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Gemini Man is a Passable Action Flick with Impressive Technology (and Little Soul)
There’s a moment early in Gemini Man where Will Smith shows remorse about his career as a government-sponsored assassin. He has 72 confirmed kills, and that, in his words, “does things to his head”. It’s the most characterization you see…
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Booksmart is a Newer, Smarter Kind of Teen Movie (with a Ton of Heart)
Booksmart is the directorial debut of Olivia Wilde and, if I were to speak for myself then, she nails it. After years of working in front of the camera, she leaps behind the camera to tell an effortless story of…
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Boyhood: Timelapse Photography of a Human Being
Boyhood is not for everyone. It’s not a quintessential Richard Linklater movie, the way Before trilogy is. It’s odd, in that nothing much happens in Boyhood, a fact acknowledged by Linklater himself. It’s definitely not your average Bildungsroman American film.…
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The Lion King is a Technical Masterpiece, But Lacks the Heart of the Original
Jon Favreau’s The Lion King is, without a doubt, an impressive technical achievement. The photorealistic visuals often makes you feel as though you are watching a high-definition documentary on the savanna. However, it’s also an almost shot for shot remake…
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Stranger Things 3 is An Enjoyable (But Predictable) Nostalgia Trip, Full of Teenage Drama (and Malls)
Stranger Things 3 is a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand, it does a good job continuing the story already told in the previous two seasons. The kids are teenagers now, and that means lots of changes, from…
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Spider-Man: Far From Home is a Light-Hearted Romp (and an Antidote to the Solemn Endgame)
Spider-Man: Far From Home hits a curious middle ground, continuing on from the aesthetic and tone set by Homecoming. The story it tells is quintessentially Spider-Man, but it’s different enough from the other movies and comic books that it stands…
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Men in Black: International is Fun, but Feels Pointless and Inconsequential
Does anyone want to see a Men in Black sequel at this point? The second film was a dud and while the third film was marginally better, at this point it feels dated. Men in Black: International tries to revitalize…
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Are Matches really Made in Heaven?
To brown millennials, marriage has two meanings: a legal license to live with the love of your life, or the ticket to being partly socially acceptable. What it isn’t usually, though, is a congregation of hearts, a timeless bond and…
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Hulu’s Catch 22 Blends Satire and Brutality to Mixed Results
Joseph Heller’s seminal novel, Catch 22, has been adapted to the big screen before. This time around, George Clooney tries his hand at a mini series adaptation, focusing on both the surreal satire and brutality of war, seen through the…
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Doom Patrol is a Wonderfully Weird Story about Broken Individuals Finding Each Other
Doom Patrol is one of those weird properties that not even comic book fans have really heard about. There have been a couple of seminal runs- by Grant Morrison in the 80s and by Gerard Way in 2016- but it…
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