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    Film Review: ‘Smile Sacrifices Originality For Nerve-Rattling Effectiveness

    Some longtime readers might remember me as a man who has been growing weary of this trend of “elevated horror” movies, lately. While I am more than happy to encourage ambition and the pursuit of adult themes, good lord, can filmmakers please just make movies about bad relationships and societal misogyny if that’s what they’re actually interested […] More

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    Sunday Scaries: The Hellbound Opportunity

    Of all the iconic horror movie franchises birthed within that “boom” period between 1973 and 1988, Hellraiser is probably the most interesting to me. Not the overall best; until those stupid prequels came along, I’d have handily picked Alien as pound-for-pound the most artistically accomplished horror franchise overall. Not the one with the highest highs; […] More

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    ‘The Last Duel’ is a “Body Positive” Beauty Campaign

    Do you remember this ad from about eight years ago? It was widely praised at the time for being an uplifting message promoting self-esteem and body positivity, and consumers who watched it enthusiastically responded that they wanted to see more ads like it from the beauty industry. It wasn’t just Dove, either – market researcher […] More

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    Sunday Scaries: The Gothic State of Pregnancy

    Note: Spoilers abound for Titane, Rosemary’s Baby, The Omen, The Fly, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 As I was exiting the theater last Friday night, having just watched the gruesome-but-weirdly-hopeful denouement of Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or-winning sophomore feature Titane, two thoughts kept turning through my mind: For those of you who […] More

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