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Ringu knows that boredom and horror can be a potent mix
By Scott Kaufman October 30, 2014 | 5:00am
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Watching all 9 Hellraiser movies is an exercise in masochism
By Katie Rife October 30, 2014 | 5:00am
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Crispin Glover brings out the best of a rat-heavy cast in Willard
By Jesse Hassenger October 29, 2014 | 6:00pm
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This week we’re barely putting up with Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love
By Amelie Gillette October 29, 2014 | 4:00pm
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The new Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer puts the party back in apocalypse
By Sean O'Neal October 29, 2014 | 3:32pm
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A beginner’s guide to Hammer Films
By Kyle Fowle October 29, 2014 | 5:00am
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SPLAT!: 15 ways to blow up a human head
By Jesse Hassenger, Drew Fortune, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Joshua Alston, Genevieve Valentine, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, William Hughes, Les Chappell, Dennis Perkins, Kiva Reardon October 29, 2014 | 5:00am
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A saltwater crocodile doesn’t take kindly to tourists on the Australian Outback
By Nick Schager October 28, 2014 | 6:00pm
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A master’s complete works, WKRP uncut, and the return of Zach Braff
By Erik Adams, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 28, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Even the innocuous octopus was fair game in the late-’70s sea creatures boom
By Kiva Reardon October 27, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Direct from video: The rise of the VHS collector
By Katie Rife October 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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24 hours of horror with a dozen of the genre’s freshest voices
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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Natural born thrillers: 18 directors who haven’t made a horror film, but should
By Jesse Hassenger, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Genevieve Valentine, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Drew Fortune, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago October 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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D.W. Griffith’s career ended with a raw drama shot on the streets of the Bronx
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 24, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The Insidious: Chapter 3 trailer will make you want to jump, jump
By Katie Rife October 23, 2014 | 10:47pm
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Robert Bresson’s final masterpiece seems to keep going and going
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 23, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Spoiler Space: The Heart Machine
By Jenni Miller October 23, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Jeff Bridges on Popeye, the Coast Guard, and shitting his pants
By Marah Eakin October 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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Marvel decides not to make anyone wait, releases the first official trailer for Avengers: Age Of Ultron early
By Sam Barsanti October 23, 2014 | 1:52am
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Robert Altman waved goodbye with a film about waving goodbye
By Nick Schager October 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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The final film from Alfred Hitchcock is no epic farewell
By Jesse Hassenger October 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Two classic essay films and Captain America on a train that won’t stop
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 21, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Chicago, see Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler early and for free
By Alison Bridges October 21, 2014 | 12:51am
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One of France’s coolest directors closed his career with cops and crooks
By Nick Schager October 20, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Fake deaths, cheap resurrections, and dealing with real grief
By William Hughes October 20, 2014 | 5:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 17 - October 19
By AV Club Staff October 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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Here’s the trailer for Top Five, Chris Rock’s show-biz satire
By Dan Selcke October 17, 2014 | 11:12pm
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Chicago, see Ouija early and for free
By Josh Modell October 17, 2014 | 10:12pm
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There’s always a sucker ready to take the fall
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 17, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Audition conceals its horror under the skin of a different genre
By Mike D'Angelo October 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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What pop culture creator will you always follow?
