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Film Review – The Happytime Murders
I can only imagine all of the parents that’ll see the posters for The Happytime Murders (2018) and think that it’s a family-friendly film. This ain’t the kind of puppet adventure you’re used to. When we see characters on screen that look and sound like…
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Film Review – BlacKkKlansman
The great revelation of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman (2018) is how imagery can be used as powerful motivators, cultivating the way people feel and act. Throughout his entire career, Lee has been deeply concerned with racism in our society and how it has survived and evolved…
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Film Review – Crazy Rich Asians
In terms of representation, Crazy Rich Asians (2018) is an important step in showcasing more diverse perspectives in mainstream, Western cinemas. As a Filipino-American myself, I’m thankful that there is film out there starring people that aren’t your typical blonde-haired, blue-eyed Caucasians. We should all…
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Film Review – Puzzle
Puzzle is a deep, emotional character study that takes us on a great journey with a fuzzy ending that doesn’t diminish how we got there. Agnes (Kelly Macdonald) is a long-time housewife in a blue collar family whose life is pretty well defined. She calmly puts up…
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Film Review – Alpha
Alpha (2018) taps into that age-old truth: dogs are man’s best friend. Who doesn’t love dogs? They’re the most affectionate of all pets, and they have the innate ability to sense what you’re feeling and to react in a comforting manner. No offense to cats…
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Film Review – The Meg
National Treasure-helmer and, let’s face it, national treasure, Jon Turteltaub‘s newest, The Meg, is a paint-by-numbers, gore-free shark lark that will leave you fishing for a coherent plot. (It gets worse. Both this review and the movie.)
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SDCC TV Review – Castle Rock
Castle Rock premiered its first episode at San Diego Comic-Con, followed by a Q & A with the cast and crew. Seeing as I am a Stephen King fan and the cast for this new Hulu series is loaded with talent, I made it into…
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Film Review – The Darkest Minds
Another day, another Y.A. adaptation. The Darkest Minds (2018) highlights something I’ve found increasingly troubling with Y.A. novels brought to the big screen: future adults hate kids. In The Hunger Games series, kids are randomly chosen to participate in a murder contest as a form…
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