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The Murder Game 2006
Ah, yes, the wild debauchery of youth. When hormones run high and everyone is itching to be wild and free. And so, while parents are away and the house is home alone they sneak off to…play hide and seek. Right.
To be clear, this is not like the Bodies, Bodies, Bodies variation on werewolf in which they play a sociological mind game to sus out a killer among them. This is just hiding and hitting one another on the head…
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The Harbinger 2022
Discovering this film has been one of the best ways to close out my cinematic year that I can think of. It is a huge winner on two separate fronts for me.
First, it is a poignant and deeply resonant meditation on Covid-19 and the pandemic, but it manages to be subtle and insightful enough to do so without feeling exploitative or pandering. Rather, it speaks to the feelings we have all gone through and allows a catharsis of…
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The Last Amityville Movie 2023
The great weight of capitalist powerhouses can feel crushing to the American Creative. If you’re not “in the (studio) system,” then you’re out of luck. But, as with the turn-and-burn grindhouse films of the 60s and 70s or the SOV video-rack fever dreams of the 90s, this new digital age speaks to endless opportunity for passionate innovators if you want to make a movie badly enough.
And like so many of the ultra-low-budget filmic ancestors that this film lovingly embraces,…
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