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SHOOK (2021)

Regardless of whether this one tickles your particular dark fantasy fancy, Jennifer Harrington certainly knows how to cut together a crisp flick.

February 19, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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WILLY'S WONDERLAND (2021)

Who knew the tantalizing prospect of Nic Cage carving his way through homicidal pizza mascots would prove to be so disappointingly dull?

February 17, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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FEAR OF RAIN (2021)

On any other day, I’d review “Fear of Rain” unfavorably for being a “morning watch” movie you’d fully forget about by the afternoon. Not today though.

February 15, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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SACRIFICE (2020)

Whoever selects Barbara Crampton’s projects needs to turn down things like “Sacrifice,” a waterlogged thriller that’s as pedestrian as its recycled title.

February 11, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE RECKONING (2020)

Marshall and Kirk made a two-hour snoozer whose primary value is as a surefire solution for shooting your attention span to ribbons.

February 9, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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SAINT MAUD (2019)

I imagine there was a river of drool in the theater row where A24 buyers sat during the film’s festival debut. “Holy sh*t! Did Rose Glass make this movie specifically for us?”

February 4, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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A NIGHTMARE WAKES (2020)

In keeping with ‘90s cinema references, “A Nightmare Wakes” is essentially a horror-tinged arthouse biopic by way of Merchant-Ivory on a budget.

February 2, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE FUNERAL HOME (2020 - Spanish)

Appreciators of smoldering suspense, indie aesthetics, and foreign flair will be pleasantly surprised at how much polish “The Funeral Home” puts on a traditional haunted house yarn.

January 28, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE NIGHT (2020 - Farsi)

Knocks at the door when no one is there can only take a horror movie so far, and that distance has difficulty covering “The Night’s” runtime.

January 26, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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PSYCHO GOREMAN (2020)

“Psycho Goreman” is kind of a kooky kid flick for adults who fondly remember ‘The Neverending Story’ and want to see dark fantasy like that with the gnarliness ratcheted up to 11.

January 21, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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DON'T TELL A SOUL (2020)

I preferred “Don’t Tell a Soul” when it was being a drama over when it was being a thriller. And I think its solution for a solution is more of a copout than a clever twist.

January 19, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS: THE STORY OF TOM SAVINI (2019)

Tom Savini’s fire appears impossible to distinguish, and “Smoke and Mirrors” makes sure everyone can see how brightly that blaze burns.

January 15, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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HORIZON LINE (2020)

It’s fluff you can watch on fast-forward and the only side effect is how much faster the film will evaporate from your memory.

January 13, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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ANNIHILATION (2018)

Sometimes, one person’s impressively contemplative sci-fi is simply another person’s superficially padded speculative fiction.

January 11, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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HUNTER HUNTER (2020)

You’ll certainly carry it with you in your mind’s eye. If not for the full movie, then for the vicious visuals of the finale.

January 8, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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SHADOW IN THE CLOUD (2020)

Whether it was Max Landis’s doing or director Roseanne Liang’s, the film’s “women first and forward” attitude proves to be more fun than the few and far between action scenes.

January 6, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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BREACH (2020)

The obvious question on everyone’s mind is, “What the hell is Bruce Willis doing in direct-to-streaming slums?”

January 4, 2021 by Ian Sedensky.
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LETTERS TO SATAN CLAUS (2020)

There’s something cozily comforting about a workaholic woman reluctantly returning to her hometown, rekindling an old flame, and saving an artisanal cheese shop from foreclosure.

December 23, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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DON'T CLICK (2020)

Man, Valter sure did draw the short straw among the four Skarsgard brothers who became actors, didn’t he?

December 21, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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ARCHENEMY (2020)

While its contemporary relevance can be questioned, “Archenemy” at least has enough energy to be enjoyable, even if goofiness sometimes waters down grittiness.

December 18, 2020 by Ian Sedensky.
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