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Felipe Bustillo
I took a look at theaters near me to compare movie showtimes and settled on going to the 6 p.m. movie showtime for the opening night of the new movie release
Spiral: From the Book of Saw at the IMAX theater near me in Fort Lauderdale.
I dragged my comedy-loving boyfriend with me and I think he might break up with me.
Kidding. I think? It’s unclear at the moment, but when we got home, he said to me, “There was one point during a really gory scene when I was cringing and watching through my fingers and I looked over at you and you were like this…” Then he pretended to be me, on the edge of my seat with hands folded calmly, looking up at the screen in wide-eyed wonder… SMILING.
Spiral is a Mostly Toothless Saw of a Reboot
Chris Rock headlines a new entry in the long-running Saw franchise. Is that good news or bad news? You must choose!
Lionsgate
There’s something seemingly inspired in the idea of
Chris Rock a performer known mostly for comedies approaching Lionsgate with a pitch for a new entry in the long-running
Saw franchise. Funny people are no stranger to the horror genre, but where most enter the fray with original properties Rock’s interests come with seventeen years of baggage. While far less focused on John Jigsaw this time around,
Spiral is still a