Posts Tagged ‘Molly Ringwald’
Film Review – Totally Killer
Now here is a movie that wears its influences on its sleeve like a badge of honor. Totally Killer (2023) makes no secret that it pulls from sci-fi and horror films, specifically time travel stories and slasher flicks. It goes so far as to mention Back to the…
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Film Review – Bad Things
Writer/director Stewart Thorndike makes explicit the influences that pervade Bad Things (2023). A spooky hotel and the violent events that happen inside of it will undoubtably call to mind Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece, The Shining (1980). Thorndike makes several visual and thematic callbacks to that film, and keen observers will have a running…
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Film Review – Raw
Julia Ducournau’s French/Belgian horror film Raw reinterprets the emotional and physical strains of post-adolescents into a grisly genre masterwork. Within her gory exploration of common coming-of-age tropes, such as peer group hierarchies, the awkward discovery of sexuality and the love/hate whirlwind of sibling rivalry, Ducournau…
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SXSW Interview – Andy Meyer – The Breakfast Club
Spencer interviews producer Andy Meyer from the dramedy The Breakfast Club at SXSW 2015.
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Episode 230 – Young Adult Films
In honor of the release of Beautiful Creatures, Spencer Fornaciari and Greg Thomas discuss young adult films.
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Bird Watching – Cindy Sherman’s “Office Killer”
Among the rules of life if you are a character in a movie is: always be nice to the office freak. This person is about 5000% more likely than other characters to either go on a killing spree or become incredibly successful, by my scientific…
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What We’re Watching – 8/24/11
Tabloid When I heard a new Errol Morris documentary was coming out, I squealed, which confused my husband, because I don’t normally make that noise. I remember seeing The Thin Blue Line on PBS back in 1988 and being amazed at how different it…
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