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I just got back from watching Guillermo Del Toro’s newest film, Crimson Peak, and holy balls was it a doozy. Doozy in a good way? Was it doozy like, “Oh Jesus that was a doozy!” (followed by a derisive eye roll). Well, read on MacDuff, read on. Just the Facts Ma’am: Crimson Peak is basically, […]

I have an awful memory, and I often find myself asking my husband or friends if I liked a movie I saw if some time has passed. So now I tweet my movie feelings almost immediately after watching so I have that record for myself later on.  This was my tweet after Hellions: Saw Hellions. […]

From Ian Holm’s portrayal of Ashe in Alien to Brent Spiner’s Data in Star Trek, our fascination with realistic Artificial Intelligence has evolved over time. The premise is certainly not a new one, but it still touches us at a primal level: What does it mean to be human? The old adage of “if it […]

The Kid (Munro Chambers) is a late-teenage/early twenty-something orphan living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Many viewers will be reminded of locations from the Mad Max films, but for me it was more like the characters from those films transported to the barren Earth of Pixar’s Wall-E. In fact, The Kid hordes artifacts from a forgotten […]

So, I think most of us are aware of M. Night Shyamalan’s record when it comes to writing/directing satisfying movies. Started off super strong right out of the gates (The Sixth Sense), stayed strong with his sophomore effort (Unbreakable), lost a little traction with a few silly ideas but basically kept us interested and scared with his […]

Pay the Ghost was released in the wrong decade; the film belongs in the year 1973. It would fit nicely into a triple feature between Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man and Nicholas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now. In fact, Pay the Ghost blends elements from both of those films. The desperate cat and mouse chase of […]