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NomadlandReview
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Review – Nomadland

Continuing our reviews of possible Oscar nominees, guest writer Siddharth Maitra has an in-depth and spoiler-free look at Nomadland. The year 2011. The small town of Empire, Nevada; home to the US Gypsum Corporation which used to provide jobs to a significant part of the population. A drop in demand for sheetrock has led to

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Review – The Trial of the Chicago 7

It’s never too early to get a jump on the potential Oscar nominees: guest writer Roschelle Charters has a look at Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)Director: Aaron SorkinStarring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Daniel Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch,

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Tenet

(NON-SPOILER): Directed by Christopher Nolan, TENET follows a secret agent as he embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III. It goes without saying that this was easily everyone’s most anticipated release this year, as Christopher Nolan has delivered many incredible and thought provoking films. He has also delivered

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Review – Da 5 Bloods

Directed by Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods follows four African American vets who battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their squad leader, and the gold fortune he helped them hide during the war. Spike Lee has proven to be a masterful filmmaker many times over,

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Onward

Guest writer Hugh Verheylewegen reviews the newest Pixar film, Onward. Two teenage elf brothers, Ian (Tom Holland) and Barley (Chris Pratt) Lightfoot, go on an journey to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him, using magic in a more modernized world of fairytale creatures that

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Binary System Podcast #212 – Parasite, Comic Books, and Random Sci-Fi

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! So the plan was to have a quick talk about an Oscar-winning film and a debriefing on the events of last weekend. It spun out of control  within the first fifteen minutes, of course. Listen in as we go over Parasite

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Binary System Podcast #210 – The Oscars

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The 2020 Oscars have come and gone and Binary System has the complete recap! Well, mostly complete; Kathryn’s got the attention span of a magpie and kept leaving the room when she got bored. And Elizabeth still has the heebie jeebies

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Review – The Lighthouse

The 2000’s faltered heavily under a mass amount of half brain remakes and sequels for the horror genre, until Darren Aronofsky proved the genre didn’t have to be as straight forward as standard cliches with his psychological film, Black Swan. Ever since then, it feels as if new coming directors have taken great care with

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Review – Ad Astra

Continuing our coverage of Oscar-nominated films, guest writer Kasia has a look at Ad Astra, nominated for Best Sound Mixing. Astronaut Roy McBride travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge

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