11 August
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THEY/THEM Director: John LoganStarring: Kevin Bacon, Theo Germaine, Carrie Preston, Anna Chlumsky, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Anna Lore, Monique Kim, Cooper Koch, Darwin del Fabro Kevin Bacon is no stranger to the horror genre. You can spot a young Kevin in Friday the 13th and now he’s returning to his slasher roots in They/Them. Gay conversation therapy camps are legitimately scary places full of hate and dangerous practices. For writer/director John Logan, he turns it into the unique setting for a slasher flick. Kevin Bacon stars as Owen Whistler who runs a gay conversation therapy camp. Jordan, a transgender camper played by Theo Germaine, realizesRead More →

18 June
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YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT Interview – Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon stars in the suspenseful new film You Should Have Left from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions. He re-teams with director David Koepp after scaring audiences with Stir of Echoes. I sat down with Bacon to talk about the film, what scares Kevin Bacon, and ghostly encounters. Here’s the interviewRead More →

18 June
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YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT Director: David KoeppStarring: Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Tiiu Essex Blumhouse Productions is known for creating small budget thrillers and scary movies. Their latest You Should Have Left stars Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried. Kevin Bacon stars as Theo Conroy who suffers from nightmares after a life tragedy continues to haunt him and his reputation. His second marriage to wife Susannah, played by Amanda Seyfried, comes with its own challenges given their age difference and her work as an actress. A family vacation with their daughter should be the needed reset button, but the nightmares that plague him also happen toRead More →

13 January
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PATRIOTS DAY Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, Themo Melikidze, Alex Wolff, Melissa Benoist, Khandi Alexander, Jimmy O. Yang, Jake Picking There are three things that you can do on Patriots Day. You can watch the marathon, run in the marathon, or go cheer on the Boston Red Sox. It’s practically a holy day of observation for Bostonians to honor their city and community. That was all tested on April 15, 2013 when two brothers set off pressure cooker bombs near the finish line. The tragic event rocked the nation, and now director Peter Berg reteams withRead More →

17 September
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BLACK MASS Director: Scott Cooper Starring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Rory Cochrane, Dakota Johnson, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll Black Mass is the intriguing true story of James “Whitey” Bulger (Depp) who was known as one of the most violent and dangerous gangsters in South Boston. The film spans twenty years from 1975-1995 when Whitey was working as an informant to the FBI. Throughout that time he was working closely with John Connolly (Edgerton), a childhood friend turned FBI agent, in order to bring down the Angiulo family. They were an Italian family of gangsters who were rivalsRead More →

05 June
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X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Director: Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) Starring: James McAvoy (Atonement), Michael Fassbender (Jane Eyre), Kevin Bacon (Footloose), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) During World War II, Erik Lensherr (Fassbender) is forced to be separated from his mother outside the gates of a concentration camp. As he reaches for her one last time, a rage fueled Erik opens the gates without even touching the gate. His power to move and control metal is witnessed by Sebastian Shaw (Bacon), a sadistic scientist. Erik vows to use his powers to get revenge on Shaw after witnessing him murder his mother. Time has passed,Read More →