Shocked by that? We naturally understand studios target the demographic group that frequents the movie theaters more than any other group: the teenager. Did studio executives suddenly discover a new secret hit parade of material? Maybe, but the first superhero movie started back in 1937, with The Shadow. And yes, special effects have improved since […]
Shadow
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Shadow
This Italian-made but English-language thriller is an expectation-subverter, whose opening minutes of beauty belie the ugliness to come. Your first hint rears its head when our hero, David (Jake Muxworthy), stops for a beer in a mountaintop watering hole … where a Ouija board hangs on the wall. The trouble begins when two rednecks (Chris […]