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Conjuring

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It review: possessed innocent?

Fri, Jun 04, 2021
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As credulous — or con-artist cheaty — as its demon-hunter protagonists, but lacking their charm. Worse, it can’t even be bothered to justify and satisfy the procedural approach to its mystery.

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Annabelle: Creation movie review: common domestic demon doll

Tue, Aug 08, 2017
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All familiar funhouse spooks telegraphed a mile out, with no spiritual or psychological weight, but with some very young girls terrorized for your entertainment.

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The Conjuring 2 movie review: haunting only in its disjointed bulkiness

Wed, Jun 08, 2016
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“Less Ed and Lorraine” and “more cheese and cardboard” is precisely the last direction a sequel to the classy original should have gone in. Yet here we are.

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Annabelle movie review: everything that is wrong with movies today

Sat, Oct 04, 2014
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A yawningly empty movie, the epitome of brainless, heartless, soulless, shameless cash-grab corporate filmmaking.

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things wot we learned from the 2013 summer movies

Fri, Aug 30, 2013
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Have you been paying attention to what the movies have been saying — what the movies have really been saying — all summer? Here’s a refresher.

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most popular posts on FlickFilosopher week of Aug 03-09 2013

Sat, Aug 10, 2013
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The Conjuring review: they make me believe

Fri, Aug 02, 2013
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Smart, stylish horror flick, though a standout more for its elegant performances than any original scares.

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no Lone Ranger review from me for a while yet

Mon, Jul 08, 2013
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Or The Heat. Or White House Down. Or Grown Ups 2. This is because these films don’t open in the U.K. for weeks and weeks still.

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The Conjuring trailers: why I’m looking forward to yet another haunted house flick

Fri, Jun 28, 2013
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Vera Farmiga. Patrick Wilson. Lili Taylor. Ron Livingston. With a cast like that, I’m there.

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