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Weekend Roundtable: Unlikely Children’s Film Directors

Josh Zyber — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:00:39 +0000

If Cabin Fever and Hostel filmmaker Eli Roth can make a PG-rated children’s movie, what other unlikely director will do so next? Let’s see if we can figure that out in this week’s Roundtable. Deirdre Crimmins As much as I’d love to hear Werner Herzog narrate a series of children’s fables, or as much as...

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls Review: A Fun Time for the Kiddos

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:00:48 +0000

If recent history has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. The past few years have been doozies. We’ve seen footage of a live giant squid and the return of Twin Peaks! So if I tell you that Eli Roth has made a movie for kids that’s actually worth your time, believe me. Stranger...

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‘Death Wish’ (2018) Review: Bruce Goes Full Bronson

Philip Brown — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:00:13 +0000

If there’s one old film franchise that seems completely impossible to foist onto audiences in 2018, it’s ‘Death Wish’. We’re in the height of the #MeToo movement and in the midst of another massive gun control debate in the wake of yet another senseless school shooting. Perhaps it’s not the time for a tale about...

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‘Knock Knock’ Review: Nobody’s Home

Philip Brown — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:00:39 +0000

Eli Roth’s fifth feature hits screens only a few weeks after his fourth thanks to the two-year delay that held up the release of ‘The Green Inferno’. As a change of pace, ‘Knock Knock’ is an erotic thriller rather than straight horror. However, it’s also his weakest movie to date despite being packed with some...

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‘The Green Inferno’ Review: Tasty Cannibal Horror, Sour Satirical Aftertaste

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:00:11 +0000

Here’s something you don’t see every day, a contemporary cannibal horror flick. There was a time when these things were cranked out regularly by the renegade Italian horror industry and represented the depths of their sleaziness. When they went away, most folks assumed they’d never return. Yet thanks to Eli Roth (‘Hostel’, ‘Cabin Fever’), cannibal...

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