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17 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 4 Review: The Casino

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 4 A coastal resort destination like Atlantic City might not seem the wisest place for a vampire to vacation, but it pays off in “The Casino.” The Staten Island vampires may be shirking their duties on the Vampiric Council, but What We Do in the Shadows  season 3 episode 4 benefits from the change in scenery. This is especially shattering for Nandor (Kayvan Novak), who learns during this episode that the world is not only round, but also not held up…

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10 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 3 Review: Gail

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 3 After constant battles, stakings, stalkings, hauntings, and curses, What We Do in the Shadows  season 3, episode 3, “Gail,” finds love, or something like it. It comes from the past, is completely unexpected, and very hard to maneuver. Yes, I’m going to start with Laszlo’s (Matt Berry) jalopy, which is more than he can do, even with Colin Robinson’s (Mark Proksch) help. Laszlo and Colin haven’t had much alone time on What We Do in the Shadows, but their pairing…

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10 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3: Harvey Guillén Wants Buffy to Train Guillermo

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This article contains spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows season 3 episode 3. Things have changed for the Staten Island vampires on What We Do in the Shadows season 3 as they step into positions of power. This may not make much of a difference for Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch), whose new job as secretary of the Vampiric Council, is much like his fake job, at a cubicle in an office. But Laszlo (Matt Berry) may spend a little more in the potting shed. His love Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), is running the council, along with Nandor (Kayvan Novak),…

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03 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 2 Review: The Cloak of Duplication

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode2 What We Do in the Shadows  season 3 episode 2, “The Cloak of Duplication,” finds Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak) and Nadja of Antipaxos, (Natasia Demetriou) in a battle of will, strength, and endurance as they vie for the top seat of the local Vampiric Council. As the episode opens, it appears there is little middle ground for the two bloodsuckers. Nadja vows to fight to the very last ounce of her being to claw the top position from the former…

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03 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 1 Review: The Prisoner

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This What We Do in the Shadows review contains spoilers. What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Episode 1 What We Do in the Shadows season 3 episode 1, “The Prisoner,” moves quickly through the blood and raw meat left over from the slaughter of the season 2 finale, “Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires.” The episode is named for the faithful familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), who took out about 70 percent of the most powerful vampires in the Tri-State area. When the episode opens, he is being held in a cage while Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), Nadja of Antipaxos,…

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03 Sep

What We Do in the Shadows Season 3: What is an Energy Vampire Anyway?

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This article contains spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows season 3’s first two episodes. Boredom, tedious, tiresome, flat. These are not the first words which jump to mind when thinking of vampires or comedy, but What We Do in the Shadows wields them like secret weapons without sacrificing a single laugh or scare. The FX horror farce, which is a series adaptation of the 2014 feature film created by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, follows four vampires. They have been roommates since, well, forever, but one is different from the rest. Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), Nadja of…

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30 Oct

House of Dark Shadows: The Craziest Vampire Movie You’ve Never Seen

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This article contains House of Dark Shadows spoilers. In 1970 House of Dark Shadows flipped the vampire subgenre on its head. While certainly a B-horror in the Hammer mold, this chiller wasn’t satisfied with one bloodsucker, or even two. Instead Dark Shadows would turn nearly its whole cast into the ravenous undead, indiscriminately slaughtering beloved heroes and heroines, not caring for a second that they were also the stars of a daytime soap opera—one that was appointment TV for millions of kids across America. Clearly it was a different time. And therein lies its charm. When the television series Dark…

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06 Aug

Sunless Shadows

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Sunless Shadows takes a look at the lives of teenage girls in an Iranian juvenile detention center. Each of the film’s principal subjects is serving time for the murder of a male family member. One by one, Oskouei invites them to go into a room alone, push the red button on the camera and address their accomplices or their victims.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 07, 2020

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28 Jul

What We Do in the Shadows Cast on the Mark Hamill Effect

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It was an extremely pure delight to see Mark Hamill guest star in season 2 of FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. The Star Wars actor’s turn as Jim the Vampire in episode six, ‘On the Run’, made for truly ludicrous viewing, and the cast and crew have been discussing how it all came together as part of a recent Comic-Con@Home panel with host and fellow season 2 guest star, Haley Joel Osment. In ‘On the Run’, Matt Berry’s vampire Laszlo decides he’ll scarper to Pennsylvania instead of paying a debt he owes to former landlord Jim, adopting an…

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18 Jul

What We Do in the Shadows: Colin Robinson Steals Our Energy Through the TV

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“Hopefully I am defining what an actual energy vampire is instead of someone on the outer edges of society,” says Mark Proksch, who plays the life force gourmand on FX’s What We Do in the Shadows. The actor who plays that Dilbert-looking guy who shares a house on Staten Island with a liquid-diet trio tells Den of Geek about the many challenges and bonuses to being an energy vampire. Regular vampires, the classic kind played by Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Laszlo (Matt Berry), drink blood, a virgin’s if possible. It is a reliable staple as far as…

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05 May

Taika Waititi Pilfered Lord of the Rings Props for What We Do in the Shadows

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Before What We Do in the Shadows was a series on FX, it was an independent film comedy shot in New Zealand, and written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. The pair more recently created the series and still occasionally direct episodes of the show, but Waititi’s schedule is getting awfully full these days, especially now that it’s been announced he will direct and co-write the next Star Wars movie, one of the biggest potential popcorn sellers currently in the world. But it hasn’t been long since the scrappy stand-up turned filmmaker had to scrimp on budgets to…

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15 Apr

Army of Shadows (Reissue)

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Highly Recommended The Movie: Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and based on a novel by Josepeh Kessel, 1969's Army Of Darkness begins when a French man named Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) is hauled into an internment camp in the Nazi occupied France of 1942. Here he meets a few of his bunkmates and befriends a young communist who helps him plan an escape. Before that happens, however, he's released. He winds up back in Marseille where he reconnects with members of The French Resistance whose first order of the day is to execute a member of their own group…

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10 Jul

Sea of Shadows

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When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. Sea of Shadows follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice.Rated: PG-13Release Date: Jul 12, 2019

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