Booksmart (2019).
The high school experience is one of life’s not so uncommon phenomena, a thing so unique to each individual and yet simultaneously so predictably ubiquitous. For Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn… Continue reading "Booksmart (2019)."
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Stranger Things 3 (2019).
In 2016 Netflix released an Amblin-esque TV series about a group of ‘80s kids stumbling into and trying to solve the mystery of a missing boy that had supernatural elements,… Continue reading "Stranger Things 3 (2019)."
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Ninja Scroll (1993).
With his blood-soaked 1993 animated epic, Ninja Scroll, director Yoshiaki Kawajiri was disinterested in telling an historically accurate tale despite its setting in Feudal Japan, and cites inspiration from western… Continue reading "Ninja Scroll (1993)."
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Neil Gaiman’s beloved Sandman comic book series finds a home at Netflix.
Just as Stephen King’s work has found renewed interest in the world of cinema with at least three new films based on his works out this year (Pet Semetary, Doctor… Continue reading "Neil Gaiman’s beloved Sandman comic book series finds a home at Netflix."
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Death Wish (1974).
The early part of the decade that was the 1970s brought with it a new kind of cinematic anti-hero in the wake of the Vietnam War, tailored, whether intentionally or… Continue reading "Death Wish (1974)."
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Breathless (1983).
Between 1983 and 1989 director Jim McBride made a loose trilogy of films which explored the flawed psyche of masculinity, not with introspection, naval gazing or sobriety, but in all… Continue reading "Breathless (1983)."
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004).
Much like the 1995 classic that preceded it, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence has a rather basic plot at its center. It’s in pondering far more complex themes that… Continue reading "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)."
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How director Jean-Marc Vallée Visualizes Trauma in Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies.
Jean-Marc Vallée has, at least for the time being, left the cinema behind to take on new challenges in the world of television. His third limited series has been set… Continue reading "How director Jean-Marc Vallée Visualizes Trauma in Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies."
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Danny Boyle has plans for a third “28…” zombie film.
Along with Edgar Wright’s Shaun Of The Dead (2004), Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (2002) lead the way with the resurgence of the Zombie genre during the early part of the century,… Continue reading "Danny Boyle has plans for a third “28…” zombie film."
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019).
One of the things I truly love about seeing movies is when I can be surprised and moved with one that falls under the radar. One such film is the… Continue reading "The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)."