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Leland Pierce

Review: Soul

Disney+ has given us many things this past year to be thankful for. The Mandalorian for sure. But on Christmas this year Disney+ and Pixar gave us their newest movie, Soul. An enjoyable movie that stars Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad and Angela Bassett, and music by Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus

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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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Guest Writer

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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Guest Writer

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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Hugh Verheylewegen

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
llyzabeth

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
llyzabeth

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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