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Shock and Awe Movie Review: An Easily Digestible Bore
Brian Thompson July 15, 2018

Shock and Awe exists exclusively to exploit a market for journalism movies whittled down into easily digestible, unchallenging chunks, à la James Vanderbilt’s 2015 clunker Truth. This heavy-handed pat…

Brian Thompson July 15, 2018
Movie Features
20 Years of ‘The Fifth Element’
Andrea Thompson May 9, 2017

They don’t make ’em like that anymore. By that I mean The Fifth Element, which came out twenty years ago today. We got a seemingly ordinary cab driver, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), whose …

Andrea Thompson May 9, 2017
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Movie Review: Resident Evil The Final Chapter
Matthew Goudreau January 30, 2017

The Resident Evil film series has sustained far more longevity than anyone would have expected. Despite the baggage that accompanies the entire video game film genre, they’ve been better received than…

Matthew Goudreau January 30, 2017
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This Month in Film: September New Releases
Gabrielle Bondi September 3, 2012

September is finally here! The time for awards season movies has just begun, and I’m pretty excited for this Fall’s new releases. This month begins with a slow start and eventually gains momentum with…

Gabrielle Bondi September 3, 2012
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