Movie Review: X My first thought to myself - alert, energized and to be sure alive, me - as I exited the theater after a watch of the new slasher film, X, was: Is horror having a moment right now, in 2022?

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November Forecast November 23, 2021 November is a simple, if now historic, month: it begins with what's turned out to be the greatest Marvel Cinematic Universe film ever.

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The Many Saints of Newark October 10, 2021 “The Many Saints of Newark" is a solid albeit not exactly electrifying crime film.

The #1 Movie in America October 10, 2021 It’s tough to imagine a time when “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Pretty Woman” were locked in an extended battle for multiplex supremacy.

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#1 Movie in America October 8, 2021 There’s a very plausible alternate universe where perennial Oscar bridesmaid Amy Adams has a Best Actress trophy.

September Forecast September 13, 2021 A kinder, gentler, quieter, September 2021 is what we get, a breather from the upstart and colorful August behind us.

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Top 5 Marty Doskins's Top 5 Movie Critics   1. Roger Ebert   2. Gene Siskel   3. Chris Hyde   4. Scott Tobias   5. Mr. Cranky This Date in Film History January 13, 2026   1934: Warner's cartoon Buddy the Gob is released. First cartoon credited to Friz (Isadore) Freleng, beginning a 31-year directing career at Warner Bros. 1972: Albany, Georgia law enforcement officials arrest the owner of a theatre showing Mike Nichols's film Carnal Knowledge. A criminal jury had previously declared the film obscene. The case of Billy Jenkins, the theatre owner, made it all the way to the US Supreme Court, which declared the film not obscene. Source: Forbidden Films