Like the movies themselves, the haunted house, a favorite real estate of generations of horror, has come a long way from the gloomy castle or the dark Victorian pile; directors now relocate that spooky domicile to the more recognizable suburbs that proliferate and spread their interchangeable blandness across our great nation. The menace that once […]
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“Snitch”
There’s no denying that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has come a long way from his days as a pro wrestler for the WWE. Since making the transition to film acting over ten years ago, he’s appeared in dozens of movies and has always maintained an immensely likeable screen presence. He’s got good looks, charisma to […]
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“Beautiful Creatures”
With the “Twilight” series mercifully at an end — though there are already murmurings about a possible reboot — movie studios are scrambling to recapture the attentions of those film’s audiences, raiding bookstore shelves and snatching up anything with the words “supernatural” and “love story” on the dust jacket. Warner Bros.’ Southern Gothic romance, “Beautiful […]
