Movies

Bertino’s latest ‘knock at the door’ horror is ‘Vicious’-ly boring

Writer-director Bryan Bertino kicked off a wave of “knock at the door” horror with “The Strangers” (2008), paving the way for the likes of “Knock

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‘Bride of Chucky’ (1998) successfully hitches to post-‘Scream’ era

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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Chucky becomes clunky in dour, timid ‘Child’s Play 3’ (1991)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘In Cold Blood’ gets colder for Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation

The wrongness of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” (1966) immediately turns into the wrongness of writer-director Richard Brooks’ “In Cold Blood” (1967). And this is

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Dourif, Mancini lean into the premise for ‘Child’s Play 2’ (1990)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Child’s Play’ (1988) delightfully codifies killer-doll subgenre

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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Martial arts, laser guns and confusing rules mix in ‘Timecop’ (1994)

It’s hard to say whether “Timecop” (1994) is a good or bad movie, but it’s definitely a gutsy one. Coming from a comic book by

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‘M3gan 2.0’ an exposition-heavy trek through AI fears

There’s already controversy about an AI “actor” in Hollywood, and I predict an upcoming scandal where it’s revealed several major motion pictures secretly used AI

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‘Eden’ can’t quite match the story’s real-world intrigue

In digging up a fascinating slice of history in “Eden,” director Ron Howard comments on the utterly predictable qualities of humans that are still very

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Argento still has the giallo knack in ‘Dark Glasses’ (2022)

“Dark Glasses” (2022) had me looking with rose-colored (or “Deep Red”-colored) glasses back at Dario Argento’s career. The writer-director was likely doing that himself as

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