By Jesse Hassenger, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Marah Eakin, William Hughes, Drew Fortune, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago October 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jason Schwartzman and Alex Ross Perry on creating a fake writer’s world
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Spike Lee kicked off the new millennium with an unsung triumph
By A.A. Dowd October 16, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Steve Martin and a double dose of Eddie Murphy make Bowfinger lovable
By Jesse Hassenger October 15, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Whiplash maestro Damien Chazelle on drumming, directing, and J.K. Simmons
By A.A. Dowd October 15, 2014 | 4:00pm
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To be continued... sort of: 11 unofficial sequels
By A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 15, 2014 | 5:00am
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Chicago, see Michael Keaton in Birdman early and for free
By Alison Bridges October 14, 2014 | 8:16pm
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A tale of talent crushed by Hollywood from a talent crushed by Hollywood
By Katie Rife October 14, 2014 | 6:00pm
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A John Ford masterpiece, a Spielberg set, and some X-Men
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 14, 2014 | 2:00pm
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Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short learn the meaning of “infamous”
By Nick Schager October 13, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 10 - October 12
By AV Club Staff October 12, 2014 | 5:00am
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NYFF 2014: Birdman closes the fest, but Edward Snowden supplies a real finale
By Ben Kenigsberg October 11, 2014 | 8:00pm
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An unheralded movie, an ostentatious Beatles box set, and an Isherwood novel
By Josh Modell, Marah Eakin, Sonia Saraiya October 11, 2014 | 5:00am
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Here’s the trailer for Focus, Will Smith’s con man movie
By Alex McLevy October 10, 2014 | 7:16pm
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Coppola’s imaginative, opulent take on Dracula created an unlikely blockbuster
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 10, 2014 | 5:00pm
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The Tomorrowland trailer whisks you to the wonderful world of George Clooney
By Sean O'Neal October 9, 2014 | 8:11pm
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A total Ghostbusters reboot is the best possible plan
By Sean O'Neal October 9, 2014 | 6:13pm
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Guy Maddin’s Dracula is one of the best adaptations of the story
By Mike D'Angelo October 9, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Chicago, see Bill Murray in St.Vincent early and for free
By Alison Bridges October 9, 2014 | 12:50am
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Werner Herzog remakes a classic vampire movie
By Nick Schager October 8, 2014 | 6:00pm
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This week we’re barely putting up with The Best Of Me
By Amelie Gillette October 8, 2014 | 4:00pm
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A bunch of famous people celebrate Richard Linklater in this trailer for 21 Years
By Sam Barsanti October 8, 2014 | 2:13am
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Electric Boogaloo celebrates the cut-rate heyday of Cannon Films
By Katie Rife October 7, 2014 | 8:03pm
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Christopher Lee makes for a lanky, imposing Prince Of Darkness
By Nick Schager October 7, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Killing Tom Cruise, over and over again...
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 7, 2014 | 4:39pm
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Elijah Wood on Open Windows, Lord Of The Rings, and his Paula Abdul video
By Will Harris October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
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Same year, same sets, different Draculas
By A.A. Dowd October 6, 2014 | 6:00pm
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David Fincher’s Gone Girl betrays the crucial balance of Gillian Flynn’s novel
By Nico Lang October 6, 2014 | 5:00am
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A sequel to a prequel to a spin-off of Air Bud: 10 unlikely, convoluted direct-to-video franchises
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 6, 2014 | 5:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: October 3 - October 5
By AV Club Staff October 5, 2014 | 5:00am
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NYFF 2014: Inherent Vice is a comic trip through the annals of noir
By Ben Kenigsberg October 5, 2014 | 1:00am
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Chicago, see Brad Pitt in Fury early and for free
By Alison Bridges October 4, 2014 | 7:23pm
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A handy app, a tried-and-true parody, and a great book
By John Teti, Alison Bridges, Sonia Saraiya October 4, 2014 | 5:00am
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Spoiler Space: Gone Girl
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 3, 2014 | 7:57pm
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Chicago, come watch 24 hours of horror movies for free
By Katie Rife October 3, 2014 | 6:52pm
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An overlooked gem from Otto Preminger, king of the best-seller adaptation
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 3, 2014 | 5:00pm
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One of cinema’s most jarring disruptions arrives halfway through Persona
By Mike D'Angelo October 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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What pop culture made you cry at an inopportune time?
