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Horror Thursday: The Fury

Last week, I reviewed Brian De Palma's other campy 1970s teenage psychic horror film The Fury. Released two years after Carrie, The Fury feels like the studio asked for a highlighted b-reel of alternate takes of the special effects with different character and object combinations to show off

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Suicide Squad Review (Film, 2016)

I'm not going to lie. I have wrestled with this review since the week Suicide Squad came out. A long time ago, when I was a new young writer in the field of media criticism, I would have gleefully eviscerated a film of this quality for laughs, clicks,

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Horror Thursday: The Silenced

I've seen thousands of horror films. That is not an exaggeration. I devoured them in middle and high school as part of my many unorthodox coping mechanisms for anxiety and as one of my collection issues with my OCD. The Silenced touches on a subject I've

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Horror Thursday: Subspecies

Sometimes it's nice to be nice. Sometimes, an okay horror film does so much right that you're willing to overlook its flaws in favor of a nice, pleasant review. There's no joy in ripping something to shreds just because you can. Click through for

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The Lobster Review (Film, 2016)

Writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos is an artist obsessed with the perception of identity. From the bizarre maturation rules and language conceit of Dogtooth to the sad and satirical impersonation of the recently deceased in Alps, Lanthimos deals with the deconstruction of societal standards through the lack of individuality in scripted

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Horror Thursday: The Den

The Den is a horror film inspired by Chat Roulette. Perspective makes all the difference in a horror film. See if this title streaming on Netflix is keen or redundant in its subject. Horror Thursday: The Den @Man, I Love Films

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Horror Thursday: The iMom #52FilmsbyWomen

I'm trying to get back into more consistent writing again. It's hard with my rehearsal schedule right now. Here's the first new Horror Thursday entry in over a month. I did some digging around and found this fascinating horror/sci-fi short from writer/director

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Who You Gonna Call? #Ghostbusters Trailer

I don't have a word to express my excitement to finally see the first Ghostbusters trailer. It's everything we wanted it to be. A trio of female academics team up with a local NYC expert to take out an operation to amplify paranormal activity in NYC.

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In Praise of "Manta Ray" from Racing Extinction

Despite what the Academy Awards would have you believe, original songs in films can have a profound impact on the cinematic experience. This is true even if the singer/songwriter is not an A-List celebrity. J. Ralph and Anohni's "Manta Ray" from Racing Extinction would be

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Soska Sisters to Take on Cronenberg

Jen and Sylvia Soska, the creative team behind Dead Hooker in a Trunk, American Mary, See No Evil 2, and the Women in Horror Month Massive Blood Drive campaign, are set to direct a remake of David Cronenberg's Rabid. Rabid is perhaps Cronenberg's most notorious film.

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Why I Didn't Watch the Oscars This Year

I've said for a long time that these big awards shows--the Oscars, the Tonys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys--are my version of the big championship game. I'll sit there with way too many snacks and hoot at the screen while the awards are handed out. I&

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Massive Blood Drive 2016 #52FilmsByWomen #InYouToGive

Last Thursday, at Man I Love Films, I reviewed the latest "Massive Blood Drive" compendium of short films. For the past seven years, Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary, See No Evil 2) have worked with Women in Horror Month to raise awareness for blood donation. What goes

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Watch: Cabin Fever Trailer: Major Update

UPDATE: One of the companies involved in distributing the film submitted a bogus copyright ID case against me on YouTube. It's bullying, plain and simple. They gave me the rights to post their trailer to my YouTube account and conveniently forget when they decided to steal my ad

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Ranking the Best Documentary Nominees

For the first time in years, I've actually been able to see all the Best Documentary nominees before the Oscar ceremony. While they're fresh on my mind, let me give you a run down of my rankings, plus a prediction of which title will win the

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Presented Without Comment: The Keanu Trailer (NSFW)

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The Look of Silence Review (Film, 2015)

The Look of Silence is a sequel to the critically acclaimed documentary The Act of Killing. Both films deal with the massacre of communists in Indonesia in the 1960s. Where The Act of Killing focuses on the actual executioners reenacting their murders, The Look of Silence zooms in on one

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Watch: Of Oz the Wizard

I'm busy prepping for my students' annual cabaret fundraiser tonight, so please to enjoy Matt Bucy's reedit of The Wizard of Oz. He cut the entire film to be presented in alphabetical order by dialogue. It's wild.[vimeo 150423718 w=500 h=375]

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Horror Thursday: Fat Girl #52FilmsByWomen

I've seen a few of Catherine Breillat's films before. I didn't even realize she was responsible for Fat Girl until I started to watch it. Of course it's a horror masterpiece; it's a Breillat film. That also means it'

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Cartel Land Review (Film, 2015)

Cartel Land is a documentary about the state of Michoacán, Mexico. The drug and human trafficking cartels hit here especially hard and, due to its remote location in the Mexican landscape, the government chose not to really do anything to stop them. A group of everyday people, led by a

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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Review (Film, 2015)

Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom is a documentary about the ongoing political and social crisis in the Ukraine. Two years ago, the government went against the will of the people and refused to join the European Union. Students protested in the public square and the President

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What Happened, Miss Simone? Review (Film, 2015) #52FilmsByWomen

What Happened, Miss Simone? is a biographical documentary about the life of Nina Simone. I really should say lives of Nina Simone. People talk about reinvention in the life of an artist, but I struggle to think of a career with as many as Nina Simone's. Director Liz

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Best Elements of Films 2015

Yesterday, the nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards were announced. They feature some welcome surprises--congrats to Mad Max on all the nominations--and some unexpected snubs--Carol should be in the Best Picture pool. Still, I feel the need to once again make my voice heard and share my own nominations for

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Horror Thursday: Rebound #52FilmsByWomen

I'm going to try really hard to make every Horror Thursday entry for the rest of 2016 films directed by women. Up first is Megan Freels Johnston's twisted psychological/body horror Rebound. It definitely blazes its own path in the genre and that's a

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Advantageous Review (Film, 2015) #52FilmsByWomen

In the near future, women are being pushed from the workforce again. Financial collapse raises the cost of everything and makes employment scarce. Men are hired for every position possible to keep them off the streets and prevent violent crimes. Gwen, one of the most accomplished people in the plastic

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Join 52 Films by Women Challenge for 2016 #52FilmsByWomen

Women in Film Los Angeles is encouraging a simple pledge for 2016. Their goal is to get as many people as possible to watch 52 films made by women in 2016. Sign up, then share the films you watch on social media. That's it. It's as