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Despite dismal box office results across-the-board, the major movie studios have yet to figure out that the American public is not interested in preachy movies about the war in Iraq. Filmmakers interested in producing compelling dramatic films abo...

With Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, Todd Solondz proved himself to be a daring filmmaker who will not shy away from provocative issues, even if they offend a large portion of his audience. Storytelling, Solondz's new film, is an inelegant...

This review contains spoilers and is designed for those who have already seen the film or don’t much care about such things.Strange Darling, the sophomore effort of writer/director JT Mollner, uses a non-chronological approach to tell the story o...

December 30, 1999: the penultimate day of the penultimate year of the century (the 20th century doesn't officially end until the close of 2000). In Los Angeles, the "biggest party of all time" is already underway. Crime is flowing as freely...

Buried deep within the DNA of Dee Snider’s Strangeland are some ideas about body modification as a way of life and spiritual enlightenment. And, for the time when it was made (1998), a few of its plot points about on-line predation could be cons...

We tend to think of our homes as places of safety and refuge. The illusory nature of such a belief is quickly dispelled in Bryan Bertino's debut feature, The Strangers. A chilling horror film about a home invasion, this movie doesn't break any ne...

According to director Renny Harlin, who filmed all three parts of this horror trilogy back-to-back-to-back, The Strangers: Chapter 1 is not a prequel to the taut 2008 film, The Strangers, but the start of a new story “inspired by” the original...

Sam Peckinpah's 1971 adaptation of Gordon Williams' novel elicited more controversy than the uncompromising director expected, in large part because of the unflinching and somewhat ambiguous depiction of a double rape. In addition to the unexpurgat...

Despite having a skinny running time of about 90 minutes, Strays may win the championship for most instances of profanity in a major motion picture. (I’m sure someone will run the statistics at some point.) It’s also a very funny movie. Profan...

Street Kings has the look and feel of an '80s cop thriller. Despite the predictability of the overall story arc, there's suspense and tension to be found between the credit sequences, but the movie is saddled with an ending that is both improbable...