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An uneven holiday horror comedy, Krampus finds its groove in places, but can't sustain the momentum to carry it to feature length.

While the mystery's final reveal is deflating in its simplicity, Knives Out succeeds in taking a western view of a rich/poor dynamic.

Family Drama Hereditary’s fear is exhaustive, and it’s not illicit. To Hereditary, using jump scares is a cinematic sin. Instead, dread is a presence, lingering in a holding pattern …

Lock It Up The twist in Unlocked concerns the villain. Using racial profiling, via Arabic dialect and vaguely Middle Eastern-looking actors, Unlocked suggests terrorists. It’s a trap and the …

Name the Sequel XXXX During a motorcycle chase partway through XXX: Return of Xander Cage, Chinese martial arts superstar Donnie Yen jumps a transforming motorcycle into the ocean. Giving …

We're nearing formula for these stories which find a personality molding through family upheaval.

The film has fun with itself, the writing self-aware and pushing past the vanilla, “Vampires exist?” conversations to plant itself into the thick of it.