Category: Movies
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'Shazam!' Is Magical
Shazam! (DC) Shazam! At one point in your life as a kid, you probably used a towel as a cape and saved living room city from total annihilation more times than you could count. In...
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'Us' Is Brilliantly Unnerving
Us (Monkeypaw Productions) Us Since the beginning of time, there has always been The Other: a group society deems to be unworthy to fit inside the imaginative box of “normal.” Jordan Peele ’s sophomore effort,...
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'Captain Marvel' Is Adequate But Not Marvelous
Captain Marvel (Marvel Studios) Captain Marvel At the end of Avengers: Infinity War , Nick Fury pages a superhero named Captain Marvel to come to the rescue when the snap happens and obliterates half the...
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Stop Evangelizing the 'Movie Theater' Experience
I’m going to open this up with a controversial opinion: Movies should be for everyone. Wait, actually that wasn’t controversial at all, or at least it shouldn’t be. There has been some concerning dialogue recently...
Culture of Pop
'Fighting with My Family' Is A Winner
Fighting with My Family (MGM) Making a living by doing something you love is the American Dream in its purest form, but the road is long and dark, and most people get lost along the...
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Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Is A Euphoric Experience
Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse (Marvel Studios) Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Comic book movie origin stories typically follow the same formula. Although some of them work rather well, they don’t bring anything entirely new to the...
Culture of Pop
'The Favourite' Is A Diabolical Dramedy
The Favourite (Fox Searchlight Pictures) The Favourite Power dynamics is a complex necessity in life, as everyone is consciously or unconsciously fighting for the attention of some higher-up or for more control. In Yorgos Lanthimos’...
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'Green Book' Is A Safe Film With A Dynamic Duo
Green Book (Universal Pictures) Green Book An annual guide entitled The Green Book was published from 1936 to 1966 to serve as a reference for African-Americans on road trips during the era of Jim Crow...
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'Glass' Only Has Moments Of Greatness
Glass (Universal Pictures) Glass With Split , director and writer M. Night Shyamalan made a comeback of sorts, rising from the ashes of his poorly received films to bathe in Hollywood’s spotlight once again. Glass...
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'Vice' Is A Darkly Humorous Quasi-Biopic With Style
Vice (Annapurna) Vice Politics is a jumbled, complicated mess of power and one monotone, mysterious man sunk his teeth into a fat, juicy vein of the beast. Adam McKay tells the story of the most...
