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The Best Irish Movies to Watch This St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Halftone Staff Brooklyn, film, Irish, Leprechaun, movies, Sing Street, St. Patrick's Day, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Luck of the Irish, Walking Ned Devine

This St. Patrick’s Day, the team here at Halftone wants to give you our favorite Irish movies we think will

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Essays Film Reviews 

Belle (2022): Discover Your True Self in the World of U

January 28, 2023February 3, 2023 Janaye Roberts anime, Belle, film, Kylie McNeil, Mamoru Hosoda, Paul Castro Jr.

Don’t you wish that you could start over and live the life you want? Well, now you can! Welcome to

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Bones and All: A Gruesome and Tender Love Story

January 21, 2023January 21, 2023 Olivia Phillips Bones and All, horror, Luca Guadagnino, Romance, Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet

Luca Guadagnino’s latest film Bones and All was released in theaters nationwide on November 23. In this 130-minute fusion of

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The Wonder may fly under the radar, but it is still some of Florence Pugh’s best work

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 Gianna Forgen film, Florence Pugh, Netflix, Psychological Thriller, Review, The Wonder, Thriller

This review contains spoilers for the movie.  A smart consumer of media will watch anything for Florence Pugh; the 26-year-old

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Looking ahead to HBO’s newest 2023 drama, The Last of Us

November 11, 2022 Ronald Henefer HBO, Naughty Dog, PlayStation, reviews, The Last of Us, TV, TV Adaptations, video games

Film and television adaptations of video games have always had a big question mark next to them, as they all

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Hellraiser (2022): All pain, no pleasure

October 25, 2022 Matt Berrian

Hellraiser (2022) had potential. It was billed as a reboot, not a sequel, of the longstanding “Hellraiser” franchise that’s been

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Belial, the absolute joy of the Bradely family, in his iconic basket
Essays Film Reviews 

Basket Case Review: Butchery, Blood, and Brotherly Love

October 6, 2022October 7, 2022 Owen Ruliva 1980's, 80's, film, films, horror, horror movies, movie review, movies, retro, Review, scary, slasher

If you were to take two brothers and divide them into two, what do you end up with? Well, if

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Barbarian: Not an Average Haunted House Movie

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Olivia McAvaddy film review, horror, thriller movies

This movie will make you think twice before booking that AirBnb In his horror debut, writer and director Zach Cregger

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Spider-Man is The World’s Most Popular Super-Hero, So Why Does Marvel Never Give Him Any Respect?

October 2, 2022October 3, 2022 Frank Saponare Comic Books, marvel, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Spider-Verse

  Back in April, Marvel Comics released Amazing Spider-Man #1, which kicks off a new story for the title character

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“Thor: Love and Thunder” teaser trailer review by someone who wants the Marvel Cinematic Universe to please just die already

April 27, 2022April 27, 2022 Matt Berrian marvel, mcu, new film, teaser, thor

Hey, it’s me again. I originally set out wanting the hateful Doctor Strange trailer review to be a one-and-done sort

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Essays Film Music 

Turning Red and the Power of the Boy Band

April 24, 2022April 24, 2022 Jay Norton

The year is 2011. A young kid has just heard about a new band named “One Direction” that all the

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“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”: A cynical trailer review from a certified MCU hater.

April 18, 2022April 26, 2022 Matt Berrian

Two days ago, Marvel Studios dropped a new teaser trailer for the upcoming film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of

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Last Night in Soho: A Dark Ride Through the ’60s

March 16, 2022 Katelyn Warren anya taylor joy, edgar wright, film review, last night in soho, thriller movies

  Watching the film Last Night in Soho is like taking ‘shrooms and playing the best ‘60s hits on your

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Uncharted: An Entertaining if Unfaithful Adaptation

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 Jay Norton

The phrase “video game movies are never good” has been repeated ad nauseum over the years, and it’s easy to

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Batman is silhouetted against the coral and orange sky. His back is to the camera, and he is gazing down at Gotham from a rooftop.
Film Reviews 

The Batman: Three tense hours of noir crime magic

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Hannah Tran comics, DC, film review, superhero, The Batman

Yes, three hours, plus twenty minutes of previews. It’s a commitment — but when a three hour movie feels like

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How The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Creates a (Sub)liminal Space

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 Kelli Hughes A24 films, essay, film review

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), a black-and-white film adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic horror tragedy, toes the line between theater and

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tick,tick…BOOM!: A Theater Love Letter

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Owen O'Brien

Jonathan Larson is most famous for being the composer, playwright, and lyricist for the musical Rent. He tragically passed away

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Actress Simone Simon lays on a bed with feline claws
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Cat People: Purrfectly Absurd, Furreaky Fun

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Diana DeSimine

A woman – the quintessential 40s beauty, with her feathered cap covering her curled hair, with her high heels clacking

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“The Many Saints of Newark” Wastes The Potential of a Sopranos film

October 28, 2021November 6, 2021 Frank Saponare The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos

Ever since HBO’s landmark series “The Sopranos” infamously cut to black in 2007, rumors of a Sopranos film had been

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Malignant Review

October 7, 2021February 25, 2022 Matt Berrian

Malignant has been advertised as director James Wan’s (The Conjuring, Insidious) return to the horror genre, and that is somewhat

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