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Annie Banks
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Wicked (2024) Review
After leaping from the pages of the book to the world of Broadway, Wicked is the latest piece of beloved media that's been adapted for...
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Annie Banks
Oct 4, 20242 min read
Joker: Folie A Deux Review
Todd Phillips' shockingly impressive entree into the comic book movie genre laughed in the face of its skeptics who cast doubt on the...
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Annie Banks
Apr 10, 20243 min read
Fallout (2024-) Review
The ongoing trend of adapting video games into live-action media has caught the interest of entertainment companies ready to explore new...
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Annie Banks
Feb 16, 20242 min read
Madame Web (2024) Review
The Sony Picture Universe of Marvel Characters, elegantly abbreviated as SPUMC, has been suffering tremendously as it attempts to pad the...
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Annie Banks
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Poor Things (2023) Review
The means of adapting a novel into a movie that both honors the source material while welcoming unique creative interpretation is a...
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Annie Banks
Dec 4, 20232 min read
The Boy And The Heron (2023) Review
Renowned Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki has been able to create highly influential, thought-provoking, and unique works...
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Annie Banks
Nov 8, 20232 min read
The Marvels (2023) Review
The current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has remained questionable, creating content for a misunderstood audience and avoiding...
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Annie Banks
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Barbie (2023) Review
The creation of the Barbie doll was a transformative movement in the toymaking industry as it quickly launched Mattel into endless fame....
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Annie Banks
Jun 18, 20233 min read
The Flash (2023) Review
The treatment and translation of DC Comics into live-action media have faced concerns since the dawn of the DC Extended Universe, and...
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Annie Banks
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Review
The adventures of Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) have become iconic in the action-adventure genre, and the globetrotting, Nazi-punching...
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Annie Banks
Jun 5, 20233 min read
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Review
Animation has been treated as a fairly fluid art form that has been left open to interpretation of what it can accomplish. The...
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Annie Banks
May 25, 20232 min read
About My Father (2023) Review
For any performer, the transition from the live stage to the big screen is an exciting step forward in their career. For comedian...
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Annie Banks
Apr 28, 20234 min read
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) Review
Writer-director James Gunn has been praised for the originality he brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe while popularizing a...
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Annie Banks
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Renfield (2023) Review
Count Dracula has been one of the most prominent vampiric figures in media, dating back to Bram Stroker's 1897 Gothic novel that launched...
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Annie Banks
Mar 23, 20232 min read
Netflix's BEEF (2023-) Review - SXSW 2023
Netlfix's Original Series have taken risks throughout the years, attempting to tap into a diverse array of audience interests through...
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Annie Banks
Mar 16, 20233 min read
Swarm (2023-) Review - SXSW 2023
Fan culture as a whole can be incredibly daunting to navigate. To an outsider looking in, the unrivaled sense of intensity from fans...
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Annie Banks
Mar 11, 20233 min read
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Review - SXSW 2023
The ambitious attempt to adapt games of any form into live-action media has been locked into an inconsistency, ranging from triumphs such...
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Annie Banks
Mar 8, 20233 min read
Scream VI (2023) REVIEW
Branded movies in the horror genre have been given the opportunity to work their way up to franchise-level fan favorites if there's...
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Annie Banks
Feb 14, 20234 min read
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Review
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made it its mission to mainstream comics into popular culture by adapting their printed material into...
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Annie Banks
Feb 10, 20234 min read
MocoQueen Colored Contacts Product Review: Vibrant, Comfortable, Captivating Lenses
The MocoQueen mission of enchanting people's eyes with the magic of colored contacts constantly pushes the limits of creativity as their...
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Annie Banks
Jan 20, 20234 min read
Vapor95 Vaporwave and Aesthetic Clothing Product Review
The Vaporwave aesthetic has found a home in street fashion after the popularity of the music genre inspired greater creative expansion....
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Annie Banks
Jan 10, 20232 min read
HBO's The Last of Us (2023) Review
Neil Druckmann and Naught Dog's stellarly successful action-adventure game, The Last of Us, revolutionized the impact of heartfelt and...
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Annie Banks
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Review
DreamWorks Animation succeeded in building its brand through the initial popularity of the Shrek franchise. While the entirety of the...
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Annie Banks
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Avatar: The Way of Water Review (2022)
James Cameron's Avatar challenged the standards of computer-generated animation in cinema following its blockbuster 2009 release that...
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Annie Banks
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Review
A strange story - the tale of Pinocchio - deserves to be told by those who embrace the oddities of its nature while spinning it to be...
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Annie Banks
Nov 16, 20223 min read
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) Review
The now-popular 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story contributed to the rise of Midwestern pre-teen boys becoming Christmas movie icons...
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Annie Banks
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Review
Writer-director Rian Johnson's 2019 whodunnit hit Knives Out challenged the conventions of how a murder mystery unfurls while using the...
