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To celebrate the Mouse House’s 100th anniversary, Wish takes us back to the beginning: the origin story of how we “Wish Upon a Star” and all that came after. Even though it bears its own story, music, and mythology, Wish asks us to play a game of “Spot the Reference” through overt and subtle nods […]
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Please note: I’m not going to pretend I know anything about Dungeons & Dragons beyond what I’ve read in a Players Handbook I had lying around in hopes of joining a game, but I didn’t know many people who played. I maybe spent one weekend at a friend’s house playing Warhammer 40K, and there were […]
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Director Ava DuVernay’s adapation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time can be likened to a Maypole. At its center is a very solid adventure featuring two loveable, precocious children looking for their father under the most adverse of circumstances. Everything else waving and fluttering around it is certainly eye-catching and engaging, but never feels […]
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Welcome to Diana Prince/Wonder Woman’s formal introduction into the DC Comics Extended Universe. Gal Gadot may have played her in last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but this explosive and challenging film is the arrival Diana Prince deserves. Wonder Woman turns Gadot into the primary special effect in a film designed to make […]
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Author’s note: this review, like the movie itself, is dedicated to the lives of Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin. Everyone knows the Star Trek film curse: the odd-numbered Prime (read: William Shatner era) Star Trek films fell short of their intended reception, while the even-numbered films were the best of the series. So far, the Kelvin […]
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Most post-apocalyptic movies feature some sort of zombie outbreak, or at least a good car chase (as in the case of this year’s nonstop “Mad Max: Fury Road”). “Z for Zachariah” has neither, unless discovering how to manually pump fuel in order to resurrect the family tractor somehow counts as the latter. But it’s with good […]
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When you’re as much of a fan of an established property that gets its own film adaptation, it’s often hard to step back and separate one from the other. 2012’s Les Misérables was given sweeping life with the full weight of a movie studio’s magic; however, on repeat views, it falls a little short trying […]
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Let’s get this started: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is the best Jack Ryan film since 1990’s The Hunt For Red October. Masterfully shot, edited, and acted, this reboot of the Ryan saga kicks into high gear and keeps the intrigue coming fast and hard until it’s time to unwind… and that’s when the credits start […]
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(This review originally appeared at ReelFilmNews.com on May 16, 2013.) Director J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot of the Star Trek franchise into a new alternate universe was met with resounding success – it was a critical darling, a fan favorite, and a box office smash. Why? We got to know the origins of characters that had, […]
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