Month: December 2021
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Troll Hunter: Horror with a Playful Look at Religion
It surely isn’t for everybody and could certainly offend some folks, but Troll Hunter takes a different approach to representing religion in a film.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ Wasn’t Much to Look Up to
Adam McKay might have been more concerned with cramming cameos than he was in this story which is a bloated criticism of the rich and famous… delivered unto us by the rich and famous.
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Passionate and Undying, Love Needs No Language in The World to Come
“There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel.”
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It Goes all the Way to the Top: Motherless Brooklyn
‘Motherless Brooklyn’ is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
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Silliness and the Undead - Zombieland: Double Tap
‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ was entertaining and fun at times, but not very evolved. It had poorly developed female characters and stereotypical characters of color.
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The Novice Captures the Essence of An Obsessed Artist’s Anxiety in the Context of College Athletics
Despite this genre not being a new one, The Novice offers a fresh perspective with its study of performance anxiety
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Benjamin Cleary’s ‘Swan Song’: Poetry for the Heart, Soul, and Consciousness: A Review
Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, with an economy of language, but a world of expression, weave us inside this futuristic tale of how your “one true love” may exist in the future in Benjamin Cleary’s ‘Swan Song.’
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The Gap Between ‘You’ Season Two and Three Was Almost Two Years…was It Worth the Wait?
Season three of Netflix’s “You” has finally made its comeback! Was it worth the wait? Well…I would not say so. It felt like a bit of a chore to get through. But, as I am somewhat of a completionist, I eventually saw the season through to the end.
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‘West Side Story’ (2021) Improves on and Is Limited by the Original
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021) improves on the original’s terrible representation, poorly written romance, and more. –> check out reviews & film summary
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Last Christmas: Emilia Clarke Stopped Eating Hearts and Decided to Win Them.
In Paul Feig’s newest comedy, Last Christmas, Katarina (Emilia Clarke) didn’t give a heart, she got a heart, you see.