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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Mar 2022

Zodiac (2007)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4

D avid Fincher's Zodiac effectively encapsulates the massive manhunt for the serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area from the 60s through the late 70s. His theatrical villainy would…

Mar 2022

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Ranking the Best Picture Nominees (2021)::rating::5

W ith the Oscars fast approaching, it's time to take a closer look at the nominees. It's a boatload of fun to rank things, so let's make a list, shall…

Feb 2022

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Nightmare Alley (2021)::rating::3.5

W ithin Guillermo del Toro's ambitious, eccentric Nightmare Alley, two very different movies form an awkward coexistence: For much of its first half, we see the dark, sprawling topography of a…

Jan 2022

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Last Night in Soho (2021)::rating::3

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London. If the thought of a film built around the…

Nov 2021

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Thirteen Ghosts (2001)::rating::2

You know you're in trouble when a movie's stylized title (Thir13en Ghosts) hurts your brain to process. Most of what follows is cacophonous and incoherent to the point of…

Oct 2021

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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)::rating::3

Yes, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is dumber than a box of sheetrock screws. And yes, it's pretty much the reheated leftovers of the first Escape Room. Yet,…

Sep 2021

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Candyman (2021)::rating::3

Candyman provokes an intriguing question: Is a gory slasher flick the appropriate vessel for important socio-cultural commentary? I grappled with the answer for much of the movie's runtime,…

Jun 2021

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)::rating::2.5

Are they serious? I mean, they can’t really think that somebody did murder at the behest of a hell-forged demon. Or…can they?

Mar 2021

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La Llorona (2020)::rating::3.5

Writer-director Jayro Bustamante’s newest film merges that infamous piece of folklore with the saga of a disgraced dictator, thus mingling supernatural horror with elements of real-life atrocities.

Oct 2019

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