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Pixar Shoots for the Stars With ‘Elio’ and Mostly Gets There
Elio presents a Pixar story shaded with themes of grief and loneliness, yet it struggles under a scattered script. The vibrant visuals and charming characters momentarily distract from its formulaic storytelling. Is this latest offering merely another recycled formula dressed in colorful layers?
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Stephen King’s Adaptation, The Life of Chuck, Gives us an Existential Joy in a Gentle Apocalypse
Mike Flanagan has spent the last decade convincing us that there might be something terrifying lurking in the shadows. The Life of Chuck is his fourth Stephen King adaptation. But with this one, he turns the lights on and shows us something scarier and sweeter. What he shows us is that the finite clock of…
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How to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Remake is a Faithful Remake That Flies on Nostalgia
The live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon sticks pretty close to the original, with Hiccup and Toothless still stealing the show. While it doesn’t add anything new, it keeps the heart of the story alive.
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12 Classics that Explored the Multiverse Long Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Long before Marvel weaponized variants, storytellers were already traveling across dimensions, splitting timelines, and asking us to follow white rabbits. Writers have been bending reality and taking us to fantastical universes; MCU just made it trendy.
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‘Ballerina’ Revenge, Action, and the John Wick Legacy
John Wick stopping by a ballet studio was not on my bingo cards, but here we are. Ballerina fused the stylized world of the Wick franchise with the classic revenge melodrama, complete with two hours of bullet casings, flamethrowers, and pirouettes. Much like most spin-offs, it’s not perfect, but that’s OK. Ana de Armas and…
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Predator: Killer of Killers is a Bloody Blast That Expands the Hunt in the Best Way Possible
If you’ve ever wondered who would win in a royal rumble between a Viking shieldmaiden, a ninja, and a WWII flyboy against an eight-foot alien, Predator: Killer of Killers is here to scratch that very specific itch. When Prey came out in 2022, nobody expected a Predator prequel to slap that hard. But it did.…
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The Dark Psychology Behind The Mist’s Ending
Is the ending to ‘The Mist,’ one of the best in horror movie history? Why would seemingly reasonable people fight so hard to survive, then within a few hours of driving around just decide to end it all? The Mist movie, based on Stephen King’s novella, is a 2007 horror film that has left audiences…
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Rick and the Gang Were Never the Good Guys in The Walking Dead … But They Weren’t the Bad Guys Either
The world of The Walking Dead went to hell real fast. One day, Rick Grimes is a deputy sheriff of a small town trying to do the right thing, and the next, he wakes up in a hospital to find society completely collapsed and the world overrun by zombies. What’s left of humanity is fighting…
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