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VEROTIKA (2019)

What I can’t fully figure out is whether or not Glenn Danzig knows he made a bizarrely bad movie or if he even intentionally set out to do so.

February 26, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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GUNS AKIMBO (2019)

Whatever your vice, be ready to fuel up on as much candy, caffeine, or cocaine as necessary to keep up, because “Guns Akimbo” never takes its lead foot off the gas.

February 24, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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CAMP COLD BROOK (2018)

You’d better be in the mood for a mediocre horror movie with low stakes and an even lower return on your time and money investment.

February 21, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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FANTASY ISLAND (2020)

From the viciousness of complaints spitted against it, you’d think “Fantasy Island” was responsible for assassinating Archduke Ferdinand.

February 19, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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VFW (2019)

You can visibly see in every pulled punch and dialogue flub that “VFW” could have been better if only it took time to sand down rough edges.

February 17, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2009)

“My Bloody Valentine” feels like a spiritual successor to the teen-targeted mainstream slashers that were hot up through the early aughts, minus the CW/WB soundtrack.

February 14, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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BIRDS OF PREY (2020)

Too bad this setup kicked enough cans that an average response from audiences suggests we’ll probably never know how high or how hard these women could have kicked.

February 12, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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COME TO DADDY (2019)

Not what you saw coming, huh? Unpredictability keeps “Come to Daddy’s” frights and funniness fascinating. Its weirdness grows like a subtly spreading moss.

February 10, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981)

“My Bloody Valentine” is the midnight movie you get when you combine the whodunit mystery of “Friday the 13th,” the cyclical holiday horror of “Halloween,” and the Canadian cop caper of “Black Christmas.”

February 7, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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IT CHAPTER TWO (2019)

Pennywise’s receded presence hinders the fear factor, yet “It Chapter Two” really resonates when human drama eclipses monster madness anyway.

February 5, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE LODGE (2019)

I can think of few more flattering accolades than to affirm this may be the best definition of what burrow-into-your-brain unsettling means.

February 3, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP (2019)

“Zombieland: Double Tap” doesn’t work as well as its predecessor because it doesn’t follow the rules that let the first film’s funniness flow fluidly.

January 31, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE TURNING (2020)

You’d be correct to suspect we’re dealing with a film used to its fair share of tearing, molding, throwing, and shaping like an overworked piece of dirty kindergarten Play-Doh.

January 29, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE SIREN (2019)

If someone insisted on pushing through the movie at 2x speed, I’d be hard pressed to concoct a good reason why that would be wrong.

January 27, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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TAMMY AND THE T-REX (1994)

Where else can you see a dinosaur interrupt backyard party sex as well as Denise Richards doing a lingerie striptease for Paul Walker’s disembodied brain?

January 24, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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DOCTOR SLEEP (Director's Cut) (2019)

You can expect an altered experience with “Doctor Sleep’s” Director’s Cut, though not necessarily a radically different one.

January 22, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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COLOR OUT OF SPACE (2019)

The movie might look roughshod if not for the fact that professional talents presumably knew what they were doing, even if the audience does not.

January 20, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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PARASITE (2019 - Korean)

Best interests will often be rewarded by challenging comfort zones and taking more chances on movies that reside outside your usual wheelhouse.

January 17, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE (2019)

“Terminator: Dark Fate’s” lateral move mostly maintains mediocrity, which qualifies as “good enough” for a property whose best days appear cemented in the last century.

January 15, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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VHYES (2019)

With its comedic carnival of kooky clips, “VHYes” runs a full sprint marathon through a perfectly parodied time tunnel of 1980s nostalgia.

January 13, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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