Film Review
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Angel’s Egg (1985): Post-Nuclear Apocalypse or Antediluvian Nightmare?
(Ahoy there! The following review contains spoilers for Angel’s Egg. It also features various descriptions and images of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In addition,…
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THE FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S FILMS SHOULD NOT BE “FOR THE FANS”
The Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) films were major cultural phenomena, with both productions attracting large audiences to witness the popular horror video games come…
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Why the Light Fury is Infuriating (and Other Problems with How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)
Disclaimer: this review solely discusses the three main HTTYD movies and the information provided in them. It does not include things from the books, shows,…
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Kimi no Na wa
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost something and won’t ever be able to find it? That’s the feeling I had when I watched Kimi…
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Equals
With a wealth of sci-fi movies about the future, the trope of a society which suppresses the emotions of its citizens has become so frequent…
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The Wrath of Khan
“How do you feel, Jim?” Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…
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Mulan Takes The Bechdel Test
Did I love Disney princesses? Of course I did. We all did. Don’t even try to lie. Everyone is an 8-year-old at some point in…
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Anna Biller’s The Love Witch: A Feminist Approach to the Alternative Horror Genre
Anna Biller’s faux-1960s alternative horror film, The Love Witch (2016), follows the narcissistic and eyeshadow obsessed Elaine in her search for the perfect fairy-tale romance.…
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The Ship Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us: A Review of Passengers
This review contains spoilers! In the realm of inferior movies there is a special category reserved for movies that are unsatisfactory despite their captivating and…
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Arrival – A Case of Déjà vu
Walking into Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, I only knew a little about the movie. I knew that it was based…
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