Film: Contracted: Phase II Starring: Matt Mercer Directed by: Josh Forbes Two years after Eric England’s Contracted took the world of body horror by storm, IFC Midnight has released a clunky sequel with no input from England that struggles to find a single original beat. Opening with the same sequence that ended the first film, […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Contracted: Phase II’ Is Another Bad Horror Sequel
September 3rd, 2015 
James Shotwell 
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Posted in Comedy, Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: Addicted to Fresno, Addicted To Fresno Review, aubrey plaza, comedy, judy greer, movie review, movies, Natasha Lyonne, Reviews 1 Comment »
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Posted in Features, Live, News, Reviews, Streams Tags: acoustic, album review, canada, Eden Rohatensky, Eden The Cat, ep, folk, Live In A Basement Apartment, new music, Orphan Mothers, Reviews, Saskatchewan 1 Comment »
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Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle, Lake Bell, Movie Reviews, movies, No Escape, No Escape Movie Review, No Escape Review, No Escape Reviews, owen wilson, pierce brosnan, Reviews, riot, thriller 1 Comment »
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Posted in Movies, News, Reviews Tags: Blood Moon, Blood Moon Review, Blood Moon Reviews, film, horror, Jeremy Wooding, Movie Reviews, movies, Native American Folklore, Reviews, Skinwalkers, thriller, werewolves, western, Western Horror 1 Comment »
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Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: action, American Ultra, American Ultra Review, American Ultra Reviews, comedy, connie britton, film, jesse eisenberg, kristin stewart, movie review, movies, Nima Nourizadeh, Reviews, stoner movies, topher grace, Weed Movies Comments Off on MOVIE REVIEW: ‘American Ultra’ Is Stoner Action Comedy Gold
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Posted in Features, Movies, News, Reviews Tags: 2015, biopic, compton, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, F Gary Gray, film, Ice Cube, MC Ren, Movie Reviews, movies, NWA Movie, NWA Movie Review, review, Reviews, straight outta compton, Straight Outta Compton Movie, Straight Outta Compton movie review, Straight Outta Compton review, Straight Outta Compton Reviews Comments Off on MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Is Surprisingly Tame
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