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Mel Valentin

San Francisco
As seen in: ScreenAnarchy, Medium, UPROXX, The Playlist, AwardsWatch, That Shelf, Cinapse, Next Projection
Writer-for-hire: Cinapse, Screen Anarchy, That Shelf. 🍅meter-approved critic. Member: SFBAFCC, OFCS. He/Him. Progressive. #LGBTQ+ Ally #ReproRights
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Insidious: Out of the Further Review – Sixth Time Isn’t the Charm

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By Mel Valentin
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If you find yourself tensing up uncontrollably at the mere suggestion of a visit to the dentist’s office or you immediately react with repulsion at the sight of oldsters enjoying their afternoon constitutional, then congratulations. The producing duo of genre specialists James Wan and Jason Blumhouse, plus writer-director Jacob Chase have made the film for you to avoid and/or flee if you’re brave enough to indulge your phobias.
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INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER Review: Non-Essential Entry Over-Promises and Under-Delivers

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By Mel Valentin
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After an all-too-brief, three-year hiatus, the highly profitable Insidious series returns with its sixth, far-from-final entry, Insidious: Out of the Further. Co-created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell as a counter to the graphic, ultra-violent blood-and-gore Saw series they originated in 2004, Insidious and its follow-ups featured a more traditional, supernatural set-up.
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MANHUNTER: THE FINAL CUT Review: Michael Mann's Masterpiece Receives a Much Anticipated 4k Upgrade

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By Mel Valentin
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[For now, at least, a lucky, privileged few can catch Manhunter: The Final Cut, StudioCanal’s 4k restoration of filmmaker Michael Mann’s masterpiece, as it tours arthouses, rep houses, and other assorted houses around the country.] Released in the summer of 1986 to critical disapproval and audience disinterest, filmmaker Michael Mann’s Manhunter, the first — and inarguably best — adaptation of Thomas Harris’s bestselling 1981 novel, “Red Dragon," almost immediately saw a turn in its fortunes.
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