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in TV, TV ReviewsTV Review: Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ is Bloody Close to Perfect
The first question that popped into my head when hearing that a remake series version of the Stephen King classic novel, Carrie, was being made was: why? We’ve had several versions of the story before, the original ultimately holds up exceptionally well, while the rest had essentially been forgotten over time. There’s an answer to […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Making Sense of ‘Carrie’ in These Times
Hey, did you hear the big announcement at Comic-Con last weekend? They’re making another Carrie! This time as a limited series on Amazon Prime Video! Cool, right? Uh… right? Granted, we’ve been remaking this pretty regularly since the Brian de Palma classic hit theaters literally five decades ago (fun fact: more time has passed between the theatrical release […] More
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Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of September 29th – ‘The Life of Chuck’ is Here to Warm Your Heart
Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have one of the absolute best films of the year hitting shelves in Mike Flanagan‘s The Life of Chuck. I’ve been on the record calling this movie an absolute masterpiece, so it’s no surprise that it’s my top pick. This week also features several 4K re-releases, as […] More
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‘The Life of Chuck’ Returning to Theaters for One Night Only
A little over a year ago, The Life of Chuck took the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. After that success at TIFF, it wasn’t until this year that it opened in theaters, where audiences were able to fall for the movie. Among its biggest fans is our own editor Joey Magidson, […] More
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Interview: ‘The Life of Chuck’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Chats About ‘All That Jazz’ and His Magnificent New Movie
Mike Flanagan and Stephen King just pair well together. Of course, up until now, it’s been in the works of horror. However, The Life of Chuck is a very different kind of work. Not only is it moving and uplifting, it showcases a whole new side of Flanagan. It’s a stunning achievement, so I was […] More
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Final Trailer for ‘The Life of Chuck’ Features a Quote From Our Own Joey Magidson!
The Life of Chuck is coming this weekend! The film, which has captured hearts ever since its TIFF debut last year, begins its theatrical run in limited release on June 6th, before expanding wide on the 13th. In anticipation, NEON has released a final trailer, one with several quotes raving about the movie. One such […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Life of Chuck’ is an Absolute Miracle of a Movie and a Masterpiece From Mike Flanagan
A movie like The Life of Chuck doesn’t come along very often. Films can do all sorts of things, but it’s the rare work that can be a balm for your soul. Mike Flanagan, working off of the Stephen King source material, has achieved this feat. In the tradition of Frank Darabont, Flanagan has taken […] More
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‘The Life of Chuck’ is Coming and is a Special Sort of Movie Magic
This is not a review for The Life of Chuck. That’s coming next month. It’s going to be a rave, as you’ll more or less gather from this piece, but this is not a review of the film. No, this is more just a start of explaining why I think it’s such a profound and […] More
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Film Review: ‘V/H/S/Beyond’ Gives the Anthology Horror Franchise a Sci-Fi Spin
It’s nice to see the V/H/S franchise string together some strong entries in a row. Previously, we’ve seen the series swing back and forth in terms of quality over the years. Initially, it was a solid if never spectacular anthology outing, one that seemed to have its time come and go a while ago. Then, perhaps unexpectedly, V/H/S/94 gave […] More
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in Interviews, Podcast, TV, TV Interviews
Interview: Carla Gugino On Making All 8 of Her ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Characters Deeply Human
It is an impressive achievement for any actor or actress to be cast for one role in a film or television project. It is almost unheard of to take on several nuanced roles for one production. That is unless the actress is the talented Carla Gugino. Eight roles is exactly the number of roles she […] More
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Sunday Scaries: A ‘Clayface’ Horror Film Could Be One of the Most Exciting DC Projects…If It Happens
The Sunday Scaries are upon us once again! Yes, as the weekend concludes, most of us feel an oncoming sense of anticipatory dread about the week ahead. Anxiety about work manifests itself into a feeling that’s known as the Sunday Scaries. However, we at Awards Radar are here to combat that, by taking back the […] More
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Sunday Scaries: The Haunting of Bly Manor and Love’s Lingering Presence
The last time I had the pleasure of writing for the Sunday Scaries, I talked about The Haunting of Hill House and how it explored mental health issues and depression as more harming than the actual supernatural elements present in the story. Two years after that show premiered on Netflix, Mike Flanagan released The Haunting […] More
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