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jack fleischer / monday movie / movies

Monday Movie: The Thing, by Jack Fleischer

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Thing originally ran as a theatrical review. John Carpenter’s The Thing is a movie with sanctified status. While a casual Carpenter fan I had never seen this...

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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

Boy Erased: Thesis Statement, by David Bax

Joel Edgerton’s previous outing as director, 2015’s The Gift, was a psychological thriller that, as such movies often do, borrowed heavily from horror tropes. His new film, the real life gay conversion therapy survivor’s tale Boy Erased, sometimes flirts with...

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david bax / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

Gringo: Ficcion Pulpa, by David Bax

Nash Edgerton’s Gringo would have been a mild sensation if it came out twenty years ago, the kind of movie whose posters would be all over dorm rooms and that would be in heavy rotation on the TV in your weed dealer’s...

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ian brill / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

Bright: Rather Dim, by Ian Brill

David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was a mixed bag but easily the weakest aspect was the mystical villain Enchantress and her giant CGI-borne brother Incubus. Their place in their story felt like a concession — that superhero films must have big...

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