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Ambulance is A Two-Hour Car Chase Disguised as a Michael Bay Movie

If someone offered you a million dollars for driving a car two hours straight, you would probably say yes. However, if someone asked you to drive a car full of stolen money and hostages with the entire LA law enforcement…

Karen Gillan Pedro Pascal David Duchovny Leslie Mann Keegan Michael-Key Guz Khan Iris Apatow Netflix the Bubble

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The Bubble is a Five Minute Sketch Stretched into a 2-Hour, Toothless Satire

Usually, you get to see reviewers flex their writing chops when especially terrible films have the misfortune of landing on their plates. As disappointed as they are by the terribleness of these films, one can’t help but feel that reviewers…

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Everyone Has Their Place: Examining Snowpiercer’s Ideology

Bong Joon-ho’s film Snowpiercer based on Jacques Lob’s post-apocalyptic French novel, Le Transperceneige follows Curtis Everett, a lower-class man or a “tailee” leading a revolution against an unyielding ideological regime. The year is 2031, 19 years after a man-made chemical…

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Apple TV+ Original Coda’s Best Picture Win May Just Bring a New Wave of Streaming Revolution

On March 27, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored the best performances of the film industry released between March 1 and December 31, 2021. If you finished processing the plucking editorials and memes regarding ‘The Slap’, you…

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The Adam Project is a Heartfelt Sci-fi Action Adventure about Time Travel and Family Bonds

Have you wanted to travel back in time and give your younger self some advice? Or maybe travel to the future and see how you turned out? The Adam Project brings that fantasy to the screen. Ryan Reynolds reunites with…

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Hulu’s Fresh Showcases the Terrors of Modern Dating

The film took a hammer to knock down the fantasy of meeting strangers and falling in love. Satire, cannibalism, organ trafficking, and horror - Fresh incorporates it all, giving rise to a disturbing yet compelling watch. Romance is dead- it…

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Munich: The Edge of War is Almost Great, But Doesn’t Quite Make It

Burning questions refer to issues or topics that often ensue heated conversations. "What are the odds that we could have averted the Second World War?" is one of such questions. You have probably come across it, imparted wisdom, or heard…

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Turning Red is a Coming-of-Age-Story about a Troubled Chinese Pre-Teen

For an extended period, we've only seen werewolves and the Incredible Hulk as colorful metaphors for mood swings and angry outbursts, which represented boys' mood swings. But what about the girls? We also have mood swings, yet nobody has ever…

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The Batman is a Gritty, Grounded Take on the Dark Knight (that is also One of the Best Superhero Movies in Years)

The Batman is third reboot featuring the caped crusader since his first cinematic outing in 1989. On paper, that might make you think this might be unnecessary and a retread of previous films. Thankfully, the Batman is, perhaps, the best…

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A Thursday is a Pulse-Pounding Hostage Thriller that Doesn’t Quite Stick its Landing

A Thursday is clearly meant to be a spiritual successor to the cult hit Naseeruddin Shah-starrer A Wednesday. Both are about a vigilante protagonist going up against the police, driven by societal injustice. This movie, however, is a lot more…