Movie review
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A Movie for the Child in All of Us: A Review of The Little Prince
The modern pressures of having a career and being on your feet, working 24/7, are issues that have been talked about for several decades. With the…
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“You Have Disturbed the Dirt!” Archaeological Issues in Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire
It’s unlikely that anyone would immediately think of Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire when asked to come up with an archaeology-related media piece. This science…
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Hypermasculinity in the Jedi Order, or Why the Prequels Don’t Actually Suck All That Much
I’d like to preface this by saying that a large majority of this analysis is just my interpretation. I frankly doubt that George…
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More than Dinosaurs: The Humans of Jurassic World
This post contains spoilers. Eager as ever, I arrived at the theater for Jurassic World just in time and sat through the previews, which is…
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All Hail the Gods of Cinema: A Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron
I want to be a superhero—really badly. When someone asks me, “if you were a superhero…”, I respond with a full run-through of my back-story,…
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Big Hero 6 is Missing some Big Ideas
I would be lying if I said I didn’t come out of Big Hero 6 grinning like a fool. I wanted a cute, fun watch and…
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The SPECtacular Irish Mythology and Imagery of The Secret of Kells
There are about a million reasons to watch the 2009 animated film The Secret of Kells. It has all of the things a good Irish…
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The Infinite Mind
“A man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” – Oliver Wendall Holmes Sr. (Autocrat of…
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Why Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the Best Film of the Summer
So let’s get one thing out of the way—I love summer blockbusters. Love them. They’re honestly my favourite kind of film. The best ones have…
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Film Review for Her
Spike Jonze’s newest masterpiece, Her, is a gorgeous portrayal of the future. With its soft pastel colour palette and blush pink sheen, the film fabricates…
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