October 5, 2007…yeah, right. Talk about atmosphere to burn! Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘r Treat gets the excited, otherworldly, anything-can-happen feeling of Halloween night like so few films in recent memory. When I was a kid, Halloween was my favorite holiday, largely because it felt like the whole world went somewhere else for one night. They [...]

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Guillermo Arriaga’s writing style is familiar by this point, and you know what you’re getting into even before you get it. Over the past 10 years, he’s made a name for himself writing sprawling ensemble pieces such as Babel and Amores Perros, films that cross borders and flux backwards and forwards through time without warning. Some [...]

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There’s a great untapped market for Jennifer’s Body. Men like blood and hot chicks, sure. Check. But instead of the tired slew of female victims being stalked and dismembered, writer Diablo Cody flips the script, making men the targets. It’s a feminist’s dream. Hell, it’s a college essayist’s dream. Written, directed by, and starring strong, [...]

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There is but one way to enter this life, but the gates of death are without number. The Final Destination series has spent the last 9 years cataloging the many possible ways to leave this mortal coil and, for those with a more morbid bent, it’s like The Grand Guignol meets a theme-park ride. You get [...]

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