Category: TV & Movies

Review: Rampage

Rampage is the newest creature feature to hit theaters. Loosely based on the video game of the same name, the movie stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson who teams up with a giant albino gorilla that turns into a raging monster of enormous size following rogue science experiments. It’s a fun popcorn flick with not much

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Leland Pierce April 13, 2018 No Comments

Review: Ready Player One

When it comes to huge popcorn movies, Steven Spielberg is the master. Basically creating the “summer blockbuster” with his 1975 hit Jaws, thus followed a film legacy of epic proportions full of pop icons, cinematic masterpieces, and game-changing special effects. When it was announced that he would be directing Ready Player One, based on the

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Leland Pierce March 30, 2018 1 Comment

Review: Isle of Dogs

It’s a dystopian future where dogs have been quarantined on a remote island. It features a Japanese cast speaking their native langue. Bill Murray and Jeff Goldblum play dogs. It’s stop motion. It features all the hipster tones/music you’d expect: It must be time for another original film from Wes Anderson. Isle of Dogsis written

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Leland Pierce March 28, 2018 1 Comment
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A Conversation about Pacific Rim: Uprising (small spoilers)

Jada: That was the fastest two hour movie I’ve ever watched. Elizabeth: I’m exhausted! Jada: I feel like I just got done with a Zumba class. Elizabeth: I’m worn out but really peaceful and happy. Jada: I almost thought the movie wasn’t going to end where it ended, I thought there was more and I’m

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llyzabeth March 23, 2018 No Comments

Review: The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin is a political satire comedy film directed and co-written by Armando Iannucci, the creator of Veep for HBO. Based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline, the film is a hilarious look into power struggles following the death of Joseph Stalin. It’s fantastically acted, with quick witty dialogue, and

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Leland Pierce March 23, 2018 No Comments

Review: Love, Simon

Love, Simon is the wonderful movie based on the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, and directed by Greg Berlanti: most notable as the guy that created the Arrowverse on The CW. Here he has the task of directing a teen romantic comedy with a gay protagonist as he deals with coming

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Leland Pierce March 16, 2018 No Comments

Review: A Wrinkle in Time

There seems to be a lack of hope in these recent dark times, as more drama piles on us day to day: from crazy tweeting, a lack of human compassion and the #MeToo movement putting a face on bad behavior from all over. To say there is an absence of hope is putting it mildly.

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Leland Pierce March 9, 2018 No Comments