The Perfect Husband is Scary and Scary Isn’t Always Good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlU1P1F7Nrg The Perfect Husband. 2014 (released 2016 in Canada & America). Directed by Lucas Pavetto. Screenplay by Pavetto & Massimo Vavassoria. Starring Gabriella Wright, Bret Roberts, Carl Wharton, Tania Bambaci, Daniel Vivan, & Philippe Reinhardt. Artsploitation Films/DEA Film/Cobra Film/Nedioga Film. Not Rated. 85 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★ So first of all, I want to thank the …

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Dead of Summer – Season 1, Episode 5: “How to Stay Alive in the Woods”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5_1UtPzl8w Freeform's Dead of Summer Season 1, Episode 5: "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" Directed by Norman Buckley Written by Erin Maher & Kay Reindl * For a review of the previous episode, "Modern Love" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "The Dharma Bums" - click here We …

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The Childhood of a Leader is One Darkly Vivid View of the Birth of Dictatorship at the Family Level

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEa9vg_OrSA The Childhood of a Leader. 2016. Directed by Brady Corbet. Screenplay by Corbet & Mona Fastvold. Starring Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Caroline Boulton, Sophie Lane Curtis, Rebecca Dayan, Luca Bercovici, Yolande Moreau, Scott Alexander Young, Michael Epp, Jeremy Wheeler, & Roderick Hill. FilmTeam/Bow and Arrow Entertainment/Bron Capital Partners. Not …

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Outcast – Season 1, Episode 6: “From the Shadows It Watches”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAXSaznMlrM Cinemax's Outcast Season 1, Episode 6: "From the Shadows It Watches" Directed by Tricia Brock Written by Joy Blake * For a review of the previous episode, "The Road Before Us" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "The Damage Done" - click here Reverend Anderson (Philip Glenister) watches the …

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Dead of Summer – Season 1, Episode 3: “Mix Tape”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBaGyXOb3o Freeform's Dead of Summer Season 1, Episode 3: "Mix Tape" Directed by Mick Garris Written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz * For a review of the previous episode, "Barney Rubble Eyes" - click hereclick here * For a review of the next episode, "Modern Love" - click here So the episode name's been …

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Brian De Palma’s Sisters is One Hell of a Fractured Psychological Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvsixXqC-gM Sisters. 1973. Directed by Brian De Palma. Screenplay by De Palma & Louisa Rose. Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Mary Davenport, & Dolph Sweet. Pressman-Williams/American International Pictures. Rated R. 93 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★1/2 Brian De Palma is a quality filmmaker. That quality hasn't been kicking around …

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ROVDYR’s Nothing New, Still Visceral

Nothing out of the ordinary here. Yet ROVDYR (a.k.a MANHUNT) packs a visceral, brutish punch all the same.

Outcast – Season 1, Episode 5: “The Road Before Us”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlXAP7P2s0I Cinemax's Outcast Season 1, Episode 5: "The Road Before Us" Directed by Craig Zobel Written by Robin Veith * For a review of the previous episode, "A Wrath Unseen" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "From the Shadows It Watches" - click here Allison Barnes (Kate Lyn Sheil), estranged …

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