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Binary System Podcast – Watch Party #26 – The Christmas Shoes

Okay, so. We don’t usually put warnings on these posts, but seriously, if you’re someone who loves The Christmas Shoes, you don’t want to read this. We think it’s poorly written, contrived, ridiculously bleak, and manipulative af, but we recognize that there’s a lot of people who find it sweet and comforting. If you’re one

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – The Mandalorian Season 2

(🚨CHARACTER SPOILERS🚨) The lone Mandalorian warrior, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), returns with The Child after being tasked to explore the galaxy to find his “kind,” and to keep him out of the clutches of the Empire remnants under the command of Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) who are still desperate to have him. Their journey leads

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Rogue One

SOME SPOILERS PRESENT🚨 Directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One takes place days before the events of A New Hope, and follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and other rebel alliance fighters as they attempt to steal the plans of the Empire’s greatest weapon, the Death Star, engineered by her father, Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), and director

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Netflix Announces New Animated Film In Development: The Magician’s Elephant

This looks beautiful! Take a look at the official announcement from Netflix on the new movie The Magician’s Elephant. Netflix announced today a new animated feature film currently in production, The Magician’s Elephant, based on two-time Newbery Award winner Kate DiCamillo’s novel of the same title. The film marks the directorial debut of renowned visual

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Binary System Podcast – Watch Party #25 – Lars and the Real Girl

It’s time yet again to Social Distance the heck out of this epidemic and watch a movie together while still staying in three different states: North Carolina, Florida, and California. Next up this week, Lars and the Real Girl. The Netflix Watch Party app ended up being a little complicated, so we just set a time

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Hugh Verheylewegen

Review – Mank

Directed by David Fincher, Mank centers on the life of Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane, and the problems that arose with Orson Welles (Tom Burke) during production and leading up to the film’s release. Many people have been eagerly waiting for David Fincher’s newest work, after having

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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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