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  • Silent Night Offers a Downbeat Blend of Doomsday and Christmas

    Silent Night Offers a Downbeat Blend of Doomsday and Christmas

    There are tons of movies about humans trying to negotiate the post-apocalypse. Less common are films about people counting down until the end of the world — though they certainly exist, with approaches as varied as Roland Emmerich’s big, loud disaster flick 2012 and Lars von Trier’s pensive, nihilistic Melancholia. Writer-director Camille Griffin’s Silent Night…


  • Guys, I Think The Walking Dead Might Be Losing It

    Guys, I Think The Walking Dead Might Be Losing It

    When it was announced The Walking Dead’s eleventh season would also be its last, I assumed the show would get itself together to end the zombie series with a bang, something to rekindle the interest of the millions of viewers that used to watch the show. Instead, I have no idea what it’s doing, and…