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Finished in 2011 and finally getting a wide release, comes the new home invasion horror film You’re Next. This entertaining, yet lopsided offering from the makers of V/H/S/ and The ABCs of Death is the right amount of gory in some parts and unabashedly fun in others. But it never really finds the space where it’s comfortable and ends up languishing in the land of what could have been. Still,...[Read More]

I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright, the English director who helmed Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Wright is responsible for some of my favorite comedies, and he is a director whose work I will always support. Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are the first two parts of a thematic trilogy; one not connected by characters or narrative, but instead by sh...[Read More]

Lake Bell makes her directorial debut with the film, In a World…. Additionally, this is also her first trifecta, having also written and stared in the movie. So how did she do? Not bad, but not all that great either. There were definite highs and there were certainly some lows. Overall, In a World… is quirky, awkward and just a bit better than mildly entertaining. The story centers on Carol (Lake ...[Read More]