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When the Postman Rang Twice: How Two Hollywood Eras Told the Same Story Differently The 1946 and 1981 versions of The Postman Always Rings Twice reveal how much Hollywood—and America—changed in 35 years.

How American movies changed from one adaptation to the next, The Postman Always Rings Twice...
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Criterion Collection Announces Stunning Lineup of January 2026 Releases The Criterion Collection kicks off 2026 with an unforgettable lineup — including The Dead, Captain Blood, Birth, Kiss of the Spider Woman…

New releases coming in January from the Criterion Collection.
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2025-Catch-Up Oh Hi (2025): A Smart, Sharp, and Slightly Twisted Romantic Comedy Directed by: Sophie Brooks

Catching up on movies I missed in 2025, I watched and wrote about Oh Hi!
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Sam Raimi’s ‘Send Help’ Trailer Promises a Wildly Twisted Survival Thriller Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien star in a darkly comic battle of wills from the creator of Evil Dead.

Have you watched the trailer for Send Help yet? It's Sam Raimi's next movie, arriving in January 2026.
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10 Things to Know About The Black Phone 2: From Rotary Buckets to Supernatural Shocks Dive into the behind-the-scenes surprises, merch nods, and narrative shifts you might’ve missed.

10 Things to Know About The Black Phone 2
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The Funhouse (1981): How Dean Koontz and Tobe Hooper Told Two Very Different Carnival Nightmares Dean Koontz, writing as Owen West, novelized The Funhouse in 1980—but his version is almost a different story than Tobe Hooper’s 1981 horror film. Here’s how the book and movie diverge in tone, struct...

The Funhouse had a pair of interpretations by a pair of horror masters. Dean Koontz and Tobe Hooper.
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Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) — When the Antichrist Went Corporate In Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981), Sam Neill suits up as the grown-up Antichrist in a strangely polite apocalypse. A darkly funny look back at the classy, confusing finale of The Omen trilogy.

Movies of the 80s takes a closer look at Omen 3: The Final Conflct. What if the antichrist became a world leader? (Inset Trump Joke Here).
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31 Days of Horror: Freddy vs. Jason(2003) — The Ultimate Slasher Showdown Reelscope’s 31 Days of Horror

31 Days of Horror Freddy vs. Jason
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Catch-Up 2025: Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest Reimagines Kurosawa with Power and Purpose Highest 2 Lowest

Playing catch up on some 2025 releases I missed, finally saw Highest 2 Lowest.
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977): A Hateful, Sensory Nightmare Masquerading as a Movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) is one of the most hateful, chaotic, and misogynistic movies of the 1970s. Despite Diane Keaton’s best efforts, Richard Brooks delivers a cinematic disaster that blames ...

I wanted to do a nice tribute to Diane Keaton and I had never seen Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Seemed like a great opportunity. Oh how wrong I was. (Sorry Diane Keaton fans, I do love Annie Hall and The Godfather). vocal.media/geeks/lookin...
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Catch-Up 2025: Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest Reimagines Kurosawa with Power and Purpose Highest 2 Lowest

This Week's Theme at Reelscope on Medium is Catch-Up 2025. I'm catching some titles I missed earlier this year. Today, Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest.
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31 Days of Horror: The Crazies (2010) — When the Familiar Gets Smart The Crazies (2010)

Reelscope's 31 Days of Horror: The Crazies
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Amy (1981): Disney’s Surprising Grown-Up Drama About Teaching the Deaf Jenny Agutter stars in Amy (1981), a Disney theatrical release that began as a TV movie — a rare grown-up drama from the House of Mouse.

Disney made the unusual decision to take a TV Movie and release it in theaters. The result is mostly forgotten, Amy.
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Opening Shots: How Dirty DancingTurned the Summer of ’63 Into America’s Last Innocent Dance Dirty Dancing

My new Opening Shots column is up now, shining a light on the opening scene of Dirty Dancing.
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Albert Brooks Made the Breakup Comedy Stanley Kubrick Wished He’d Directed Stanley Kubrick once called Albert Brooks to ask how he made Modern Romance. The answer reveals why this 1981 breakup comedy remains one of the most brutally honest films ever made about jealousy, obs...

