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FURMAN ON FILM
Nov 4, 20218 min read
The Green Knight - 2021
This review may contain spoilers. In The Green Knight, we’re introduced to a world which is at once wholly familiar to us, yet altogether...
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Nov 4, 20215 min read
Dune - 2021
This review may contain spoilers. One may look at this overall star rating and be tempted to think I’m trashing this film. If he (or she)...
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Oct 23, 20213 min read
The Amityville Horror - 1979
In a film aimed at shocking the audiences of its time with a tale of familial disquiet inside a home besieged by any number of dark...
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Oct 21, 20213 min read
The Omen - 1976
This review may contain spoilers. The Omen is a conflation of opposites - a film that is at once significantly dated by today's...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - 1987
Perhaps a high point for the whole series in terms of hokey 80’s practical effects and fantastic dreamworld production design. The...
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Oct 16, 20212 min read
Rushmore - 1998
Confessionally, I've never really "gotten" the whole Wes Anderson thing. Life is not a neat and linear thing, to be sure. We need voices...
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Oct 5, 20213 min read
A Nightmare on Elm Street - 1984
From the moment I first encountered it, the original A Nightmare on Elm Street has always been a cornucopia of delights for me....
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Oct 4, 20211 min read
Army of the Dead - 2021
There Will Be Blood begins with 16 minutes of wordless action, the thrilling score providing the only auditory experience for the viewer....
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Sep 30, 202147 min read
FOF Top 38 (North) American Horror Films
HAUNTED HOUSES, DEMONIC POSSESSION, VAMPS, WOLVES, FOUND FOOTAGE, AND MASKED KILLERS - A 60+ YEAR LEGACY OF TERROR ON CELLULOID...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
The Conjuring - 2013
This is one of the best horror films I have EVER seen, and I’m not exaggerating in the least. I’ve spent the better part of a week...
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Sep 6, 20214 min read
Annette - 2021
There is a saying around these parts, in the Northeast, that the month of March “comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.” By...
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Aug 31, 20213 min read
Pig - 2021
Somewhere deep in the hills and forests of Oregon, off the beaten path, lives a solitary truffle hunter. Actually, in point of fact, the...
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