Category: Films

‘Child’s Play’ is defective

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“It stinks.” – Jay Sherman Wrong. This was the first thought that occurred to me when watching Child’s Play 2019 and it stayed the whole time. Nothing about it was right. Not in regards to…
Tune out ‘Loqueesha’

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“I still walk down the street in the black side of town. Mousey and Chops and all the boys at 13th, and — I can walk in those pool halls, and quite frankly don’t know…
The X-Men deserved a better ending than ‘Dark Phoenix’

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Brian Milinsky

“Once you know the extent of your power, then you can learn to control it” – James McAvoy as “Charles Xavier” in X-Men: Apocalypse Is this really the end for the X-Men? This is the…
‘Aladdin’ is low on magic

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“Arabs are the most maligned group in the history of Hollywood. They’re portrayed basically as subhumans.” – Dr. Jack G. Shaheen During the cinematic reckoning I underwent in my undergraduate years, one of the films…
‘Pokemon Detective Pikachu’ is good sleuthing fun for all

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“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” – Carl Jung The transition of the Pokemon franchise from video games to the film world has been rocky. Starting…
‘Unicorn Store’ is a rare breed

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“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” – Roald Dahl Brie Larson the actress recently headlined a big action movie where she committed to intense training, but as a director has chosen…
‘Avengers: Endgame’ needed to assemble more

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“A billion souls have known death at my hand. It is time you joined them!” – Thanos in Marvel Super Heroes (1995) As those who saw Avengers: Infinity War know, the above quote from the…
Cast a vote for ‘Long Shot’

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“The past is never where you think you left it.” – Katherine Anne Porter One year from now, the United States presidential election will completely dominate daily discourse. At this moment, anticipation is building for…
‘Back Fork’ deals deftly with drugs and death

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“There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.” – President Dwight D. Eisenhower Movies about drug addiction are not new. Movies about a…
‘Pet Sematary’ should have remained dead

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“Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.” – Publilius Syrus Pet Sematary 2019 is essentially the novel and/or 1989 film buried in the cursed grounds of the plot and resurrected in the same manner:…