An Ode to Book of Shadows: It's the perfect sequel to BW. Wait, hear me out! Where are you going? Please, sit down, trust me on this...
Blair Witch was a blockbuster that not only crushed it with horror fans, but also pulled in a lot of new ones through the new found footage angle and crazy marketing campaign. The sequel had to come out quick while people were still hungry for more.
So, they could have made another similar…
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I had to watch this twice, a couple months apart, to be able to give it a fair review. I really like movies that deal with occult rituals that actually work, and Dark Song approached it in such a unique and realistic way. Best way to describe it would be raw, hardcore, grimey. But my hesitation was because it feels like they wanted to make 3 different movie styles and just forced them into one. It's part A24 style slow…
If you're familiar with the director's other work, specifically Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy, you'll know 1. What to expect, and 2. To not expect much. Don't get me wrong, the movie was fun and was packed with funny banter, but it also shoves the "family" spoon so far down your throat you can almost taste Dom's chain.
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Inspired to watch this after Inside Man, and reviews pointing to how it could have been a loose remake. This is the quintessential feel good movie in so many ways. You root for the bad guy, because the bad guy isn't really "bad", he's just a guy going through a rough patch of life trying to figure a way out, in a refreshingly selfless way. Pacino is of course electric as always, and my man Lance Henriksen even makes an…