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Star Power Ranked: Jared Leto’s Box Office Legacy from Fight Club to Tron Ares As Tron Ares hits theaters, we look back at Jared Leto’s unpredictable career — from cult classics to box office blockbusters — ranking…

Star Power Jared Leto Ranked at the Box Office
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Tron: Ares (2025) Review — Jared Leto Leads a Cold Return to the Grid Tron Ares (2025)

Here's my review of Tron Ares
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31 Days of Horror: Freak Out (2004) — A Bloody, British Love Letter to Troma Freak Out (2004) is a gleefully gory British horror-comedy inspired by Troma and ’80s splatter films. Directed by Christian James, it’s a…

Reelscope's 31 Days of Horror continued today with the cult British horror comedy, Freak Out.
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31 Days of Horror: Cujo (1983) — The Day the Monster Was Man’s Best Friend Reelscope’s 31 Days of Horror

Reelscope's 31 Days of Horror continued today with my review of Cujo.
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Sci-Fi Week: Revisiting Duncan Jones’ Source Code (2011) Source Code (2011)

As for my own writing, I am wrapping up Sci-Fi Week with a review of Source Code.
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The Funhouse (1981): How Dean Koontz and Tobe Hooper Told Two Very Different Carnival Nightmares Dean Koontz, writing as Owen West, novelized The Funhouse in 1980—but his version is almost a different story than Tobe Hooper’s 1981 horror film. Here’s how the book and movie diverge in tone, struct...

Did you know that one of Dean Koontz first gigs was writing a novelization of the Tobe Hooper movie The Funhouse? He finished his version before Hooper had finished the script leading to distinct visions of the same story. Check out Movies of the 80s. vocal.media/horror/the-f... #FilmSky #MovieSky

The Screenwriter with No Hands: The Strange Disappearance — and Solved Mystery — of Gary DeVore Gary DeVore, the screenwriter behind Back Roads and several Hollywood thrillers, vanished in 1997. His body was found a year later — without his hands and laptop. Decades of conspiracies followed, but...

Movies of the 80s was working on a deep dive of the 1981 movie Back Roads when they stumbled into the alleged conspiracy surrounding the death of that film's screenwriter, Gary DeVore.
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Minority Report (2002): Steven Spielberg’s Chilling Vision of the Future We Almost Built Minority Report (2002)

Sci-Fi week at Reelscope leading up to Tron Ares this Friday.
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31 Days of Horror: Let Me In (2010) — Innocence, Violence, and the Terror of Being Seen Let Me In (2010)

Reelscope on Medium's 31 Days of Horror Continues with 2010's Let Me In.
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Gary Coleman’s Movie That Took the Train: The Curious Case of On the Right Track (1981) A look back at On the Right Track (1981), Gary Coleman’s first starring role — how it was made, what critics said, and why this quirky, horse-betting family comedy vanished into cult obscurity.

My friends at Movies of the 80s continue to post unique looks at long forgotten movies like this long lost Gary Coleman movie about a kid who lives in a locker at a train station and gets rich betting on horses. No, I am not making that up.
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Sci-Fi Week at Reelscope: Revisiting Tron: Legacy (2010) Tron Legacy

Sci-Fi Week at Reelscope on Medium features my review of 2010's Tron Legacy.
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Martyrs (2008): The Agony and Transcendence of Modern Suffering Reelscope’s 31 Days of Horror

31 Days of Horror at Reelscope continued today with Martyrs.
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Rosemary’s Baby (1968) — The Devil in the Apartment Next Door Reelscope’s 31 Days of Horror

Rosemary's Baby Is the 6th Entry Reelscope's 31 Days of Horror.
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Opening Shots: The Blank Page That Brought Down a President — All the President’s Men (1976) Opening Shots: The Blank Page That Brought Down a President — All the President’s Men (1976)

My newest Opening Shots column covers the opening shots of All the President's Men.
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The Smashing Machine Review: Dwayne Johnson Swings for Awards Glory, But Misses the Knockout Reelscope Review | October 2025

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