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The Materialists and the Comeback of Rom-Coms

July 1, 2025

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Words by Ambar Ramirez What makes a good rom-com? Is it the love tropes? The love triangles, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies and back to lovers, best friends turned lovers, lovers turned best friends or the girl next door and the boy next door. Or maybe it’s the humor that really makes it. The awkward glances,

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SINNERS: Culture, History and the Language of Metaphors

Words by Za’Nya Davis If you miss it, you might only catch a vampire story — paying closer attention, you will find Ryan Coolger’s “Sinners” is a strategically constructed film that uses every aspect of its screenwriting to entice its audience through the art of creative writing and masterful

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Cartoons Are For Kids

Animation is cool Words by Waverly Loyd I asked someone their

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

June 26, 2024

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Words by Harry Moore After being stolen from her home, a young woman comes of age in a savage, post-apocalyptic wasteland and becomes caught amid two dueling warlords as she attempts to chart her way home. Director George Miller returns to the mad world he created to tell an

June Film Reviews: Challengers, The Fall Guy

June 6, 2024

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Words by Harry Moore The Fall Guy When an A-list movie star goes missing from the set of his latest film, his lowly stunt double is tasked with tracking him down and saving the movie. The newest film from stuntman turned director David Leitch is an ode to

May Film Reviews

May 29, 2024

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Words by Harry Moore Civil War A near-future United States is engulfed in a civil war after an authoritarian president begins a third term in office in this dystopian cautionary tale from writer-director Alex Garland. “Civil War” focuses on a small team of reporters — composed of a renowned war

May Film Reviews — Civil War & Abigail

May 1, 2024

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Civil War A near-future United States is engulfed in a civil war after an authoritarian president begins a third term in office in this dystopian cautionary tale from writer-director Alex Garland. “Civil War” focuses on a small team of reporters — composed of a renowned war photographer Lee Smith (Kirsten

April Film Reviews

April 18, 2024

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Words by Harry Moore Monkey Man In his directorial debut, Dev Patel unveils himself as an action star with his revenge tale set in India. Patel stars as Kid, a young man haunted by childhood trauma who scrounges together a living by fighting in an underground boxing ring whilst donning

Film Review: The Road House

March 28, 2024

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Road House There is an episode of “Family Guy” where Peter watches the action movie Road House starring Patrick Swayze and learns that he can solve all his problems by kicking. For a younger generation, this was the lasting cultural imprint of “Road House.” That and Swayze rips the

Dune: Part Two Review

March 19, 2024

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Words by Harry Moore A totemic literary epic is granted a definitive cinematic telling as Denis Villeneuve further elevates himself as one of the premier artists of his medium. Picking up immediately after the final scenes of 2021’s “Dune,” the messianic story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) continues as he

“Renaissance: The Film”

December 29, 2023

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Words by Kelila Ritchie “Renaissance.” The word we keep seeing, thanks to Beyoncé. The tour that single handedly brought silver and chrome back to life. The album that gave birth to a completely different understanding of what love and unity could look like. This was an album created

January Film Review

December 29, 2023

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Words by Harry Moore Wonka The early years of Roald Dahl’s whimsical chocolatier are brought to life in this sweet musical from “Paddington” director Paul King. Timothée Chalamet stars as Willy Wonka, a wide-eyed young man with a love for chocolate and a dream to share his delicious creations with

2023 Films in Review

November 30, 2023

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Words by Harry Moore When it comes to film, 2023 will likely be remembered as a year marred with strikes and big-budget bombs. Hollywood has begun to reckon with an existential crisis that has been brewing since Silicon Valley came to town with streaming hobbling theaters and proving to not