MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
MOTS-O-Ween 2018 concludes with The Return of Another Hollywood Halloween cash-grab. All trick, no treat! [Aggregate score 2.75]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
In the Amazon jungle, a lonely merman’s paradise is permanently polluted and his courtship curtailed by colonialists with spears, nets, and too many outfits in 1954’s “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” [Aggregate score 5.25]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Invisible Man (1933)
Chaos, madness, train wrecks and unhealthy relationships are all topics of discussion in our review of “The Invisible Man,” starring the voice of Claude Rains. [Aggregate score 8.33]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Mummy (1932)
TLS unearths some recurring themes, a couple fine performances and a creepy love triangle from the sarcophagus of 1932’s “The Mummy.” [Aggregate score 6.75]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Frankenstein (1931)
Angry mobs with torches, the titular doctor’s madness and a nameless monster in love, bring discussions of creators and creations in 1931’s “Frankenstein.” [Aggregate score 7.6]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: The Wolf Man (1941)
A new moon, wolfsbane in bloom and a voyeur’s intent is thwarted by a band of gypsies, a wolf and a discussion on the duplicity of the human condition in our review of 1941’s “The Wolf Man.” [Aggregate score 7.75]
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MOTS-O-Ween 2018: Dracula (1931)
TLS scare up Universal’s oeuvre of monsters for this year’s MOTS-O-Ween, starting with a discussion of vampires, stalkers and European economics in 1931’s “Dracula” starring Bela Lugosi. Leave the bugs, bring the garlic. [Aggregate score 8]
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Bon MOTS 2017: Gremlins
Secure your plows, hide your dogs at the bank, and always buy American. It’s time for some holiday mayhem: Gremlins.
[Aggregate score: 9]
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Bon MOTS: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
12/18/2017
The Lost Signals brings their signature analysis to the eighth installment of the ongoing War in the Stars, featuring the titular Last Jedi.
[Aggregate score: 7]
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Bon MOTS: The Disaster Artist
12/13/2017
Having said all they can (or will) about The Room, MOTS goes even more meta with the strange story surrounding its eventual production, as portrayed by James Franco et al. in The Disaster Artist
[Aggregate score: 8]
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