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The makers of the SAW franchise continue to forget what their property is about, failing to understand that what made the first and only sublime entry in the series so effective was dread, not [...]

Sometimes Billy Crystal’s projects have a problem: Billy Crystal. Despite his enormous talents, avid charity work, and legendary Oscar hosting, he’s earned a reputation over the years as a [...]

A successful assassin can’t shake the death he caused of an innocent bystander. His enigmatic boss may be playing both sides against the middle. And a host of potential enemies will challenge the [...]

The Oscars are so late this year, and so are my Oscar predictions. Despite being a critic and a movie fan, my track record in such matters is less than stellar. Still, I try to think with my gut [...]

  It seems strange that so many video games are not adapted as animated films for the big screen. They tend to all have an illustrated look to them, be it the ARKHAM or CALL OF DUTY [...]

Rare is the vampire film that finds sympathy for all the characters involved. Most filmmakers tackling frighteners are content to portray vampires as little more than seething fiends, but not [...]

There actually is a brilliant idea in the new movie VOYAGERS. Unfortunately, it’s a TV idea, not a feature film one. The premise of the story is that in the future, Earth becomes so uninhabitable [...]

The late playwright Wendy Wasserstein said that the mistake women made moving into CEO roles is that they imitated men. Rather than rely on their own personalities and instincts, too many tried [...]

The Oscar-nominated Live-Action Shorts this year couldn’t be more of the moment. In all but one, the plot revolves around law enforcement, specifically, the overstepping of those tasked with [...]

It’s always a pleasure to view the short films that make the finals for the Academy Awards each year. The animated and live-action shorts may be limited in time, but they’re never limited in [...]