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The Little Things is a Crime Thriller That Fails to Earn its Unconventional Ending, Despite Strong Performances
The Little Things feels like a relic from a bygone era, and for good reason too. It’s not just that the film is set in 1990- the script itself was written by John Lee Hancock in 1993. The 90s saw…
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Outside the Wire is an Average Sci-Fi Action Flick that Raises Important Questions (And Fails to Answer Them)
Outside the Wire is one of those Netflix action movies that seem promising at the first glance, but end up underperforming despite having good elements. Described by some reviewers as a cross between Terminator and Training Day, it takes place…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Movie Industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching economic effects on the Movie Industry. The industry has faced losses worth billions of dollars. Movie theatres shut down, the stocks of film exhibitors dropped, productions of movies were unexpectedly interrupted, most of which…
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Soul Tackles Jazz, the Afterlife and the Purpose of Life in Delightful (and Inventive) Fashion
Usually, Pixar films are geared towards children, despite being accessible to adults. Soul, however, seems the opposite: made for adults and accessible to children. It’s a return to form for Pixar, whose middling Onward dropped earlier in 2020. Soul not…
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AK vs AK is a Clever, Meta-Take on the Age-Old Clash Between Bollywood Royalty and Outsiders
AK vs AK has an ingenious concept at the heart of its narrative: a meta-story about the quintessential clash between a star and a director driven up to eleven. If you are into Bollywood’s dynasties and lineages, you might be…
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The Best Movies of 2020
2020 was a difficult year in many, many aspects, but at least we had some great movies along the way to tide us over. Of course, the number of movies being released was substantially smaller because of the pandemic, but…
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Sound of Metal is a Searing, Unnerving Look at a Man Learning to Live After Losing Everything
Sound of Metal could have easily been a saccharine, tugging-at-your-heartstrings affair. It follows Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a recovered addict and metal drummer who discovers that he is losing his hearing. Instead of wallowing in misery, director Darius Marder and co-writer…
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Wonder Woman 1984 Stumbles More Often than it Succeeds, Despite Some Good Performances
Originally slated for a December 2019 release, Wonder Woman 1984 has definitely had an interesting- and fraught- path to theaters and HBO Max. Due to the pandemic, it has become the only superhero movie release of 2020, and in a…
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Why the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope is Problematic
Remember the girl who's smart and perfectly imperfect; she's beautiful but broken, and stays in her own little world? She’s everything you want but cannot have.  How familiar is a female character who plays all the games you play, likes…
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What is the Point of Creating (and Watching) Disturbing Movies?
Human minds often manifest an interest towards the unknown, the horrific, and the distressful. People do not want to face these situations in real life, but the ever-present curiosity of human minds works as a catalyst for the thirst of…
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