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‘The Lighthouse’ is a spellbinding tour-de-force for Defoe, Pattinson

Jacob Neisewander | Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Hark! “The Lighthouse” is the second feature film from up-and-coming horror director Robert Eggers. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe star as two lighthouse keepers slowly descending into madness after being stranded at their station. While the technical aspects of “The Lighthouse” alone are certainty worth the price of admission, it’s Pattinson and Dafoe’s performances that

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‘Uncut Gems’ is gripping orchestration of chaos, tension

Jacob Neisewander | Monday, January 27, 2020

“Uncut Gems” was directed by Josh and Benny Safdie and stars Adam Sandler as Howard Raton, an eccentric and out-of-control New York jeweler who thrives on high-stake gambling bets and the euphoria of winning big. Sandler turns in perhaps the best performance of his career with this film and generates a compelling argument for those

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Spooky Scene Selections

Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan, Jim Moster, Jacob Neisewander, Charlie Kenney, Willoughby Thom and Dessi Gomez | Thursday, October 31, 2019

Boo! Scene’s here, and we just went trick-or-treating for some spook-tacular movies and music to make your Halloween extra scary. Scared of the dark? Lean into your fears and have some fun this All Hallows Eve. A scary movie never killed anyone, except maybe all the characters in the movie. Some spooky music, cackling cries

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Disc(ord): blink-182’s ‘NINE’

Jim Moster and Jacob Neisewander | Monday, October 7, 2019

For “NINE:” blink-182 artfully copes with introspection in ”NINE“ By Jim Moster, Scene Writer Like any movie or TV reboot, a reformed band needs to justify its return from the grave. In 2016, blink-182 regrouped with guitarist Matt Skiba to record “California,” their first studio album since the departure of Tom DeLonge. However, only with

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‘It Chapter Two’ is a treat for fans of first chapter

Jacob Neisewander | Thursday, September 12, 2019

In September 2017, New Line Cinema’s adaption of Stephen King’s “It” became the highest grossing horror film of all time. Two years later, the second half of King’s saga comes to the big screen and the result is … complicated. As a continuation of the 2017 film, “It Chapter Two” succeeds as a gripping finale

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‘Midsommar’ and the phantom genre of elevated horror

Jacob Neisewander | Tuesday, September 10, 2019

If you asked a film buff to explain the meaning of the term “elevated horror,” they would probably start off by listing a smattering of critically acclaimed horror films from the last decade. Movies like “The Babadook” and “It Follows” are elevated horror. “Get Out” and “Us” are certainly elevated horror. What about the “The