There are few film and television franchises that can match the Terminator series in terms of longevity. The franchise consists of a number of science fiction action films, comic books, novels, and other media, all of which revolve around a total war between Skynet’s synthetic intelligence – a self-aware military machine network – and John …
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The Western genre goes way back to the 1890s, and up until the nineteen seventies, they were considered pretty much the coolest thing ever with names like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Steve McQueen. A few titles were released in the 80s and 90s, but this wasn’t enough to win back the masses. What filmmakers …
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Kier-La Janisse’s documentary offers an enticing worldwide look at eerie genre films based on folklore and superstition. “Folk horror” is a word of recent vintage — or at least popularity — that only broadens as “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” spends three and a quarter hours attempting to describe it. Nonetheless, the joys of this …
Dasha Nekrasova’s debut contains daggers aimed at Jeffrey Epstein, the royal family, and any sensitive viewer sensitivities, but it’s hilarious and angry enough to let it slide. There is a narrow line between a good concept and a dreadful one carried out with complete conviction, and “The Scary of Sixty-First” dances with reckless, malicious abandon …
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Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s charming, low-budget Sundance oddity imagines a world in which our sleeping hours are for sale. It’s a common belief that nothing is more boring than hearing about other people’s dreams. This should make James Preble, the timid, cutely mustachioed hero of “Strawberry Mansion,” the unlucky owner of the world’s most …
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The Ocean’s movies are a series of heist comedy films. The films revolve around a group of con artists who carry out an elaborate heist, aimed at the film’s antagonists that include plenty of twists and turns. The film also features an ensemble of casts. The Ocean’s movies started with Ocean’s 11 – (1960), directed …
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Unlike most of his classmates, Jamie New, 16, knows exactly what he wants to be when he grows up: a drag queen. And, unlike the majority of the gorgeous wannabe female impersonators who have strutted on-screen before him, he faces remarkably few roadblocks. Jamie has a loving mother, a supportive best friend, and a school …
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“El Cuartito” creates the idea that it is a satirical comedy on how the Trump administration’s immigration policies affected residents in Puerto Rico. The film is just a goofy mishmash of ridiculous events with no real edge. Even the most patient viewers will be irritated with at least two of the film’s five primary characters. …
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‘Pulk’ is a crime story written, directed, and edited by Julian Filigno. The movie stars Filigno, Christian McKenna, Dennis Lewis Haug, Mari Bensadoun, Alexandra Flores Matic, Mark Paci, and Alfio Foti, among many others. The movie was released in the United States on December 3, 2020. ‘Pulk’ is a fragment of three stories connected by …
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In some ways, Paul Schrader’s 2017 film “First Reformed” felt like the Last Film, with its apocalyptic wrath and resolve. But since the writer/director isn’t dead and doesn’t appear to be ready to retire, what else can he do but keep creating movies? “The Card Counter,” stars Oscar Isaac in the titular role, and Tiffany …
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