The Lie” and “Nocturne,” two films that…
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‘Fully Realized Humans’ Review: A Dramedy of Pre-Parental Anxieties
In the movies as in real life, genuine chemistry can’t be faked — two people either have it or they don’t. Joshua Leonard and Jess Weixler fall into the former category, sharing a rapport that’s so natural and easygoing that it carries their winning “Fully Realized Humans” (a 2020 Tribeca Film Festival selection) through its…
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‘The Lie’ Review: Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King Are a Conspiring Father and Daughter in the Rare Blumhouse Thriller That’s Not a Horror Film
In movies and TV, covering up a crime, even one as drastic as murder, is as common an occurrence as sneezing. “The Lie” is all about a coverup, but Jay (Peter Sarsgaard) and his 15-year-old daughter, Kayla (Joey King), are hiding a crime that doesn’t feel like a crime. They’re hiding a freak accident as…
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‘Welcome To The Blumhouse’: ‘Black Box’ & ‘The Lie’ Launch Amazon’s New Horror Anthology [Review]
The monthly series of original films known as “Into the Dark” may be on Covid-related hold over at Hulu, but even a pandemic can’t stop the hardest working producer in Hollywood. Jason Blum has shuffled over to Amazon Prime Video, which announced in August that it would premiere a new collection of Blumhouse productions, starting…