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TERRIFIER *** USA 2017 Dir: Damien Leone. 80 mins Although its timing might invite accusations of being an IT cash-in, TERRIFIER is actually a long-gestating feature length outing for Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton), the malevolent star of writer-director Damien Leone’s short films (dating back to 2008), both of…

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IT **** U.S.A. 2017 Dir: Andy Muschietti 135 mins Mimicking the life cycle of its own shape-shifting antagonist, the cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 novel arrived 27 years after the fondly remembered (but flawed) TV mini-series incarnation. In another spot of pin-sharp timing, the movie joins an enduring wave…

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