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‘Honey Don’t’ seemingly doesn’t complete its story

Margaret Qualley had a key supporting role in one of the coolest neo-noirs, 2016’s “The Nice Guys,” so it’s exciting that she’s the lead in

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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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‘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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Boyle, Garland recapture emotional punch in ’28 Years Later’

“28 Days Later” (2002) director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland – after both skipping “28 Weeks Later” (2007) – reteam for “28 Years Later.”

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‘Weapons’ of mass horror entertainment

Zach Cregger is the latest promising 2020s horror auteur to release a second major film where we ask: “Does he have the goods or is

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‘Together’ turns the push-pull of a relationship into something scary

Some body horror films hit you with surprises (last year’s “The Substance”) and others tell you what they’re doing right up front and you have

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‘Nobody 2’ captures the emotional struggle for work-life balance

The “John Wick” saga famously launched because Keanu Reeves’ character seeks revenge for the murder of his puppy. Writer Derek Kolstad’s newer saga boasts an

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‘Naked Gun’ 2025: By god, it is funny after all

The Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker gag-per-second style of comedy pioneered by “Airplane” (1980) and perfected with “The Naked Gun” (1988) couldn’t be trademarked, but few movies or TV

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ ’25 struggles to set its hook

I’m not one for ripping movies for not sticking the landing, provided the buildup has been enjoyable; after all, the buildup is most of the

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