Month: October 2021

Passing: Wherever You Go, There You Are (Sundance Film Festival)

The issue of identity in the United States has always been a pressing issue and it shows no signs of slowing down. The matter of which racial, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic, or other group a person belongs will…

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Dune Entertains in the Present While Simultaneously Setting Up a Glorious Future

Dune is a legendary science fiction novel that is almost equally legendary in cinematic circles for being nearly impossible to adapt for the big screen. There have been attempts of varying levels of misstep from legends of the…

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Titane: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

Strained relationships with loved ones can create a hole in one’s psyche that is tough to fill. People with damaged relationships with a parent for example may often find themselves trying to replicate a facsimile of it with…

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Mass and the Pieces Left Behind (Sundance Film Festival)

CGI explosions can certainly be fantastic, but taking talented actors, putting them on a set, turning on the cameras, the lights, and yelling “action” is the recipe for cinematic magic and what makes movies uniquely special. Such is…

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The Guilty Achieves Watchability Mostly Due to Jake Gyllenhaal (Toronto International Film Festival)

Police misconduct and mental health issues are both topics at the forefront of societal discussions and the moment and director Antoine Fuqua uses his latest film to delve into both topics using an LA-based thriller as the backdrop….

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