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Trailer Trashin’: More Fact-Based Period Horror in The Conjuring 2 Teaser Trailer

Hello again, dear readers. I hope the year is off to a good start for all of you. It’s coming to you later than I intended, but here’s the first Trailer Trashin’ column of 2016. Now let’s take a look at the teaser trailer for director James Wan’s upcoming horror sequel The Conjuring 2. Premise: Husband and wife paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) travel ...[Read More]

Eight Things We Want From Star Wars: Episode VIII

In only its fourth weekend of release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to demolish box office records and demand most of the chatter on the internet. As fun as The Force Awakens is, it does leave many of its characters in interesting places and sports a lot of unanswered questions. Star Wars: Episode VIII may not be arriving until May 2017, but it’s never too early to start our wish list fo...[Read More]

Life & Death: Ranking the Films of Alejandro González Iñárritu

Most filmmakers spend the duration of a career emphasizing one walk of life over the infinite others, but occasionally there is an artist who seeks the truth through universality: the common thread that unifies a Mexican intersection, a Moroccan village, or an American theatre into a snapshot of what it truly means to be alive. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu is one such artist, pursuing the ...[Read More]

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