As a subcategory of the horror genre, the exorcism film does not have the best reputation. For every The Exorcist, there are a dozen Posessed’s and Beyond the Door’s. Yet, when done well, there is rarely something as profoundly [...]
If there is a single academic that can be judged to have the most extensively permeated theories, it must be Sigmund Freud. Perched in an ivory seat of eminence in Vienna in the early 1900’s, his...
Rarely is a screenwriting debut so full of unique voice and character as Diablo Cody’s Juno, which opened to great critical praise and cult honorifics in 2007. Now, Cody’s pen brings us a darker,...
The danger of a film as well reviewed as Alexander Payne’s The Descendants is that it cannot, and inevitably will not, live up to the hype. Payne follows up his widely successful Sideways and moderately...
Let’s face it, going to the movies is a game of trick or treat. No matter how fancy the house looks from the outside, you never know until you ring the doorbell whether you’re going to get a please-all...
The concept of extraterrestrial life has long been of interest to movie-going audiences, and reincarnations of alien lifeforms onscreen have varied from the friendly almond-eyed E.T. to the brutal...
In the forties, Robert Penn Warren’s novel All the King’s Men relayed a story of the danger of politics for good men, and the disillusionment delivered by the politically great. Now, George Clooney’s...
While you may never read it on a prescription pad, the concept that laughter is the best medicine is familiar to most. Jonathan Levine’s 50/50 proves it with a film that’s half cancer drama, half buddy...
The decision to remake something as controversial and daring as Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 Straw Dogs is risky, to say the least. In Rod Lurie’s updated version of the film, many of the same elements color...
What's Hot and What's Not: On Screen This Weekend
STRAW DOGS A remake of Sam Peckinpah’s original psychological thriller, Straw Dogs promises an exciting plunge into rural America with...
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