Friday the 13th: The Campy Slasher Films, Worst to First

Advertisements Friday the 13th is more often than not written off as the cheaper, campier, and just worst of the slasher franchises. Yet, Jason Voorhees, the hockey-masked menace and possible hero at points, stands as one of the most iconic and well-known…

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Friday the 13th: The Best Kills of the Franchise

Advertisements After you watch every single Friday the 13th film ever released, you start to ask yourself a few questions: Why would you subject yourself to over 1000 minutes of Friday the 13th in the span of eighteen days? Also, who would…

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The Best ‘Missed Moments’ in Lost in Translation

Advertisements Lost in Translation, hypnotically written and directed by Sofia Coppola, manages to still be one of the most relevant and honest films of this century, even fifteen years later. What more can be said of Coppola’s love masterpiece that hasn’t been…

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Friday the 13th: A Screenplay

Advertisements Every Friday this month I will take a peek into some realm of the Friday the 13th franchise. At the end of the month, we will have an encapsulating piece on the franchise and its role in both horror and overall…

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Bullitt

Advertisements This was my first full dive into Director Peter Yates’ late 60’s action movie Bullitt. Having seen the famous car chase a number of times, I felt Horsepower Month was the right time to finally get the full context of the 1968…

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Noah Baumbach Filmography: Retrospective and Ranking

Advertisements Noah Baumbach’s career spans over twenty years; his filmography—we’ll be hearing a lot about that—includes a slew of interesting and diverse pieces, many quite different and unique from one another. But what has been most fascinating in my recent deep dive…

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Alpha

Advertisements This piece will stand as my official Oscar bid for Chuck, the dog, to get a nomination for best supporting actor. After the recent news about Best Popular Film, it is time to get a dog nominated for supporting actor now.…

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Slender Man

Advertisements This review could be sub-titled: When Viral Tries to Go to the Movies. Based in some town, about some myth, involving some group of girls, is this years latest “property-gotten-too-late” internet heavy horror, Slender Man. This year’s antithesis to Hereditary, Slender…

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