Category: Film
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‘Dune’ (1984) An Odd Slice of ’80s Sci-Fi
I first saw David Lynch’s Dune several years ago, and let’s just say that I was unimpressed. But, after watching Dune: Part Two, I rewatched it, wondering if it was really as bad as I remembered. It was. It’s hard to know where this movie actually goes right, there’s just…
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‘Mickey 17’ Review: What Are You Trying To Say?
Based on the novel by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 is the latest effort from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, and it’s an, uh, interesting piece of sci-fi that certainly leaves you with lots to think about. In the near future, humans are leaving Earth to colonize other worlds. Robert Pattinson…
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Monster Summer (2024) Review: Simple, Nostalgic Fun
I love a good ’80s movie, and I love a good movie that feels like an ’80s movie, so I decided to check out Monster Summer, another entry in the “kids on bikes” adventure sub-genre that released late last year. The plot is one you’ve seen a dozen times: small…
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‘Star Wars’ Has More Problems Than Just Kathleen Kennedy
Whether Kathleen Kennedy leaves Lucasfilm or not, the problems facing Star Wars go much deeper
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What Does the Poor ‘Brave New World’ Box Office Mean for the MCU?
We now have the numbers for Captain America: Brave New World’s second weekend at the domestic box office, and it’s not good news. Over the weekend of the 23rd February, the movie brought in $28 million dollars. This is a drop of 68% from its debut, when it had an…
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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Timeless, Heartwarming Movie
Late to the party as usual (though fashionably, I hope), I finally watched The Wild Robot. There’s been a lot of talk about this movie, with it being praised as one of the best movies of 2024, and certainly one of the best animated movies of all time, being heaped…
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Let James Bond Retire With Dignity
We’ve just had the news that Barbara Broccoli is stepping down as producer on the James Bond movies, giving creative control over to Amazon MGM. She’s the daughter of Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, and has been producing the series since Goldeneye in 1995. Naturally, there’s a lot of concern about…
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What Effect Will AI Have on Movies?
If you’re on the internet much nowadays, one thing you’ll not have been able to avoid is the topic of AI. Artificial Intelligence, GenAI, or Large Language Models, as it’s also known. Whatever you call it, it’s there: the images and videos, the attention seeking fake posts, the fan films,…
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Could ‘Thunderbolts’ and ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ Be Big Hits This Year?
Two big franchises are making their return to the big screen this year, the MCU and the Jurassic World franchise. The former has a pretty stacked slate after only releasing Deadpool & Wolverine last year. Captain America: Brave New World lands later this month, with Thunderbolts* following in May, and…
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What Makes a Good Adaptation?
For quite a long time, almost as long as cinema has existed, movie studios have turned to adaptions to bring them their next big blockbuster, taking stories from the page and putting them on the screen. But despite the practice they’ve had, Hollywood still doesn’t seem to have found a…
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