Movie Reviews5.9/10
Jim Carrey’s Mask Comedy Never Decides Between Dark Drama and Pure Absurdity
A masked man laughs too hard and dances badly in public, while a quiet clerk watches his fate twist beneath a green mask.
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Tag: cult classic
TV Reviews5.9/10
Scream Queens Review: Horror-Comedy Mix Works Better Committed Than Blended
A grim chronicle of terror and mirth upon a college campus, wherein masked fiends and laughing maidens conspire against one another.
Movie Reviews7.4/10
American Psycho Turns a Business Card Into a Weapon, and Never Lets Up
A Wall Street trader's business card becomes a weapon in Mary Harron's chilling, satirical horror tale.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Turns 22: Tarantino’s Revenge Saga Drags Through Its Middle Before Justifying the Wait
A bride of vengeance tracks down those who betrayed her, in a tale dark and personal, wherein revenge is earned at great cost.
TV Reviews7/10
Five Years On, Chucky’s Campy Horror Still Earns Its Laughs Along With Its Scares
A killer doll returns to terrorize a town, in this season of Chucky's grim, campy tale of murder and vengeance.
TV Reviews8.3/10
South Park at 29: How Stan, Kyle, Eric and Kenny Made Satire a Mainstream Force
A foul-mouthed tale of four boys in a Colorado town, whose cruel jests against politics, religion, and culture still sting twenty-five years on.
Movie Reviews8.4/10
Fight Club at 27: The Fight Was Never With Tyler
A 1999 cult classic about a man who starts an underground fight club to escape his hollow life, only to face his darkest self.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
The Lost Boys at 39: Schumacher’s Vampire Tale Still Bites
A dark tale of youth and midnight peril in a shadowed town, where two brothers face a dread far beyond the ordinary.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Near Dark Puts Vampires on the Highway, and the Move Mostly Pays Off
A tale of the open road, where a stranger's mark binds a man unto a family that feeds after dark. Bigelow's vision, told plain and fast.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Brazil at 41: Gilliam’s Paper-Choked Machine World Still Holds Up
A clerk dreams of escape amid wires, forms, and stamps in Gilliam's dark, uneasy vision of a controlled society.