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Annie Banks
Nov 8, 20222 min read
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Review
Writer-director Ryan Coogler's Black Panther was a meaningful push for BIPOC visibility in comic book film and television media as the...
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Annie Banks
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022) Review
Star Wars has utilized the medium of animation to share stories that have proven that they cannot be limited to live-action alone, with...
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Annie Banks
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Black Adam (2022) Review
The turbulence that has recently shaken up the success of Warner Bros. Discovery has threatened to watch their entertainment empire fall...
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Annie Banks
Oct 17, 20222 min read
TÁR (2022) Review - Chicago International Film Festival 2022
Painting a portrait of the first-ever female conductor of a major German orchestra,Lydia Tár is a role simply cut out actress Cate...
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Annie Banks
Oct 17, 20222 min read
The Whale (2022) Review - Chicago International Film Festival 2022
The return of The Mummy actor Bredan Fraser to film and television has brought about a celebration of the performer's long-waited...
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Annie Banks
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Halloween Ends (2022) Review
The legacy of Halloween and the iconic standing earned by not central villain Michael Myers, but final girl Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee...
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Annie Banks
Oct 6, 20222 min read
Werewolf by Night (2022) Review
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has long established its hulking dominance over the entertainment industry, even if its presence has been...
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Annie Banks
Oct 4, 20222 min read
Hellraiser (2022) Review
An era of reboots, remakes, and reimaginings for horror as a genre has both franchised and fractured futures of its most prominent...
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Annie Banks
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Review
Taika Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok was credited for the freshness and thrill that it brought to the Thor series embedded within the Marvel...
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Annie Banks
May 23, 20222 min read
The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) REVIEW - Flippin' Fun
The adult animated genre has watched itself spike in popularity across the past three decades and has effectively secured a niche...
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Annie Banks
May 3, 20223 min read
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) REVIEW - Multiverse of Misleading Marketing
The Marvel Cinematic Universe found itself pushing its possibilities when exploring the mystic arts in Doctor Strange (2016), treading...
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Chuck Lindsey
Apr 28, 20221 min read
'Top Gun: Maverick' is a "Triumph for the Ages" According to First Reviews
The long awaited film, Top Gun: Maverick, screened at CinemaCon this week and critics were blown away!!! If you were concerned (like we...
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Annie Banks
Apr 5, 20222 min read
'Morbius' REVIEW -Snorbius the Living Vampire
The attempt to mend the severed disconnects between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the select characters possessed by Sony Pictures'...
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Annie Banks
Mar 29, 20222 min read
'Moon Knight' REVIEW - Lonely is a Man Without Love
The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to build upon its expanding live-action canon as it introduces one of the comics' most enigmatic,...
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Chuck Lindsey
Mar 21, 20221 min read
'Morbius' is Being Called "Disappointing" by Hollywood Insiders
Reports from insiders say that early critics reactions for the newest Sony movie, Morbius, are disappointing. Morbius, which is the third...
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Chuck Lindsey
Mar 12, 20221 min read
TRAILER: 'The Boys' Season 3 Trailer is Bloody, Disgusting, and Awesome!!!
Today saw the release of an all new, full length teaser trailer from Prime Video for Season 3 of The Boys, and it sets the bar high for...
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Chuck Lindsey
Feb 26, 20223 min read
REVIEW: ‘Studio 666’ Pays Homage to Horror Creators That Came Before
What do Dave Grohl, demons and one EPIC metal song have in common? If you said Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, well… you’re right…...
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Chuck Lindsey
Feb 9, 20222 min read
'Firestarter' Trailer: This Movie Looks HOT!!!
Universal Pictures just gave us our first look at the new Firestarter film with a sizzling new poster and a hot new full length trailer....
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Chuck Lindsey
Jan 16, 20222 min read
'Fringe' Review: Now Streaming on HBO Max
One of the most celebrated sci-fi shows in the world of fandom, Fringe, is making a return to the small screen on HBO Max. Not since The...
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Chuck Lindsey
Jan 14, 20222 min read
'Peacemaker' Is So Stupid, and That's What Makes It So Great
Peacemaker soars with it's over the top jokes, hilarious characters, and loveable eagle sidekick.
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Chuck Lindsey
Jan 11, 20221 min read
Early 'Scream' Reviews Are Very Positive
This weekend brings fans the return to the Scream franchise with the fifth film in the series and extremely positive reviews and first...
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Annie Banks
Dec 24, 20212 min read
The Matrix Resurrections REVIEW
The Matrix caused a ripple of change across how films overlapped with reality after it was released in 1999, making waves as in the...
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Annie Banks
Dec 16, 20212 min read
Spider-Man: No Way Home REVIEW
A tremendous weight of expectation rests upon the shoulders of Spider-Man: No Way Home, and even after the internet has pillaged away at...
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