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TIFF Journal: Knives Out

Jason Gorber — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:00:21 +0000

The most obnoxious thing I can say about Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is that I prefer its mix of genre tropes and social commentary to Jordan Peele’s Get Out. Frankly, the mix of Clue with an acerbic and biting look at race, class, and privilege in America is more entertaining to me than taking The...

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Halloween (2018) Review: One, Two, Laurie’s Coming for You…

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:00:01 +0000

The current trend in toxic fandom is to hold certain films and media as precious, and think it’s blasphemy to consider reimagining them. While I understand, but do not share, this territorial ownership on a childlike, emotional level, the attitude can rob us of innovation and artistic development. The new Halloween makes its own firm...

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TIFF Journal: Halloween (2018)

Jason Gorber — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:00:36 +0000

It may be heresy to say, but David Gordon Green’s version of Halloween isn’t just better than the (overpraised) original, it’d work perfectly well if it were a standalone film that toyed with general slasher movie tropes rather than a continuation of a horror film saga. At the same time, the film also works exceptionally...

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Scream Queens 2.01 Recap: “Becoming a Doctor Was Never the Dream”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:00:15 +0000

Fox’s imperfect but fun horror spoof ‘Scream Queens’ has returned for a second season of skewering genre conventions. Even though the setting and horror theme have changed, it turns out that the show is not exactly an anthology like creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s ‘American Horror Story’. Many of last season’s characters are back...

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‘Scream Queens’ Season 1 Finale Recap: “What’s Murder If Not the Perfect, Most Ultimate Form of Hazing?”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:00:18 +0000

During its first season, Fox’s horror comedy ‘Scream Queens’ may have never hit the same heights of giddy delirium as creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s ‘American Horror Story’ at its best, but still managed to be a pretty funny and entertaining show with its own vibe. The first season finale brings the Kappa Kappa...

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‘Scream Queens’ Pilot Recap: “You Represent Everything That Is Wrong with Young Girls Today”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:00:13 +0000

Producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have a new series together, and I suppose the lazy comparison to make is that it’s like a cross between their previous collaborations ‘Glee’ and ‘American Horror Story’. Honestly, there’s not much of either in it, though. ‘Scream Queens’ is more like the vicious satire of ‘Heathers’ fused with...

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