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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

MOVIE REVIEW: “The Imitation Game”

January 15, 2015

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Running Time: 1 hour and 54 minutes Rated PG-13 Grade A+ We are going to break an unbreakable Nazi code and win the war. During World War II, British Commander Denniston interviews Alan Turing for a position at the top secret in Bletchley Park. At first, Denniston finds that Turing

MOVIE REVIEW: Selma

January 10, 2015

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[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]Rated: PG 13 | 128 mins. | Grade: A | Directed by: Ava DuVernay[/box] The year is 1964 and the President is , (from ) even though segregation is illegal it is still present in the South. If you were a black man or women in the

MOVIE REVIEW: “Annie”

January 4, 2015

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Rated: PG Directed by: Will Gluck Grade: A 118 mins. Annie is a modern take on an original classic. Of course we all know the story of Annie, an orphan in foster care searching for her parents. Annie who always has a smile on her face and of course who

MOVIE REVIEW: “The Gambler”

January 2, 2015

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Directed By: Starring: as James Bennett as Frank as Roberta as Amy Phillips as Mister Lee as Dexter as Lamar Allen as Neville Baraka What’s wrong with you? You got brain damage? James Bennett, associate literature professor at a New York University, tries to connect with his students to get

MOVIE REVIEW: “Big Eyes”

January 2, 2015

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Running Time: 105 minutes Rated PG-13 Directed By: Starring: as Walter Keane as Margaret Keane as Dick Nolan Jon Polito as Enrico Banducci as DeAnn as Ruben as John Canaday as Older Jane Well, this is all happening mighty quick. In the 1950’s, Margaret Ulbrich quietly left her husband, Frank,

MOVIE REVIEW: “The Interview”

December 29, 2014

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Going to a movie on Christmas has become a tradition in America. This year, however, going to the movies on the 25th of December was more akin to seeing a fireworks display on 4th of July. Visiting theaters to watch “” was viewed by many as a show of patriotism and independence as well as an exercising of our rights as protected under

MOVIE REVIEW: “Unbroken”

December 26, 2014

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[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]Release Date: December 25, 2014 Running Time: 2 hours and 17 minutes Rated PG-13 Grade: A Directed By: [/box] [one_half]Starring: as Louis Zamperini as Young Louis as Russell Allen ‘Phil’ Phillips as Mutsushiro Watanabe as John Fitzgerald [/one_half] [one_half_last] as Hugh ‘Cup’ Cuppernell as Francis ‘Mac’ McNamara as Pete

MOVIE REVIEW: “The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”

December 26, 2014

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[box type=”shadow” ]Release Date: December 17, 2014 Running Time: 2 hours and 24 minutes Rated PG-13 Directed By: Peter Jackson Grade: B+[/box] Starring: [one_half] as Bilbo Baggins as Tauriel as Thorin as Legolas as Balin as Thranduil as Dwalin as Galadriel as Bifur as Elrond as Bofur as Saruman as Bombur

Jacksonville Director Damian Lahey Must-See Holiday Movies

Jacksonville Director Damian K. Lahey’s Holiday Movie List

December 23, 2014

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I had heard rumblings from the street that local filmmaker Damian K. Lahey had left his job to start pre-production on his next feature film, a micro budget sci-fi drama to be shot here in Jax in January. I reached out to him but couldn’t get many details regarding that

MOVIE REVIEW – “Fury”

November 14, 2014

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It’s April 1945 during the middle of World War II. Hitler has recruited every German: soldiers, men, women and children he could find. You are in the middle of war but so far you have been stuck behind a desk typing 60 words a minute for only 8 weeks