Thanksgiving (2023)Director: Eli RothScreenwriters: Jeff RendelStarring: Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae, Rick Hoffman, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Gina Gershon There were quite a few issues with the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez exploitation double feature ‘Grindhouse’ from 2007, with Rodriguez’s film Planet Terror admittedly being the superior film to Tarantino’s Death Proof, which whilst not […]
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Pearl (2022) Review Director: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti West, Mia GothStarring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistar Sewell In Ti West’s 2022 slasher film X, during the final confrontation between Maxine and Pearl, both played by Mai Goth, Pearl taunts the young Maxine saying, “You’re gonna end up just like me.”
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X (2022) ReviewDirector: Ti WestScreenwriter: Ti WestStarring: Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson, Brittany Snow, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, Scott Mescudi In the season premiere episode of the podcast “You Must Remember This: Erotic 80s“, host Karina Longworth says that sex and violence have always intersected in Hollywood. There is no talking about one without
Jason X (2001/02) Director: James Isaac Screenwriters: Todd Farmer Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, Lisa Ryder, Jonathan Potts, Markus Parilo, Peter Mensah, Todd Farmer, David Cronenberg We can’t expect every movie to be cinematic gold. We can’t go in thinking that every film tries for Oscar-winning emotion and world class scriptwriting. That would
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Freaky (2021) Director: Christopher Landon Screenwriter: Michael Kennedy, Christopher Landon Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Celeste O’Connor, Misha Osherovich, Alan Ruck Following years of writing and directing to very little fanfare, Christopher Landon finally found a shtick that works when he directed the successful Blumhouse horror-comedy Happy Death Day. Since the success of
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