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The Dirties
(2013)
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Patrick Bromley
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It begins as a comedy, gets us to love and identify with its characters, but slowly marches towards horror and tragedy with a sad inevitability.
Posted May 26, 2023
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Terrifier 2
(2022)
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Patrick Bromley
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The graphic kills and insane practical gore effects (created by Leone himself) are what gave the first film its reputation, and while I can't say that mean-spirited violence is why I watch horror, there's also no denying Leone's gift for creating carnage.
Posted Oct 29, 2022
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Take Back the Night
(2021)
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Michelle Swope
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With Take Back the Night, Gia Elliot masterfully delivers a fierce message in the form of a mesmerizing, fever dream horror movie: Believe women.
Posted Mar 10, 2022
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The Sadness
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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A well-made movie I kind of hope to never see again.
Posted Aug 30, 2021
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King Knight
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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A sweet and gentle movie about makeshift families and people trying to do their best.
Posted Aug 11, 2021
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Wrath of Man
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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Guy Ritchie's new best movie.
Posted May 10, 2021
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Jakob's Wife
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a horror comedy that says so many things about so many things about relationships, marriage, and gender politics, but it's also a blood-soaked blast of fun.
Posted Apr 05, 2021
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Offseason
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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Those of us who are able to dial into its wavelength and who can dig a good supernatural seaside tale are going to be rewarded.
Posted Mar 22, 2021
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Introducing, Selma Blair
(2021)
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Patrick Bromley
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Powerful, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring.
Posted Mar 22, 2021
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Jiu Jitsu
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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Entertainingly insane and insanely entertaining, Jiu Jitsu is bonkers action cinema of the highest order.
Posted Nov 18, 2020
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Lucky
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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Kermani and Grant have made a movie that demands to be seen and deserves to be examined and discussed.
Posted Oct 21, 2020
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The Dark and the Wicked
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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What The Strangers is to home invasion horror, this movie is to supernatural horror: an intense and relentless exercise that never ignores the characters or emotional elements in the telling of its story.
Posted Sep 09, 2020
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Alone
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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A very straightforward survival thriller, but done with such skill and confidence that it stands above its contemporaries
Posted Sep 04, 2020
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The Owners
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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Once you figure out what The Owners has in store, it's just a waiting game to watch it play out.
Posted Sep 04, 2020
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12 Hour Shift
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a terrific movie about bad people doing worse things.
Posted Aug 28, 2020
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The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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Gorgeously photographed, quietly acted, haunting in its cumulative effect.
Posted Aug 28, 2020
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The Mortuary Collection
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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A horror anthology that gets it right.
Posted Aug 24, 2020
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The Columnist
(2020)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a movie that's very well directed and very well acted (particularly by Herbers in the lead) and so of the moment that I have to give it a ton of credit even if it didn't come together all the way for me.
Posted Aug 24, 2020
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Jumbo
(2020)
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Michelle Swope
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Whittock's writing makes the characters feel genuine and Merlant's quirky but exquisite performance as Jeanne make Jumbo a heartwarming story.
Posted May 28, 2020
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S.W.A.T.
(2003)
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Patrick Bromley
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About as straightforward as action movies of this period get. I mean that in a good way.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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Exit Wounds
(2001)
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Patrick Bromley
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This might be the last time a Steven Seagal movie felt like a real movie.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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On Deadly Ground
(1994)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is more than just a vanity project for Seagal. It's also his first real stinker. It would not be his last.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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China O'Brien
(1988)
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Patrick Bromley
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The movie is just ok, but Rothrock is awesome.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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The Mercenary
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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It's not one of my favorite Jesse V. Johnson joints, but it's still really badass when it wants to be and an action movie I'd recommend to any hardcore #HeavyAction fans.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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Color Out of Space
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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Richard Stanley is back, and he's brought the best Lovecraft adaptation in 30 years with him.
Posted Jan 25, 2020
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Begin Again
(2013)
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Patrick Bromley
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Plays like a studio remake of Once, retaining some of the ideas and the heart but bogging them down with clumsy filmmaking and bad choices.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Bad Words
(2014)
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Patrick Bromley
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It is capable of being funny, sure, but it's a movie that works way better in its dramatic moments.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World
(2015)
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Patrick Bromley
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Sweet and winning and makes us all feel a little better about the world in which we live
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Beyond the Gates
(2016)
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Patrick Bromley
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A movie exploding with affection for the kinds of movies that inspired it.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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The Belko Experiment
(2016)
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Patrick Bromley
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One of the bloodiest, most savage wide releases I've seen in a long, long time.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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American Sniper
(2014)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a story that requires more than basic competence.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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The Babadook
(2014)
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Patrick Bromley
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Is to parenting what The Shining is to alcoholism.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Animals
(2014)
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Patrick Bromley
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A deeply human and heartbreaking love story.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
(2006)
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Patrick Bromley
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The scares aren't really there, the gore is mostly uninteresting and the characters are difficult to care about.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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10 Years
(2011)
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Patrick Bromley
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It is a movie of small truths, usually well observed.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Aftershock
(2012)
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Patrick Bromley
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Doggedly determined to prove that the world is awful, but shows no interest in taking responsibility for its own awfulness.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Almost Human
(2013)
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Patrick Bromley
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It's fun in the way that '80s horror was fun, particularly when it begins to let it rip with the gore effects, which it finally does during its bloody climax.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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All Cheerleaders Die
(2013)
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Patrick Bromley
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The movie has a sassy sense of humor, attitude to spare and plenty of playful energy -- all good stuff. But it's basically a mess.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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24 Exposures
(2013)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is Joe Swanberg's De Palma movie, simultaneously laying bare and indulging in his obsessions.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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31
(2016)
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Patrick Bromley
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It's what you might expect a Rob Zombie movie to be if he had never made another movie, much less some of the most interesting and distinctive horror films of the last 10-15 years.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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10 Cloverfield Lane
(2016)
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Patrick Bromley
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Even if there are some storytelling choices that don't land quite as well for me as some of the earlier beats, I cannot say enough about the filmmaking technique on display.
Posted Oct 31, 2019
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Haunt
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a slick, well-directed exercise, one that knows how to build tension and generate a scare.
Posted Sep 13, 2019
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Tone-Deaf
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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Taught, nightmarish, and totally bold, Tone-Deaf is a singular horror film that works as both a quasi-slasher and as satire.
Posted Aug 25, 2019
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Avengement
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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This is a hard-hitting movie, the kind where the violence is stylized less so that it looks cool and more so that you feel every blow. I got bruises just watching it.
Posted May 24, 2019
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3.5/5
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Brittany Runs a Marathon
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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The best kind of crowd-pleaser: one you don't have to feel bad about liking because it doesn't talk down to you.
Posted May 23, 2019
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4/5
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Saint Frances
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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Tonally delicate and loving towards every single one of its characters, it's the kind of indie that gives indie movies a good name.
Posted May 23, 2019
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4/5
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John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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There's no way we're getting a better action movie this year.
Posted May 21, 2019
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3.5/5
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Olympic Dreams
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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Call it Lost in Translation with more sports.
Posted May 21, 2019
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4/5
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Long Shot
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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A smartly written, very funny, and genuinely romantic movie that does what it sets out to do: present two likable people who are very different and try its best to show them honestly develop feelings for one another.
Posted May 07, 2019
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3/5
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
(2019)
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Patrick Bromley
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The kind of movie I want my kids to see, presenting young people who are smart and resourceful and good-hearted instead of self-entitled punks living in a world without consequences.
Posted Apr 26, 2019
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