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Jessica Chastain’s presence aside, ‘Mama’ is unmemorable if slightly spooky

Mama Directed by Andy Muschietti Written by Neil Cross, Andy Muschietti, and Barbara Muschietti Spain and Canada, 2013 How far do big names get a small movie? That is the question at the core of Mama, a new horror film that wouldn’t exist were it not for executive producer Guillermo del Toro and leading lady/current …

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The 100 Best Films of the Decade: 2000 – 2009 (part 6)

Before I get to number 49 I feel the need to list fifty honorable mentions. This is a very personal list and I am confident that I could have easily chosen 100 foreign language films or 100 independent art house films and skipped out on all the Hollywood flicks, but I decided to go with …

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Top 6 Ghost Films

1. The Shining Jack Torrance only kills one person yet he is the monster of the film. No one ever questions Wendy, who not only repeatedly hits Jack over the head with a baseball bat, but also lashes after him with a knife, finally leaving him to die of hypothermia. Clearly the so-called “victim” in …

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