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‘Infinity Pool’ is mind-tripping intellectual horror

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in “Infinity Pool” (2023), the latest and most hyped release from writer-director Brandon Cronenberg, the son of

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Australian scarer ‘Talk to Me’ maintains grip till the end

It’s hard to make a mainstream horror movie that stands out from the pack while also checking the required boxes of being scary, moody, mysterious

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ gives Rocket’s tear-jerking backstory

The MCU doesn’t deserve James Gunn, but with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (now streaming), the writer-director delivers one last pop-masterpiece before becoming the

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Family bonds, colorful realm drive ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (now streaming), the third film in the series and 31st Marvel Cinematic Universe film overall, starts the 2023 calendar strong

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‘Flash’ brings multiverse to DCEU with thrills, tears, cameos

The DCEU has notoriously been trying (and mostly failing) to catch up to the MCU, but the company is starting to figure things out. First

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‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ mostly continues original’s fun

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (now on Max) is among the latest live-action cartoons in the DC Extended Universe – colorful, expensive, and earnest in

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‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ expands ‘Dracula’ lore

“The Last Voyage of the Demeter” had been in development hell for a couple decades, and while it’s great for vampire horror fans that it

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Woodley, Mendelsohn warm up frosty ‘To Catch a Killer’

The detective thriller “To Catch a Killer” is caught between old-fashioned and modern, grungy and slick – elevated so much above its script by Shailene

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‘Air’ an engrossing chronicle of Nike’s side of the legendary MJ deal

“Air” (Amazon Prime) cleverly and crisply chronicles Nike’s 1984 signing of Michael Jordan to the now-legendary basketball shoe contract. It’s not a chronicle of Jordan

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Crowe’s ‘Pope’s Exorcist’ adds some edge to familiar structure

“The Pope’s Exorcist” sounds like a title you’d see on a Redbox kiosk around the time of a new “Exorcist” movie (indeed, that saga’s sixth

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