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The Green Knight is from the acclaimed director David Lowery who attempts to adapt Gawain’s journey to find the mysterious Green Knight out of strange pride and honor. Lowery’s new film has terrific acting, music, cinematography, editing, and a strong thematic story to tie it all together in an arguably near perfect package for its intended audience. With that said, The Green Knight intended audience is a very specific one which makes it hard to...

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The saying goes “never meet your heroes.” Roadrunner: A movie about Anthony Bourdain hit theatre’s last weekend, giving fans a look behind the scenes at the late video journalist’s New York Times best selling book debut up until his final days before his suicide after becoming world renound throughout the years. The documentary is narrated with interviews from his close friends David Chang, Josh Homme,  Bourdain’s ex-wife Ottavia, David Choe, and Éric Ripert, as well...

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Hulu’s latest documentary is Questlove’s directorial debut and has already gained international praise at the Cannes Film Festival for Summer of Soul, made up of found footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival that took place in the summer 1969. A story told through the eyes of the people and performers who were there in a Ken Burns style music documentary that goes much deeper into the times that produce these types of cultural moments. In...

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With the wild success of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus many have been waiting for a Marvel show to have a similar impact. Loki is a valiant effort to recreate The Mandalorian effect and does come close with strong acting, directing, and music. With that said, unrefined story structure, and sometimes rough animations get in the way.  Synopsis Loki follows a alterternate dimension version of the God of Mischief (often referred to as a Variant...

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Who would’ve thought a movie based on a video game that’s based on a middle school lock-in game would end up being the best video game movie adaptation ever? I didn’t.  While Werewolves Within falters in story logic and isn’t always graceful in its genre juggling, it’s a fun time that should not be ignored by horror comedy fans.  Little Story Werewolves Within follows park ranger Finn, a new citizen of Beaverfield. Not long after...

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I have liked three Zack Snyder movies. Those movies being the Snydercut of Justice League, Dawn of the Dead, and now the new Army of the Dead. While Snyder’s new zombie film might buckle under the pressure of its large cast of characters and does introduce too many dramatic elements, it makes up for it by being a wonderfully shot fun zombie movie mixed with a heist movie.  Army of the Dead follows a team...

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I’m going to level with all of you. I’m not the biggest Saw fan. There are elements that I enjoy individually in the franchise. The mystery of the first movie is intriguing. Weirdly enough the filmmaking of the last entry, Jigsaw, is pretty strong despite a horrible script and story. Otherwise, I feel like the movies aren’t that scary. The traps can feel like an attempt to keep the audience’s attention with insane gore to...

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If you’re ready to take the Mortal Kombat plunge, I highly suggest listening to the theme song to get you hyped for the experience. I forgot just how hard the song bangs, mentally transporting me to a 90’s rave, and of course video game nostalgic glory. Once you’ve done that you’ll be in the proper mood to handle many of the underwhelming and sometimes downright awful aspects of Warner Brother’s new blockbuster movie. Mortal Kombat...

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Well, if you’re here because you want to know, is “Godzilla vs. Kong” worth my time, then I think you already know the answer. I mean are you really on the fence? You know what you’re getting into people! So either commit, or don’t get on the roller coaster. Are you expecting to watch this and have insightful long dialogues with your partner into the wee hours of the night about the immorality and audacity...

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I love the Invincible comic book. I’ve been following the career of comic book writer Robert Kirkman since his comic, The Walking Dead, was adapted to TV. The show is a roller coaster of quality but the comic book, in my opinion, is an instant classic of zombie media. I eventually found his super hero comic, Invincible. While the comic definitely has some rough patches, it was a series that got better and better with...