Category: Movies
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GODZILLA MINUS ONE Shows How Citizens Are Punished For The Sins Of Their Government (Review)
Godzilla Minus One is a remarkable piece of filmmaking. It treats the events it depicts seriously while harkening back to the themes of the original 1954 film Gojira, which was directed by prominent Japanese filmmaker Ishirō Honda. The metaphors help set the film up to harness a weight and thoughtfulness that’s so often missing from…
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The SAG and WGA Strikes Matter More Than You Think
A lot of folks have this imaginary picture in their heads that being a working actor or writer means you’re wealthy. Nope. That is a rarity. Very few get to an absurd level of wealth, same as many other careers. In fact, the vast majority have been mistreated and underpaid. The CEOs of these companies…
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Confess, Fletch Is An Amusing Rejuvenation Of A Delightful Character
For what feels like my entire life, well I’m only 28…so allow me to rephrase: for my entire life Hollywood has been trying to get a new Fletch movie off the ground. Kevin Smith, who recently released Clerks III, got close to bringing back the beloved character in the mid-2000’s, after years of being on…
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Jurassic World: Dominion Will Be Worth Rewatching As Long As I’m Not Sober
Jurassic World: Dominion is a movie I’ve been hoping would be good for a long time. The return of major legacy characters was reason enough for me to get excited. Unfortunately, it’s far too concerned with repeating or acknowledging past franchise triumphs in lackluster ways, which leads to the new material often falling flat. At…
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Top Gun: Maverick Is Not Only Superior To The Original, It Retroactively Improves It
There’s no denying the cultural impact of 1986’s Top Gun. Dialogue from the film remains a firm part of our lexicon, even for those who have never seen the movie. Pop culture is riddled with references to everything from the soundtrack to the dynamics between Maverick, Goose, and Iceman. It’s a special movie for a…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home Unmasks 3rd Biggest Preview of All Time At $50M, Destroys Sony’s Previous Record $15.4M
Well, the games have officially begun. The entire industry has been looking ahead to Spider-Man: No Way Home with the expectation/hope that it will be the biggest movie of 2021, and be a beacon of hope for theatrical exhibition. There have been great domestic milestones in the “pandemic era” created by A Quiet Place Part…
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Don’t Look Up Takes Aim At Easy Targets, But Leo Reminds Us He’s King Of The World
If you’ve seen the trailers, you have a very good sense of what Don’t Look Up is. If you’ve seen the The Big Short and Vice, then you know Adam McKay has the subtlety of nuclear bomb. I loved The Big Short, which made complicated topics easy to understand and took a fun approach to…
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Ranking All The Spider-Man Movies | From Worst To First (Updated With No Way Home)
This article was updated on December 20th, 2021 to include Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is now playing exclusively in theaters. Now that Spider-Man: No Way Home has been officially released and I’ve had a chance to see it a few times, the time has come for it to be added to my Spider-Man rankings.…
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Has Great Moments, But Also Has Frustrating Problems
Ghostbusters (1984) is a stone cold classic by an measure. It’s one of the most quoted comedies of the last 40 years. So I understand the attempts to extend the franchise by making more movies. However, I don’t think any since the original have struck gold yet. The original sequel was divisive and gets largely…
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Andrew Garfield Is Amazing In “tick, tick…BOOM!”, A Marvelous Movie That Hits The Right Notes
Jonathan Larson is a name any theater geek will recognize. The man who created the iconic Broadway musical Rent has inspired many, one of whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda. Obviously Miranda has become a sensation in the musical world, not only due to the mega success of Hamilton, but also by creating In The Heights (which…