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I have Christmas tree needles all over my Film Critic pants, so it's time to shake them off (thanks, Taylor Swift) for a BIG week of film releases Six new movies are being released, so here are this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 6, 2024. 1) NIGHTBITCH A mess. An absolute mess. Amy Adams  stars in this crowded and annoying black comedy as a former artist but now a stay-at-home mom who begins to regret having a child while enduring the sacrifices and

The new Demi Moore film, " The Substance ," has been causing quite a stir since its release, and for good reason. It is a shocking, over-the-top, gory example of a scary movie subgenre called Body Horror . I'm a massive fan of Body Horror, but oddly, I wasn't crazy about "The Substance" ( see my capsule review here ). So, I want to share what I consider to be better examples of this subgenre. But before I can share my favorites, I should clarify that at least eight would be

Film Critic pants are on! Time for some capsule (short) movie reviews, so here are my thoughts on four New Releases for the week of Friday, September 20th, 2024. 1) TRANSFORMERS ONE Taken a few minutes before the press screening of "Transformers One." I would be surprised about two hours later. This is the all-new, fully animated origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron , the two most popular characters from the "Transformers" universe. I know that they are the two most p