Category: Verdict: 4.5

The piece is among the best of its genre. If you want to try the latter out, this is where to start.

Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.5

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…

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Posted in Book Review Verdict: 4.5

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

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.5

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…

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Posted in Chuck Verdict: 4.5

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Posted in Community Verdict: 4.5

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…

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Posted in Book Review Verdict: 4.5

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

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.5

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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