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A Deluge of Dark Water(s): The Dark Waters of Dark Waters (1944), Dark Waters (1993), Dark Water (2002), and Dark Waters (2019)
When I was a child, I thought I was surrounded by bad guys. This is not a metaphor. I had…
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Review| The Quarry
Scott Teems’ new film, The Quarry, strikes upon two of my deepest obsessions: southern gothic literature and music. It doesn’t…
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The Complicated Vengeance of Hunters
Nazis! Groovy Assassins! Al Pacino! What happens when you take the motives and violence of Taranitino’s Inglourious Basterds and mix…
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The Bright Abysses of The Lighthouse (2019) & Sunshine (2007)
“And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.” Exodus 3:6 (NKJV) The story of Moses…
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Review| Underwater (2020)
Everything about the description and trailer of this film screams “This is like Alien, but, like, in the less vast…
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Review| The Grudge (2020)
After Nicolas Pesce’s moody arthouse debut in 2016 with The Eyes of My Mother and his follow-up, Piercing—an adaptation of…
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Watchmen (2019): Full Series Review
During the first half of the series, it would not have been odd for a viewer to assume the crux…
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Watchmen (2019): Midpoint Review
“If no one remembers a misdeed or names it publicly, it remains invisible. To the observer, its victim is not…
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