By Caroline Siede, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Becca James, Sonia Saraiya, Jesse Hassenger, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, Laura M. Browning October 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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First teaser trailer for Pixar’s emotion movie plays on Pixar-related emotions
By Erik Adams October 2, 2014 | 8:13pm
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Here’s what blockbusters looked like half a century ago
By Mike D'Angelo October 2, 2014 | 4:00pm
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A clunky title can’t dilute the power of this ambitious “peasant epic”
By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2014 | 5:00am
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23 years after its release, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves is barely watchable
By Marah Eakin October 2, 2014 | 5:00am
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Chicago, see Robert Downey Jr. in The Judge early and for free
By Alison Bridges October 2, 2014 | 12:50am
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An unlikely Kurt Vonnegut bestseller becomes an even more unlikely movie
By Jesse Hassenger October 1, 2014 | 6:00pm
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This classic based on a classic will probably make you cry
By A.A. Dowd September 30, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Liam Neeson is back to punch some throats in the trailer for Tak3n
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 30, 2014 | 5:49pm
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Patton Oswalt, Amy Poehler, and more talk money in the We The Economy trailer
By David Anthony September 30, 2014 | 5:33pm
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An epic gets longer, Transformers gets dumber, and July gets colder
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 30, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Chicago, see Dracula Untold early and for free
By Alison Bridges September 30, 2014 | 1:27am
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Official trailer for P.T. Anderson’s Inherent Vice thinks maybe you should just look the other way
By Sam Barsanti September 30, 2014 | 12:36am
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David Cronenberg does Stephen King; the results are predictably haunting
By Nick Schager September 29, 2014 | 6:00pm
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NYFF 2014: Gone Girl is another thrilling procedural from David Fincher
By Ben Kenigsberg September 27, 2014 | 5:55pm
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Which side are you on?
By A.A. Dowd September 26, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Chicago, see the Conjuring prequel Annabelle early and for free
By Alison Bridges September 26, 2014 | 12:04am
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Michael Mann takes on cybercrime in the Blackhat trailer
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 25, 2014 | 7:15pm
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There is power in a union, says John Sayles
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 25, 2014 | 4:00pm
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NYFF 2014: Daft Punk, death, and the swan song of Alain Resnais
By Ben Kenigsberg September 24, 2014 | 8:14pm
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Sally Field is as mad as hell and she’s not going to take this anymore
By Katie Rife September 24, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Chicago, see Gone Girl early and for free
By Alison Bridges September 24, 2014 | 12:30am
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Hoffa makes no bones about celebrating the gangster life
By Nick Schager September 23, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Kingsman: The Secret Service trailer turns Colin Firth into a repressed James Bond
By Caroline Siede September 23, 2014 | 5:31pm
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Polanski tackles Shakespeare while Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson face the end of civilization
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 23, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Richard Pryor takes on the man
By Jesse Hassenger September 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: September 19 - September 21
By AV Club Staff September 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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NYFF 2014: Godard says goodbye to language as the festival begins
By Ben Kenigsberg September 19, 2014 | 6:19pm
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Amy Adams paints doe-eyed children in the trailer for Tim Burton’s Big Eyes
By David Anthony September 19, 2014 | 5:03pm
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American indie cinema is born on the mean streets of New York
By A.A. Dowd September 19, 2014 | 5:00pm
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Unforgiven offers a three-act drama in one crackerjack scene
By Mike D'Angelo September 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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What’s your personal one-hit wonder?
By Caroline Siede, Erik Adams, LaToya Ferguson, Sonia Saraiya, William Hughes, Mike Vago September 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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Incestuous desire is the deceptive subject of this excellent DIY indie
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 18, 2014 | 6:00pm
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We’d all be lucky to call Paul Rudd our idiot brother
By Jesse Hassenger September 17, 2014 | 6:00pm
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The pleasures and limitations of food porn
By Charlie Hopper September 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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There’s a big something lurking late into this brother-sister road comedy
By David Ehrlich September 16, 2014 | 6:00pm
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Godzilla stomps into your home, Eraserhead invades your nightmares
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 16, 2014 | 4:00pm
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Jason Schwartzman is an unrepentant prick in the Listen Up Philip trailer
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 16, 2014 | 3:10pm
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 gets a grim, gritty full trailer
By Caroline Siede September 15, 2014 | 8:08pm
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Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo play screwed up siblings in a terrific debut
By Nick Schager September 15, 2014 | 6:00pm
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A noisy record, a classic zombie film, and an old favorite
By Becca James, Josh Modell, Katie Rife September 13, 2014 | 5:00am
