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Dune: The Rewatch For Part 2

With Dune Part 2 coming soon, Dune Part 1 has been re-released into theatres, three years after its original run. Does Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction epic hold up, or is it still too early to tell?

Knock at the Cabin Book Review

The Cabin At The End Of The World is the basis for the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film Knock At The Cabin. Despite boasting an interesting premise, cracks begin to show just below the surface.

Stranger Things Season 4, Part 1 Review: Bloated In More Ways Than One

Stranger Things has returned with season 4. Will this return continue the downward tragectory after season 1? Or will it soar back to former glory?

Hummingbird Salamander Book Review: How to Make Your Audience Care

Despite having a fantastic backlog of previous work, Jeff Vandermeer’s Hummingbird Salamander fails to connect with readers.

Don’t Look Up Review: Disruption Dismemberment

Don’t Look Up is a drama-comedy that tries to have a serious story while lampooning politics, technology, social media and celebrity culture. All this leads to a scattered mess.

Nightmare Alley Review: The Importance of Story Structure

Despite getting smacked at the box office by Spiderman: No Way Home, Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is worth the time to analyze.

Dune: Denis Villeneuve’s Story Lacks Immediacy

While Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is by all means a good film, the ending is beyond disappointing. But there were things that could have kept this from being the case.

His House: Personalizing Horror

His House is a new horror film on Netflix directed by Remi Weekes and starring Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku as a couple that are refugees from South Sudan who hope to start a new life in England. Matt Smith plays the immigration officer who tells them that they must live in a run downContinue reading “His House: Personalizing Horror”

The Midnight Sky: Wasted Potential

The Midnight Sky is the latest movie from Netflix and is directed by and starring George Clooney as Augustine Lofthouse, an astronomer who might be the last person on the earth after an unspecified global catastrophe. He is trying to reach the crew of the Æther, a spaceship returning from a mission from one ofContinue reading “The Midnight Sky: Wasted Potential”

Yesterday and Chekov’s Gun

Yesterday is a pretty simple concept, and a fairly simple movie overall. Anyone that’s heard the movie gets the basic concept. A failing musician (Himesh Patel) gets hit by a bus and the rest of the world forgets everything about the Beatles. Its a simple enough concept, but it forgot one of the basic rulesContinue reading “Yesterday and Chekov’s Gun”