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‘The Nun’ is 90 minutes of unvarnished nonsense
1/10 Imagine if The Evil Dead 2 took itself seriously. That’s The Nun. The Nun is that bad. “The darkest chapter of The Conjuring Universe” – because aping the language of its sister Insidious series wasn’t enough, they also had to … Continue reading
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Tagged #james wan, Evil Dead 2, Insidious, Taissa Farminga, The Conjuring, The Name of the Rose, The Nun, vera farminga
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‘The Last Key’ decent, dragged down by ‘Insidious’ hallmarks
4/10 You thought I’d forgotten about Insidious, didn’t you? No, we remember. Even if no one else- What?! It opened at almost $30 million? Guess January isn’t the dead zone it used to be. Insidious: The Last Key sees franchise … Continue reading
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Solid scares, likable cast, but Conjuring 2 is nothing new
Rhiannon Saegert @missmusetta If Insidious 4 The Conjuring 2 really is scarier than the original, it’s because by now, the people making these films have abandoned storytelling in favor of doing what they do best — decent scares. The film begins … Continue reading
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Jurassic World rampages through flop-filled summer
We’ve written before about how much better Jurassic World did than anything else, and as the summer went on that article became more and more accurate. As of this writing, only two movies — Inside Out with $348.2 million and Minions with $328.6 million … Continue reading
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A less chaotic state: 1982’s Poltergeist
The original Poltergeist is kind of dull. It’s not overtly scary by today’s standards, until the end at least. However, the Steven Spielberg written, produced and possibly directed film has a strong family focus. Where a lot of recent horror movies had … Continue reading
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