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Nathan Weinbender reviews "X"

By Nathan Weinbender
Published March 28, 2022 at 10:27 AM PDT

"X" is a new and quite gruesome horror film that could best be described as "Boogie Nights" meets "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." That probably tells you it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but Nathan Weinbender says it's a stylish throwback to a long-lost era of sleaze.

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Nathan Weinbender is a film critic and one of the regular co-hosts for Spokane Public Radio's Movies 101, hear Friday evenings at 6:30 PM here on KPBX.

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