Dune Part Two (2024): A Masterpiece You Have to See to Believe!
What happens when you combine brilliant, in-depth storytelling, breathtakingly beautiful cinematography and stellar sound design? You get...
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Noah Kloss
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): A Tragically Enamoring Crime Odyssey
Martin Scorsese has given the world some of the best crime/gangster thrillers of the last 50 years, ranging from Taxi Driver to The...
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Michael Li
- Jan 24
- 5 min
Godzilla Minus One (2023)—Living for the Future
Towards the end of WWII, Koichi Shikishima deserts his duties as a kamikaze pilot, landing his plane on Odo Island for inspection under...
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Noah Kloss
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Nobody (2021): Old Man Wick
Ever since John Wick came out in 2014, a new breed of action movie has been steadily streaming out films to much critical acclaim. With...
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Noah Kloss
- Dec 19, 2023
- 3 min
Wonka (2023): Recapturing Pure Imagination
When I first heard about Wonka I thought, “Oh great, another unnecessary cash-grab in the form of a prequel”. Not being too excited about...
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Noah Kloss
- Dec 3, 2023
- 5 min
Oppenheimer (2023): A Cinematic Experience Unlike Any Other
There are very few filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, who seems to bring highly intelligent concepts to filmmaking, and make them...
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Noah Kloss
- Nov 26, 2023
- 4 min
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)- The Rise of a Monster
Back in 2012, the release of The Hunger Games became a cultural phenomenon, and practically opened the floodgates to the young adult...
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Noah Kloss
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
Barbie (2023): A Smart Story from a Dumb Concept
I’ll be the first to say it, I sort of rolled my eyes at the idea of a Barbie movie, even with indie darling Greta Gerwig directing and...
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Michael Li
- Nov 5, 2023
- 4 min
The Flash (2023): Entertaining and Highly Frustrating
Oh boy, Ezra Miller. Where should I even start? Back in 2014, Miller was an up-and-coming indie film star with roles from movies such as...
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Michael Li
- Oct 30, 2023
- 5 min
Five Nights at Freddy’s (2023)—A Horror Movie Devoid of Any Horror or Fun
Happy Halloween folks! If there are two things I like, it’s both horror movies and video game adaptations. Oh wait, I hate most video...
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Noah Kloss
- Oct 11, 2023
- 3 min
Lights Over Montgomery County (2023): A Different Take on Found Footage
I can’t say I am the biggest fan of horror movies, but there are a few that have definitely taken me by surprise or can say have...
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Noah Kloss
- Jun 6, 2023
- 6 min
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023): One Spider-Man vs. The Entire Multiverse
When we think of our favorite Spider-Man films, most people usually look back at Sam Raimi’s trilogy with its nostalgia and massive...
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Noah Kloss
- Jun 4, 2023
- 4 min
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023): The End of an Era
The Guardians of the Galaxy were unknown outside of the comic book world until they surprised everyone on the big screen nearly a decade...
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Michael Li
- May 4, 2023
- 5 min
Ghost (2023)—Action, Scares and above all else, Fun!
Before I get started, I want to make a disclaimer that this is NOT a review of the Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore movie Ghost. Now that...
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Owen Gonzalez
- Apr 6, 2023
- 3 min
Who Needs It? (2023): Feature Length Couples Counseling
Therapy is something that has received much more positively now than before. Much of its negativity has to do with a stigma that’s...
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Michael Li
- Apr 2, 2023
- 4 min
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)—Faithful, Family and Fun!
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is one of the most popular board and strategy games, beloved by people from the 1980s to today. However, it...
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Noah Kloss
- Mar 29, 2023
- 4 min
Scream VI (2023): I Will Try Not To Spoil This Movie
Okay, we all know how a Scream movie works these days, and I do know that much of the cast and crew are preferring everyone to redact any...
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Michael Li
- Mar 26, 2023
- 4 min
John Wick Chapter 4 (2023)—Pure Violent Cinematic Art
Back in 2014, Keanu Reeves marked his Hollywood comeback with the sleeper hit John Wick. The film was a simple story of a former assassin...
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Noah Kloss
- Mar 22, 2023
- 4 min
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
- Mar 19, 2023
- 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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