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Hellions

Studio: IFC Midnight
Directed by Bruce McDonald

Sep 17, 2015 Cinema Web Exclusive

A half-cocked fusion of Rosemary’s Baby and a home invasion flick.

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Sep 16, 2015 Comic Books Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

The crew of the USS Enterprise are chased into a parallel dimension, where they find a version of Earth devastated by nuclear war. Evolution, it seems, has altered significantly from the history Kirk and his crew are familiar with, and the bipedal primates roaming the planet are not the human beings they expected to find, but walking, talking, great apes.

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Sep 16, 2015 Music Duran Duran

It’s easier than it should be to make fun of Duran Duran. Their 1980s heyday saw them churn out some of the greatest pop melodies of the era“Hungry Like the Wolf” is an all-time great, no matter what anyone says.

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Uncle John

Studio: FilmBuff
Directed by Steven Piet

Sep 16, 2015 Cinema Web Exclusive

A riveting Midwestern murder mystery.

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Sep 15, 2015 Books Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES

Jon Morris’ knowledge of comic book history is immediately and readily apparent in his delightful-and insightful-accounting of some of the medium’s most “half-baked heroes.” In The League of Regrettable Superheroes, Morris wittily breaks down the shortcomings of a hundred different caped and costumed vigilantes whose collective kryptonite proved to be the test of time.

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Prophet’s Prey

Studio: Showtime
Directed by Amy Berg

Sep 15, 2015 Cinema Web Exclusive

Prophet’s Prey digs deep into the demons lurking within a hotly contentious church that exists outside of mainstream American religion.

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Sep 15, 2015 Music Metric

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? aged with such grace that it still prompts the question: Why weren’t Metric pulled into the popular ring when it debuted in 2003? Its snappy guitar lines and whiplashed words were poppy enough for the radio but smirked with its own personality.

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The Bastard Executioner

FX, Tuesdays 10/9 Central

Sep 14, 2015 TV Web Exclusive

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter returns to FX Networks with The Bastard Executioner, a bloody, medieval saga about Wilkin Brattle, a war-weary 14th Century soldier trying very unsuccessfully to live a life of peace.

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Breathe

Studio: Film Movement
Directed by Mélanie Laurent

Sep 14, 2015 Cinema Web Exclusive

Breathe makes it clear that Mélanie Laurent is just as electrifying behind the camera as she is in front of it.

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