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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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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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Sunday Scaries: The Haunting of Hill House and Its Most Frightening Ghost
Lets talk about one of the most emotional horror stories of the last decade… The Haunting of Hill House was a horror television series created by Mike Flanagan for Netflix. All of its ten episodes released on October 12th, 2018 to stellar reviews. The miniseries told the story of the Crain family and the terrible […] More
