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Review

Wham! (2023)

For the first thirty-plus years of my life, I had no patience for George Michael or Wham.

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Review

Oppenheimer (2023)

The first two hours of Oppenheimer are pretty close to exactly what you’d expect of a Christopher Nolan-helmed biopic.

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Guest Post List/Ranking Essay

Martial-Arts Movies: A Primer

This is a guest post from friend of the site and podcast, Andrew Milne, who hosts the Two Friends Watch podcast.

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Review

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Bottle Rocket doesn’t display a fully-formed version of Wes Anderson’s signature style.

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Review

Elemental (2023)

Elemental should never have made it out of the concept brainstorming phase.

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Review

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

The first three Indiana Jones movies comprise one of the finest trilogies in cinematic history, but there’s no particular reason they had to stop at three.

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Review

Joy Ride (2023)

Theatrically-released raunchy comedies are becoming an endangered species.

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Review

The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

Here we have the perfect specimen of an Illumination production.

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Review

Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

Before I address the problems that constitute the majority of Dear Evan Hansen, I should acknowledge its merits.

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Site Update

Brief hiatus

Hey all. I wondered if I was jinxing myself when I posted a bit of celebration at my writing endurance not too long ago. I immediately hit some writers block then went on a family vacation. While on that vacation, we went on a hike, and my father had a heart attack and passed away. So now I am grieving and dealing with all of the life challenges and tasks that involves. I will be back, but it might take a couple weeks, or maybe I’ll sneak in a review or two as distraction.