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“Saw IV” symbolized everything wrong with the year 2007

Seeing "Saw IV" was a life-changing experience for me, and in all the wrong ways. For some nerds that movie is "Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace." For others it's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" or "Man of Steel." You know what I mean. That movie that had you super pumped because it was expected to take a franchise you loved in an exciting new direction. Then you...

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“Saw VI” is not “torture porn”; it is peak social justice horror

If you're a leftist and a fan of no-holds-barred gory horror flicks, there is one movie that you should watch every Halloween: "Saw VI," one of the best satires of the American healthcare system ever released by a major Hollywood studio in a tentpole franchise. I am convinced it has been overlooked by critics solely because of its supposed status as "torture porn." I despise the term "torture...

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“The Final Destination” has a brilliant scene of neo-Nazi humiliation and death… but the rest is humdrum

There is a funny thing about the "Final Destination" franchise. If you're talking about the five films that were released between 2000 and 2011 (I am not familiar with the book series or planned reboots), it is safe to say that you genuinely liked the first film, appreciated the opening act of the second movie and admired the twist ending of the last one, but were unimpressed by everything...

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