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Film review: “Raya and the Last Dragon” delivers a timely tale

Connor Stewart
March 15, 2021

The latest addition to Disney’s animated film collection has arrived and tells an exciting, heart-warming story with a message that felt almost too relevant to today’s world.  This review will contain a few spoilers, so if you do not want any of the fun ruined, this...

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“Sound of Metal” review: When the world fades into silence

Joeli Toscano
February 2, 2021

The “Sound of Metal” follows Ruben (Riz Ahmed), a heavy metal drummer touring across the country in a motorhome with his girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) until he suddenly loses his ability to hear. The dramatic film, directed and written by first-time director Darius Marder,...

Gal Gadot, the actress that plays Wonder Woman in WW84 standing in her wonder woman uniform with a gold background, looking off into the distance.

“WW84” review: A wonderful disaster

Mason Dredge
January 20, 2021

When a big-budget, studio tentpole film fails to deliver, the experience of watching them is often similar. They are overly long and cliched-to-death mechanical messes that care little for quality once people have bought their tickets. “Wonder Woman: 1984” (also known as...

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“Borat 2” review: A satire the world needs

Mason Dredge
November 4, 2020

“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” also known as “Borat 2,” is the only pleasant surprise to come out of 2020 so far. Having brought great shame on Kazakhstan after the...

‘Doctor Sleep’ review: The shine is dim

‘Doctor Sleep’ review: The shine is dim

Mason Dredge
November 18, 2019

How do you make a sequel to something like “The Shining?” It’s a tall order for even the most seasoned horror director. However, after helming last years fantastic Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House,” Mike Flanagan seemed as up to the task as anybody. Still...

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