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Exorcismus

There is such a thing as too many possessed-by-that-dadgum-devil movies, but as long they tweak the well-worn concept, I’m cool with watching yet another. As the filmmakers note on the IFC Midnight disc’s featurette, they’re fully aware “The Exorcist” has sort of spoiled it for everyone else, so they tackle this story in a way […]

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High Lane

And the result is “High Lane.” Despite my mocking references, I actually kinda liked it, in a “well, that was a pretty painless 80 minutes” manner. Abel Ferry’s thriller has much in common in Australia’s “Primal,” also recently released by IFC Midnight, in that both concern a small group of young people venturing outside their […]

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