Category: Review
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Review: Challengers: Zendaya Serves Up An Oscar-Worthy Performance
I was able to see Luca Guadagnino’s newest film Challengers a few days early, as my theater had an early screening of the film ahead of its wide release this coming weekend. Already known recently for films like Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All, Guadagnino has put himself on the map as…
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Dune: Part Two Is So Good That I Have Trouble Putting It Into Words
I am a few hours removed from my second viewing of Dune: Part Two. Both times I walked out knowing I had just seen something extraordinarily special, it’s one of those rare movies that on your first watch, you can just tell you’re watching something that’s going to change the way you think about movies.…
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Review: Madame Web: Seeing A Future Better Than This Movie
My commitment to watching just about everything associated with Spider-Man on film meant that I would be spending my Valentine’s Day at the theater watching Madame Web. Sony’s newest installment in their attempt to create their own shared universe of Spider-Man characters without actually featuring the titular webhead
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Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Give ‘Em Hell, Indiana Jones
For a period, it seemed we may not get a fifth Indy movie after all, with constant release date changes and the departure of Steven Spielberg landing the film firmly in development hell, but finally eleven years after the Lucasfilm acquisition, we have ourselves The Dial of Destiny as a swan song for the Indiana…
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Review: Asteroid City: A Story of 3 (Varying) Acts
Sometimes I feel like a bit of a fraud calling myself a “movie guy” without being super well-versed in Wes Anderson’s movies. It’s not due to any disinterest in his films or dislike of his particular style, I just simply haven’t taken the time to watch most of his filmography.
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Review: The Flash: A Big Change to the DC Universe?
Since James Gunn announced his overarching plan to reset the DC Extended Universe, The Flash has been touted as the film that will set this plan into motion. With the film’s usage of time-traveling and multiverse storytelling, two increasingly prevalent themes in modern comic-book movies, it seemed like the perfect film to do so.
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Review: The Boogeyman: Star Wars Alum Bring the Scares
As children, many of us were afraid of the dark. The Boogeyman takes this fear and exploits it for all it’s worth, crafting something that at its best was something quite terrifying.
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Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is A Multiversal Masterpiece
Alright, let’s do this one last time…. Again.