Category: Film & TV
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Why Kraven: The Hunter Fails to Impress
There’s an ounce of truth in every myth… Oh Kraven, where to even begin. In truth, I have never been a fan of the so called Sonyverse. A universe where Spider-Man villains take paramount and become heroes rather than stick to their antagonistic roots. On paper, its actually an interesting idea. Create a cinematic universe…
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Longlegs: A Claustrophobic Horror Flick – Cent Score 3/5
…upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2024’s Longlegs had a lot of hype going for it. Whether it be from the positive word of mouth when it premiered at Los Angeles’s Beyond Fest or the countless social media critics touting it as “The Scariest Movie of the Decade”.…
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Franchises, Remakes, Sequels; Nostalgia isn’t Killing Quality, Greed is. An Opinion Piece
Quality creates wealth. Wealth fosters greed. Greed tarnishes quality. When looking back on the last two decades of entertainment, one has to ask, did connected franchises begin to sour audiences’ appetite for blockbuster bliss, or are studios digging their own graves with making art “fit in” within cultural/political paradigms? There are several explanations as to…
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Dune: Part Two
“Dune: Part Two” continues the saga with stunning visuals and captivating performances, particularly from Chalamet and Zendaya. Despite some pacing issues, it’s an impressive sequel.
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Beau Is Afraid
Feelin’ sad about going home, Beau? 2023’s Beau Is Afraid, is well, a trip. It just might be one of the strangest films I have ever seen, and that is saying something. Director Ari Aster has already proved to be one of the best horror minds of the decade. With his two earlier movies, Hereditary…
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Silent Night
Not a creature was stirring… With just over five lines of dialogue in its hour and forty-four-minute runtime (and no we’re not counting radio chatter), 2023’s Silent Night wears its ambitions directly on its sleeve. With no dialogue providing filler or alleviating stress from inevitable exposition, one could only assume that this film is either…
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Why Marvel’s Daredevil Shakeup is a Good Thing
Do it. Try it. Fix it. When I was twelve years old my father took me a to a midnight showing of arguably the most anticipated film ever up to that point of time, Marvel’s “Avengers”. The anticipation in me had escalated immensely in the months beforehand. “Could it be done, could you fit all…
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Rojo’s Pick of October: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Shellshocked With this month’s Rojo’s Pick, we’ve decided to cover 2023’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. The titular turtles started their film career with a bang in 1990. Although a bit dated by today’s standards, it did manage to capture what makes these characters so likeable in the first place. In the years to…
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Daredevil
The Man Without Fear. This weeks film review is a bit of a deep cut. Way before shared universes were the norm for superheroes in film, there were a certain niche of Marvel films that were less concerned with which great threat would come next, or which hero would make a cameo in the inevitable…
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Anticipating the Main Antagonists of James Gunn’s DC Cinematic Universe
Powerfully Dreadful Oh my, where to even begin. The DC cinematic universe that kicked off with 2013’s Man of Steel, seemed to always trip over itself when attempting to usurp the box office juggernaut that is Marvel Studios. With a clear reboot on the way from writer/director James Gunn, let’s list five villains who might…
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