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Even with the high-profile changes made to a movie subtitled From the Book of Saw, this all feels like familiar, dog-eared pages in a well-worn novel.

‘Spiral’ Film Review: Chris Rock’s ‘Saw’ Revival Already Feels Dated Tackling topical issues is nothing new for this gory franchise, and this film’s perspective on “good” cops plays very 2019 William Bibbiani | May 12, 2021 @ 6:00 AM Brooke Palmer/Lionsgate Let’s give credit where credit is due: Darren Lynn Bousman’s “Spiral: From the Book of Saw” avoids the obvious deathtrap of wallowing in nostalgia for the blockbuster “Saw” franchise, which produced seven hit movi...

Long-running horror series need to freshen things up to keep going as they head towards double figures. A Nightmare on Elm Street went meta and then crossed over with Friday the 13th in its seventh and eighth movies, while the latter franchise headed to space in its tenth outing. Halloween decided to ignore all other sequels and have a direct sequel to the first in the series in its ninth movie (ignoring the Rob Zombie efforts). Having released its "final chapter" in the seventh movie, Saw ...

Saw franchise (entitled S7ven. With reviews for the project now coming online, we can see just how apt that comparison was. The Hollywood Reporters Lovia Gyarkye details an early death-by-torture sequence in which a cop is forced to decide between ripping out his own tongue or getting hit by a speeding subway train. "I wish I could give a detailed account of how Bozwick dies or dissect the realistic nature of the tongue-torture device, but as a famously squeamish person I covered my eyes," re...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard The horror genre has been experiencing an exciting renaissance for the past few years, to the joy of fans. As a result, we’ve seen plenty of beloved franchises return to the big screen like Halloween and Spiral is heading to theaters this weekend, and will offer a new take on the ultra gory Saw property. The movie’s opening scene recently made it ways online, proving that there will be plenty of blood in Spiral. The Saw franchise brought the horror s...

SPIRAL: Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed For New SAW Movie Rotten Tomatoes Score - And First Reactions - Revealed for SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW Starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson.   Spiral: From the Book of Saw with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson hits this Friday. And today we have the Rotten Tomatoes score – and the first reactions. Check them out below. 54%. But that will change throughout the day so keep checking back for yourself right https://mobile.twitter.com/thehorrorchi...

‘Spiral’ Review: A ‘Saw’ Sequel That’s A Cut Above Share to Facebook Lionsgate Dirty cops and dark justice highlight this promising relaunch of the definitive horror franchise of the post-9/11 era. Spiral: From the Book of Saw is the best Saw sequel since Saw VI is the best Saw film. Im pretty fond of the franchise, and its hilariously interconnected continuity and bemusingly straight-faced sincerity paved the way for the MCU and The Fast Saga. The first date with ...

The ninth installment in the grisly serial killer franchise holds few surprises.

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette has selected Karen Kovacs as its next city manager. The Marquette City Commission voted 7-0 at its regular meeting Monday night to make an offer of employment to Kovacs, the lone finalist for the position after John Kramer of Aurora, Illinois, withdrew his name from consideration last week. Kovacs is currently the city administrator for downstate Milan, a city of 5,800 people in Washtenaw and Monroe counties, a role she’s held since July 2019. Previously,...

Availability Select theaters May 14 Chris Rock stars as Detective Zeke Banks, the lone good apple in a rotten barrel who became persona non grata at the Metropolitan Police Department after reporting a fellow officer for murdering a civilian. (In perhaps this film’s most unbelievable twist, the cop served nine years for the crime.) Despite being the son of former police chief Marcus Banks (Samuel L. Jackson), Zeke is now an outsider, and it’s made him bitter, mistrustful, and short-tempered...