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‘Upgrade’ Review: RoboVengeance

Deirdre Crimmins — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:00:40 +0000

Unease with the intersection between our bodies and technology is nothing new. Going all the way back to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ we have a strong cultural history of wanting to push the boundaries of what nature gives us and see how unnatural we can become with a little help from science. Leigh Whannell’s ‘Upgrade’ uses...

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‘Insidious: The Last Key’ Review: Probably Not Really Last, Definitely Least

Philip Brown — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 18:00:53 +0000

One-man franchise factory James Wan (‘Saw’, ‘The Conjuring’, ‘Annabelle’) somehow stretched ‘Insidious’ into four films. Unfortunately, he’s rarely involved in his own sequels. ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ really could have used his talents to squeeze out some more scares… or the presence of anyone who cares about anything in this franchise beyond its almost inexplicable...

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‘Insidious: Chapter 3’ Review: Time to Close This Book

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:10 +0000

When ‘Insidious’ was released five years ago, it felt like a bit of a breath of fresh air in the horror genre that avoided graphic torture porn excess and Found-Footage sloppiness trends for a more classically constructed ghost story. By the time ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ arrived, the sheen had worn off, but it was at...

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