Category: Verdict: 4.5
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April Fool’s Day (1986)
After an unnecessary sequence wherein four of our heroes goof around in front of a camera, no doubt to pad the runtime, April Fool’s…
At the Bottom of the River (1983)
Our social environment is like a river that flows both ways: our culture affects the way we perceive the events that occur in our lives the same way the events in our lives affect the way
Batman Begins (2005)
I could spend days analysing each scene in Batman Begins, explaining why the film constitutes a perfect origin story for the Dark Knight. After…
Chuck 1.01: Chuck versus the Intersect
Devon: “Way to go, Chuck. That’s awesome.” Meet Chuck (Zachary Levi). He’s your average Joe: holds a dead-end job, comes with romantic baggage, feels…
Chuck 1.08: Chuck versus the Truth
Ellie: “Words taste like peaches.” Meet Reardon Payne. He’s a pain in the rear (hoho!), a former gymnast turned evil spy, and the tiniest…
Chuck 1.10: Chuck versus the Nemesis
Chuck: “Hey, no guns at Thanksgiving!” Meet Bryce Larkin. As the backstabbing friend who got our hero kicked out of college, the rogue spy…
Chuck 2.04: Chuck versus the Cougars
Meet Jenny Burton. She’s shy, awkward, and the target of every bully at James Buchanan High. Back in 1998, her father was sent to…
Community 1.03: Introduction to Film
Whitman: “Only when we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting them.” We’ve all got one: a beloved classic that we…
Dancing Girls (1977)
Reviewing short story collections presents a particular challenge in that each chapter carries its own point of view, characters, and thematic scheme, making it impossible to discuss the book as a cohesive whole. This is especially true
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
After a brief but solemn montage depicting the fall of humanity, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opens with a close-up of an…
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