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M. Night Shyamalan is having a moment on the small screen.
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M. Night Shyamalan is having a moment on the small screen.
Here are my movie recommendations for this year’s scary celebrating:
The Deliverance is Lee Daniels’s first foray into horror filmmaking.
And a film that might have only supported the elite establishment, parroting the predictable talking points of neoliberal imperialism, instead does something smarter and more poetic.
John Woo is a pioneer of “heroic bloodshed” films, delivering over-the-top violence and gore with operatic stylizing.
The Union is a fun new espionage thriller/romantic comedy that just landed on Netflix. It’s helmed by Julian Farino who’s best known for directing several episodes of the Entourage series. That might seem like an odd match, but this picture mixes the politics and particulars of a spycraft procedural with the pop and sizzle of an odd couple rom-com. And thanks to a deft script and strong performances from its talented cast, The Union manages to deliver each without undermining the other. Mike McKenna (Mark Wahlberg) is an everyman construction worker, living a simple life in New Jersey and still carrying a torch for his teenage sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry).
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is streaming on Hulu
Bob Marley: One Love is streaming on Prime
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is now streaming on Netflix.
The new film The Bikeriders is based on Danny Lyon’s 1968 photobook of the same name.