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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice provides an offbeat, hilarious tone in new horror-comedy

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Longtime director Tim Burton has had an extensive career of over forty years in Hollywood. The filmmaker’s repertoire has included family-friendly films (Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure), action-adventure (Batman), gothic romance (Edward Scissorhands), science-fiction (Mars Attacks, Planet of the Apes), horror (Sleepy Hollow), black comedy (Ed...

Alien Romulus returns terror and suspense to the franchise

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“In space, no one can hear you scream.” Those words were the tagline and marketing hook for Ridley Scott’s 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien, and the success made a star out of lead actress Sigourney Weaver and launched a feature film franchise. Over time, the...

Wonka is a great visual fest of storytelling and pure imagination

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Many stories have been told and retold time after time. Sure, we have plays, books, songs, and television shows that are remade and reinterpreted. Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a popular children’s book from 1964. It received a film adaptation in 1971...

Poor Things is a darkly humorous, offbeat take on the human condition

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Satire films tend to vary in terms of their tone and content. Get Out is a Jordan Peele horror flick about race relations with a horror angle. Knives Out is a murder mystery that deconstructs the upper-class hierarchy. Parasite is a black comedy suspense drama...

Maestro is perhaps Bradley Cooper’s finest work as a filmmaker

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The actor-director’s latest offering is an engaging, rather unconventional biopic on Netflix. But does it offer the goods? Biographical drama films about musicians and composers can be either hit or miss. While some biopics like Ray, Walk The Line, Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, and Elvis did...

Ferrari offers a fast-paced, tense character drama Michael Mann’s latest film with Adam Driver provides a compelling view at auto racing

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Adam Driver has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood. The charismatic, endearing actor shot to fame on the HBO series Girls in the early 2010s before nabbing the role of the dark yet conflicted Ben Solo aka Kylo Ren in the Star Wars...

The Iron Claw is a powerful, gripping sports drama Zac Efron headlines an intense look at how the desire for success can come with a high cost

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Sports biopics can be either hit or miss. Raging Bull is the famous Oscar-winning film by Martin Scorsese about tortured heavyweight boxer Jake La Motta, but it only features ten minutes of actual boxing. Seabiscuit is about the challenges of a businessman, a horse trainer,...

The Marvels Goes Cosmic in a Light-Hearted Action-Adventure Romp

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Marvel Studios has been on a string of success over the last fifteen years. A lot of their films, such as Iron Man, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers have done quite well. Some of the movies, such as Black Widow and Eternals, struggled...

Killers of The Flower Moon is an engrossing, complex yet fascinating story

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When it comes to historical epics, they tend to go one of three possible fates. First, there is the commercial and critical-lauded route, usually with various accolades. A few examples of this sort would be Gone With The Wind, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Spartacus,...

The Real Deal About The Beatles’ Now and Then There’s a hubbub about the Fab Four’s swan song, but are people aware of what’s going on?

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Fifty-three years after their breakup, the Beatles are still making headlines as one of the most famous musical groups in history. Sure, there have been album re-releases, compilation records, and live album remastering. There have been documentaries such as 1995’s The Beatles Anthology and Ron...