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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Delivers Dazzling Visual Spectacle with Simplified Story
James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ gives us some of the most spectacular visuals of the year, but maintains the saga’s simplified storytelling.
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‘Marty Supreme’ a Propulsive Story of Drive, Dreams, and Delusion
Timothhée Chalamet delivers a captivating performance as a ping-pong player in relentless pursuit of greatness in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.
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‘The Girlfriend’ Presents a Poignant Portrayal of Toxic Relationships
Fueled by a stellar performance from Rashmika Mandanna, The Girlfriend packs a punch, offering an important story about toxic relationships, self-discovery, and the healing power of female friendship.
Featured Reviews
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Jennifer Lawrence Spirals Out of Control in ‘Die My Love’
Jennifer Lawrence brings vulnerability and intensity as a mother on the verge of a total breakdown opposite Robert Pattinson in ‘Die My Love’.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Funny, Frantic, and Fantastic
Make some room on your top 10 list because Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a frantic, funny, and heartfelt father-daughter story that feels incredibly relevant in our current political climate.
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‘Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra’ Is the Hero We Need
We’ve seen cinematic universes, supernatural stories, and otherworldly action heroes a million times, but Dominic Arun’s Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra gives us a refreshing and meticulously-made take on the superhero genre.
Latest Reviews
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The best of Butters: South Park’s top 10 Butters episodes
Season 19 of South Park kicked off on Comedy Central this week, and I wanted to do something to celebrate my favorite show of all time, so I decided to create a top ten list. It would probably be difficult for me to narrow down my top 50 favorite episodes, so I decided to focus…
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Counting down the top 20 ‘Key & Peele’ sketches of all time
In celebration of the departure of one of the greatest sketch comedy shows ever, here are my top 20 favorite Key & Peele sketches.
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‘Straight Outta Compton’ does justice to hip hop legends
The first CD I ever bought was Snoop Dogg’s “Doggystyle”, which was quickly followed by Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic”, and thus began my love of 1990s gangsta rap. I was a little too young to know the story of N.W.A., so naturally, I was beyond excited for Straight Outta Compton. Thankfully, the movie more than…
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Handsome stars save ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’
I could review The Man from U.N.C.L.E. like a woman who studied film theory at a reputable university and who wrote a thesis paper on 1960s cinema. I could talk about Guy Ritchie’s trademark slick style, Hollywood’s onslaught of remakes and sequels, or even make an argument about how the spy genre has evolved along…
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‘Magic Mike XXL’ is here for your entertainment
Magic Mike XXL isn’t exactly an Oscar contender, and it’s not trying to be. Despite an unnecessarily long runtime, the movie still delivers enough of the goods (read: shirtless dudes with amazing bodies) to be enjoyable.
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Game of Thrones, Outlander, and TV’s rape craze
From Sansa Stark to the brutal finale of Starz’s Outlander, it seems like TV is obsessed with rape these days, but there’s a difference between a scene that’s hard to watch because it’s moving and a scene that’s hard to watch because it’s an unpleasant viewing experience. Here we dive into two of this year’s…
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New ‘Dark Places’ trailer
The trailer for Dark Places, the adaptation of the bestselling novel by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn is here. The film opens theatrically this August. SYNOPSIS: Libby Day (Charlize Theron) was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. In court, the traumatized child pointed
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‘Jurassic World’ flawed but still fun
It’s never corny the first time. That’s the problem facing so many of today’s remakes and long-awaited sequels: our collective sense of nostalgia tends to gloss over any less-than-stellar moments in our most beloved movies. That’s doubly true for action movies, which tend to age like a bartlett pear. Revisit a 1990s blockbuster today and
