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2009 hasn’t been the best year for scary movies. Some have been interesting, others horrifically bad, but overall they’ve been disappointing in their unwillingness to take a chance. Still, a few rose to the top (and sunk to the bottom), and here they are. As always, leave your comments below!The Best1. Drag Me to Hell2. [...]

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After the presents are unwrapped and the egg nog hangover has worn off, it’s time to celebrate another age old holiday tradition — watching sappy Christmas movies. Here are ten of my favorites, just in case you need ideas for what to rent or download.1. A Christmas StoryI could recite this movie from beginning [...]

The best way to get in the Halloween spirit is to watch a few spine-tingling scary movies, and we’ve got five badass recommendations…

I’m as guilty as anyone of encouraging Hollywood studios by going to see terrible remakes of classic horror movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Last House on the Left, Friday the 13th, and Halloween (which was a little better than the others thanks to Rob Zombie but still pretty much sucked).But now they’ve just [...]

When I was little, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle was one of my favorite movies. It had everything…suspense, action, even Gilbert & Sullivan. And apparently I’m not the only one who was influenced by this Rebecca DeMornay classic.This year saw the release of two horror movies that echo themes from The Hand that Rocks [...]

Like practically every other woman in the country under 40, I grew up reading Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books. Well finally, Hollywood has stopped ignoring this mostly-untapped cultural resource. That’s right, a Ramona movie is in the works! It’s called Ramona and Beezus, the Beezus being Ramona’s sister Beatrice. It is set to come out on [...]

I know I’ve been writing a lot of “___ is a ripoff of ___” articles, but sometimes it’s warranted. Take, for example, the new cheesy-looking horror movie Orphan, which is about a creepy kid going to live with a family and then terrorizing them and others, because they’re evvviiiiillll. Doesn’t this sound like something you’ve [...]

Since Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors and The Sirens of Titan is one of my favorite books of his, I have to say something about this new movie The Time Traveler’s Wife. When I saw the TV ad for the film, it said it was based on a book, so I figured [...]

I had heard that the first Night at the Museum movie was above average in terms of children’s movies, but it wasn’t until the buzz started for Night at the Museum 2: Something about the Smithsonian that I finally forced myself to check out the first film…