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Hugo Released 2011 Based on the children's book of the same name, Martin Scorsese directs a film outside of his wheelhouse with...

Though often over shadowed by his Silent Era peer Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton is every bit as important and influential on comedy in...

Cinema Paradiso Released 1988 from Italy and France 'Cinema Paradiso' is a powerful and enchanting film that is a personal love letter to...

‘The Menu’ is a searing rebuke of haute food culture. It is a high brow horror film yet a seething takedown of upper class apathy and...

'Megan', stylized 'M3gan', is a Techno-horror /Comedy from premier horror production company Blumhouse that makes up for in subtleties...

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ is James Cameron’s latest blockbuster epic in his groundbreaking ‘Avatar’ series. Once again Cameron, an...

I recently had the privilege of screening ‘Scream 2’ on the silver screen for the first time for its 25th anniversary and it remains a...

The original ‘A Christmas Story’, which was first released in 1983 with tepid box-office receipts, saw new life as it hit the home market...

‘The Rugrats Movie', while not a perfect film, is as close to a perfect adaptation of the acclaimed hit ‘90s cartoon 'Rugrats' as...

‘The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special’ is a short and sweet holiday silver screen confection. Except it never graced the silver...

Hellraiser Released 1987 'Hellraiser' is a twisted, atmospheric gore fest that deftly explores the concept of pleasure and pain while...

The original ‘Black Panther’ is one of best films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so much so that even the Academy had to acknowledge...

The aughts were the early days of motion caption technology, and most animated features refrained from using it. ‘Monster House’ was an...

‘Smile’ is a nerve-wracking albeit fun horror experience and hands down the scariest horror film in decades. While ‘Smile’ is an...

‘Halloween Ends’ is the final chapter in David Gordon Green’s 'Halloween' Saga that began with 2018s ‘Halloween’ and it ends in a...

Legendary Comedy producer Judd Apatow brings us ‘Bros’, a landmark film for the LGBTQ+ community directed by Nick Stoeller and written by...

Writer/Director Ti West returns to his world of ‘X’ with a prequel about the now titular character ‘Pearl’ who we were introduced to in...

I’ve been a fan of Tenacious D for over fifteen years now and I was able to cross them off of my relatively short list of musicians I...

‘Clerks III’ is a bittersweet sendoff to director/writer Kevin Smith’s beloved clerks characters. It comes full circle but at a cost....

Scary Movie Released 2000 Over twenty-years ago The Waynes Brothers gave us a gleefully low-brow, Zucker Brothers style, parody of a slew...