The Last of Us Season 1 (2023-): The Masterpiece that Breaks the Video Game Curse
It should to no one’s surprise that video game adaptations often are duds among both critics and fans of the source material alike. And...
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Michael Li
- 4 days ago
- 4 min
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)—Lightning Doesn’t Always Strike Twice
Back in 2019, Warner Brothers released their sleeper hit Shazam! which not only breathed new life into the dying DC Extended Universe but...
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Michael Li
- Mar 13
- 5 min
The Whale (2022)—An Honest Look at Religious Trauma
Back in the 1990s, Brendan Fraser was a huge star with several leading roles such as George of the Jungle, Encino Man and The Mummy films...
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Noah Kloss
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Scream (2022): Addressing Toxic Fandom within Franchises
Wes Craven has been a master of horror comedies since the 1980s with the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and more famously with his...
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Michael Li
- Mar 5
- 5 min
Creed III (2023)—Breathtakingly Brutal and Heartwarming
The Rocky Balboa film franchise has been the staple of cinema and pop culture ever since the first Rocky film was released in theaters in...
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Noah Kloss
- Mar 2
- 3 min
The World’s End (2013): A Different Kind of Edgar Wright Film
If you know Edgar Wright’s filmography, then you are aware of his 3 Flavours Cornetto Trilogy. The first two films, Shaun of the Dead and...
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Michael Li
- Feb 26
- 6 min
Man of Steel (2013)—An Austere Depiction of Post-9/11 America
With Disney and Marvel Studios’ success with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many other major movie studios decided that they wanted to...
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Michael Li
- Feb 20
- 5 min
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)—Dark, Gothic and Disney
Loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is often glossed over when discussing Disney film...
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Michael Li
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)—Marvel Meets Star Wars
The Ant-Man films have never really impressed me. Although the first film was a solid heist film with effective humor sprinkled in, the...
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Michael Li
- Feb 19
- 4 min
Doomsday Stories (2023): Confused, Disjointed and Contrived
Who doesn’t love a good apocalypse film? A scenario where the world gets infected by a deadly virus and goes into global shutdown is a...
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Noah Kloss
- Feb 15
- 3 min
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018): A Great Pick-Me-Up after Avengers: Infinity War
It is no secret how everyone felt after Avengers: Infinity War basically fractured existence, both in movies and in real life. Nobody...
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Michael Li
- Feb 13
- 5 min
The Shadow (1994)—A Comic Book Film Far Ahead of Its Time
In 1931, The Shadow was a very popular book series that was later adapted to serialized radio, comic books and film. During his run, The...
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Owen Gonzalez
- Feb 9
- 4 min
The Happening (2008): What in the World is Happening?!
M. Night Shyamalan is a name that brings mixed emotions these days. He has been trying to recapture his first film The Sixth Sense for...
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Michael Li
- Feb 8
- 4 min
Knock at the Cabin (2023)—Violent Jehovah’s Witnesses and The Apocalypse
Back in the beginning of his career, director M. Night Shyamalan was almost untouchable with his first feature film The Sixth Sense....
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Noah Kloss
- Feb 6
- 4 min
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022): An Unconventional Break Up Movie
Martin McDonagh has been the creative force behind some of the greatest dark comedies of the last couple decades. With films like In...
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Michael Li
- Feb 5
- 5 min
The Crow (1994) Review and Retrospective
Comic book films are the rave now, with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Comics films dominating the box office. However, back in the...
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Michael Li
- Jan 23
- 3 min
M3GAN (2023)—Grief, Emotional Attachment and Moving On
Who’s reading this and has a fear of creepy dolls? What if I told you that this movie not only deals with a creepy doll, but a creepy...
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Michael Li
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Freaky (2020)—Fun, Campy and Bloody
Within the horror film genre, exists the slasher film subgenre. Films like 1974’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre and John Carpenter’s 1978 film...
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Noah Kloss
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)- Extremely Layered Stupid Fun
Rian Johnson became one of the most divisive directors to exist when he created Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi, separating Star Wars fans,...
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Michael Li
- Jan 6
- 3 min
Westermarck Effect (2022): Controversial Subject Matter, Decent Film
It’s no surprise that relationships are difficult to navigate. Finding people who you not only share the same values and interests in...
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