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Say Hello to The Bye Bye Man, a Not-Bad Twist on Candyman

By Luke Y. Thompson
Jan 13, 2017

Maybe it's a just a sign of the Blumhouse-era horror-movie world we find ourselves in, but there's something refreshing about a scare flick that (a) actually shows you its monster occasionally and (b) gives you a definite reason to be afraid of it. Hiding things in shadows to enhance audience...
Wolf Creek Became a First-Rate Horror Series Only When It Made the Jump to TV

By Luke Y. Thompson
Oct 21, 2016

It's rare for a franchise, especially in the horror genre, to actually get better as it progresses — doubly so if the final part of said progression is a TV series. Yet in six-part miniseries form, currently airing on the you-didn't-know-you-had-it Pop network following a broadcast in Australia earlier this...
Not Taylor-Made

Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard

By Luke Y. Thompson
Mar 20, 2008

Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless army deserter and con-man, able to fool people into believing he's both a substitute teacher and a master of hand-to-hand combat. It's a part that requires bluster,...
Lousy Movie

Spartan laughs to be had in this lackluster parody

By Luke Y. Thompson
Jan 31, 2008

Perhaps the most oft-quoted line from Zack Snyder's cinematic adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel 300 is, "Tonight we dine in hell!" Chowing down on a box of Butterfinger Minis during a screening of Meet the Spartans, you will truly understand what that means. You remember 300, right? A...
Snow Job

Someone stop Amanda Bynes from updating another classic

By Luke Y. Thompson
Sep 20, 2007

Just a guess here, but the majority of Amanda Bynes fans probably didn't get most of the Shakespeare references in her As You Like It-inspired She's the Man, so, behold: This time she's gone for something a bit more familiar with Sydney White. Originally entitled Sydney White and the Seven...

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