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Film Review – The Hate U Give
Charlottesville, Trayvon Martin, Ferguson, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Freddie Grey; the headlines are filled with it. And those are just some of the most famous names. There is a staggeringly sad litany of incidents of unarmed black people being killed by police. Let’s face it,…
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Film Review – Venom
Ven… um. So, it was a movie. Time passed, images were projected on a screen, stuff happened, CGI was used, teeth were bared, there were fights, a movie happened. Unfortunately, that’s about how what you walk away with having seen the newest comic book movie…
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Film Review – The Predator
Monster movies are fun. And there’s no doubt that the creature design from the original Predator film from 1987 is one of the great makeup jobs in film. H.R Giger‘s creature design for Alien is still superior, but the look of that “One ugly mother”…
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Film Review – Kin
Not every Science Fiction movie has to be a monumentally Earth shaking affair with all of humanity on the line. And not every movie has to be a tent pole to a multipart franchise that sprouts 14 sequels, 2 spinoffs, 3 prequels, and a TV…
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Film Review – The Equalizer 2
Remakes of old TV shows have long been a kind of investment safety net for Hollywood. They get to take something with built in brand recognition, an already established outline of a concept or story, and often premade characters that they can simply recast. Whether…
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Film Review – The First Purge
4 Movies in, this series with the Twilight Zone-esqe premise, continues to be an exercise in frustration. We all know the setup by now: Once a year, the American government declares that all crimes are legal for 12 hours. This is in an effort to…
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Film Review – Book Club
The movies have a problem with age. After a certain point in life, Hollywood seems to think either actors are too old to star in anything anymore or that audiences won’t care about anyone with a gray hair. And as bad as that is all…
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Film Review – Love, Simon
Sweet, sincere, a bit too obvious, funny, yet also guilty of explaining things versus actually portraying them, all of these can be ascribed to the new teen dramedy Love, Simon. It’s a bit aggravating in a way, because representation in pop culture is extremely important.…
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