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Exploring Aging and Feminism in The Substance

Ever dreamed of becoming a better version of yourself? If so, consider checking out The Substance. This wild journey of body horror will challenge—and possibly change—your views on self-modification...

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Beetlejuice Returns: A Disappointing Legacy

Beetlejuice Returns: A Disappointing Legacy A Sequel That Falls Short of the Original’s Charm The juice is loose in this messy legacy sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice that could benefit in taking notes...

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Alien Romulus: A Missed Opportunity for the Franchise

The buzz around the seventh installment of the Alien franchise had me excited to see how director Fede Alvarez would reinvent this iconic series. So, what went wrong? A year ago, when details were...

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Maxxxine: A Fun 1980s Hollywood Slasher Film

Many viewers have been left disappointed with Ti West’s final installment of the X franchise. Except me. In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big...

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Civil War, an Unsettling Mess

If you’re looking for a beefy and essential anti-war flick, this isn’t it. Coming from a director with an impressive resume that includes some of my favorite films like Ex Machina and Annihilation,...

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The First Omen – the Prequel We Didn’t Need

If filmmakers want to tap into the (un)holy trilogy of The Omen (there’s a fourth movie that we can wholeheartedly omit), they need to do their homework. Richard Donner’s “The Omen” kicked off with...

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The Iron Claw Closes 2023

It takes a lot to get me in a movie theater these days, but with a cast as stacked as The Iron Claw, consider my ticket sold. The Iron Claw may have released too late in the year for Golden Globe...

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Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” Surprised Me

When it comes to the King, we rarely get a glimpse into the life of his esteemed partner, Priscilla. It’s been 18 months since Baz Luhrmann‘s Elvis (2022), an over-the-top depiction of Elvis Presley...

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Saltburn is Entirely Mediocre

How can Saltburn, my most anticipated movie of the year, be entirely mediocre? Let me explain. Saltburn is a 2023 black comedy psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by the...

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David Fincher’s The Killer is a Misfire

“Stick to the plan. Anticipate, don’t improvise. Trust no one. Yield no advantage. Forbid empathy,” the Killer narrates. Unfortunately, the buildup of anticipation misses the target in this assassin...

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Musica! Opens the 2023 New Orleans Film Festival

The connection between jazz enthusiasts and budding young Cuban musicians radiates in the 2023 documentary Musica! The 34th edition of the New Orleans Film Festival kicked off at the historic Prytania...

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Talk To Me is Next Level Horror

Talk to Me gives a grieving teen a hand…literally. In the summer of 2023, the Australian supernatural horror film Talk to Me, directed by the Philippou brothers, Danny and Michael, emerged as the...

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No One Will Save You is Maximum Sci-Fi Horror

No One Will Save You touched down on Hulu yesterday, and I have a lot of thoughts on the movie that left me with my bedroom lights on when I went to sleep. As the horror king himself, Stephen King,...

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Barbie is Super Okay

As one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Barbie is a fun ride, but painfully missed the mark for me. Directed and co-written by Greta Gerwig (Ladybird, Little Women), the movie follows...

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Oppenheimer and It’s Terrifying Relevancy

Both terrifying and mesmerizing, this monumental achievement in filmmaking will haunt you long after the credits roll. As one of my most anticipated movies of 2023, Oppenheimer didn’t disappoint. With...

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Is Past Lives an Early Oscar Contender?

Korean-Canadian filmmaker Celine Song’s directorial debut brings as much comfort as it does grief balancing the ideas of the lives we choose and the life that gets away. Past Lives boasts no elaborate...

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Talking About the “Before” Trilogy

In 2021, The Independent ranked the Before Trilogy third on its list of “10 greatest movie trilogies of all time”. Whether you love Sunrise, Sunset, or Midnight, ranking them feels impossible as one...

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Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front, 2022)

“How senseless is everything that can ever be written, done, or thought, when such things are possible.” When I think of the most harrowing depictions of war in cinema, there’s only one answer…the...

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Barbarian Wins 2022 Horror

“Come for a night. Stay forever.“ When anyone asks me how I heard about Barbarian, now streaming on HBO, I tell them what everyone else says – word of mouth. The horror movie debut from...

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All About Practical Magic

“There are some things I know for certain: always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” It’s...

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