Author: Kate Erbland
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Ranking the Oscar-Winning Likelihood of Toronto’s First Round of Festival Picks
Inclusion in the Toronto International Film Festival’s slate has long been a good indicator of a film’s Oscar viability. As I once ever-so-briefly explored in…
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‘Fight Club’ Graphic Novel Sequel On the Way: I Am Jack’s Complete Lack of Interest
Quick! Think of a beloved, bold, classic, cult film with Oscar caliber performance and craft that you’d never want to see remade or reimagined. Now…
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The New Female Predators of Page and Screen
Perhaps the most unsettling thing about Hannah Fidell’s finely tuned debut feature A Teacher is that the film gets its audience to sympathize with the…
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‘R.I.P.D.’ Review: Even a Gleeful Jeff Bridges Can’t Save This Arrestingly Bad Adaptation
‘R.I.P.D.’ Review: Even a Gleeful Jeff Bridges Can’t Save This Arrestingly Bad Adaptation Okay, Ryan Reynolds, you can stop now. Step away from the comic…
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Emmy Nominations: 10 Things That Give Us Hope for the TV Award Show
While award show prognostication it still a very inexact science, there is one thing that we can all bank on when it comes to the…
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‘Fruitvale,’ ‘Girl Most Likely’ and the Strange Trend of Renaming Festival Films
This week sees the release of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s Girl Most Likely, a film even the most hardcore of Kristen Wiig fans…
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The Inevitable Finally Happened on ‘Catfish,’ And Still Felt Strangely Scripted
(Spoilers ahead for the fourth episode of Catfish, which aired last night on MTV.) Four episodes into its second season, MTV’s Catfish finally managed to put…
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4 Movies to See Before You Watch ‘The Conjuring’
This week sees the opening of James Wan’s The Conjuring, the horror maestro’s latest scream-filled outing that has already picked up plenty of accolades, thanks…
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Your Essential Guide to the Many Talents Behind ‘V/H/S/2’
Are you confused by the wealth of horror talent that’s behind this week’s new release horror anthology release V/H/S/2? No one could blame you for…