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Satan is up to it again, fucking with those pesky Catholics… once again. The First Omen, a prequel to 1976’s The Omen, stars Nell Tiger Free (“Servant”) as a hot young nun who begins to suspect that one of the girls under her care is being groomed by the less-hot older nuns to give birth
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Dev Patel goes John Wick in Monkey Man, an ultra-violent action flick that boasts some incredibly intense and badass action scenes and the consequences of taking your material too seriously. Patel writes, directs, and stars in the movie, about a dude who infiltrates the world of India’s elite businesspeople and politicians to enact revenge for
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In The Iron Claw, Zac Efron takes steroids to earn himself an Oscar nomination. He, and the movie, needed a few more injections, unfortunately. Even still, the movie’s tragic true story packs enough punches to make a journey inside the ring worth it. About the “cursed” Von Erich brothers, who aspired to do great things
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In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, ghosts do bad things and get busted for it. Though hardly revolutionary, the latest action-comedy is an entertaining piece of mindless entertainment that will have franchise fans excitedly donning their proton packs once again. With the action shifted back to New York and the old firehouse once again operational, Ghostbusters: Frozen
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Let’s get this out of the way: I’ve never seen Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. Don’t know why, but I haven’t. But I have seen the new version, and can definitively say that it’s a spectacular musical put to the big screen. Fantasia Barrino (“American Idol”) delivers a fierce and captivating performance as Celie, a
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A boy is being bullied by his teacher… or is he? That’s the question at the middle of the Japanese drama Monster, which begins simply enough but demonstrates the power of perspective as the situation unfolds. From director Kore-eda Hirokazu, who made the excellent Shoplifters, Monster runs through the same events and their aftermath three
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