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Better Late Than Never: The Exorcist

We make Stew watch the Exorcist for the first time, and he writes about the experience.

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Baldwin's Bloody Beat: Scannuary — Scanners III: The Takeover (1992)

The franchise dials up the action. It's weird but good!

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Baldwin's Bloody Beat: Scannuary — Scanners II: The New Order (1991)

It's Scanners by way of RoboCop in this iffy, Cronenberg-less sequel.

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Baldwin's Bloody Beat: Scannuary — Scanners (1981)

Dan dives into the Scanners franchise. Up first: The head-exploding original.

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50 reasons Die Hard is one of the best movies ever

Beethoven might be involved.

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Movie review: Predestination

Robert Heinlein by way of Ethan Hawke.

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Movie review: Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson lights up. Moviegoers win.

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Movie review: The Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death

There are four corners on my bed, there are four angels overhead; Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to…

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Movie review: The Guest

For better or worse, pastiche projects are all the rage in genre cinema these days. Sometimes they can be fun, but more often than not,…

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Movie review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Peter Jackson wraps up his trilogy in rousing, if clinical, fashion.

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Movie review: The Babadook

Director Jennifer Kent originally wanted to make The Babadook in black-and-white and it's easy to see why. The Australian horror film, which has played at…

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Better Late Than Never: Midnight Run

Bob checks out the Grodin/De Niro classic to see what all the fuss is about.

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Movie review: Interstellar

More like Not So Stellar, amirite?

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Van Dammage Report: Timecop

Any film that came in the wake of Hard Target was always going to have an uphill battle in terms of surpassing what still stands…

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Halloween Horror Suggestions: 2014 Edition

Halloween has arrived, meaning it's time once again for me to recommend some horror films for your holiday viewing pleasure. (Previous suggestions here.) Here are…

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Movie review: John Wick

HELLS YES.

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Then and Now: Revisiting Phantasm and Phantasm II

A meditation on killer balls and evil Jawas.

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Movie review: Gone Girl

David Fincher serves up some trashy but fun pulp.

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The Missing Blu Files: The Hitcher

While browsing Amazon for some decently priced Blu-ray titles the other day, I came across the recent remake of The Hitcher starring Sean Bean. I…

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The Movie Excitability Index: Fall/Holiday 2014

There are only a handful of directors working today whose track record demands you stop what you're doing and go see their new film, regardless…

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