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Is Christopher Nolan’s newest movie Tenet worth the watch?
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I believe Christopher Nolan is one of the greatest directors of our generation, with many classics to his name already such as Inception, Interstellar and The Dark Knight, to name a few. Naturally, I was excited when his new movie Tenet was announced. It looked to be another concept movie and few can pull off…
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Keeping Up With the Kardashians is coming to an end
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After twenty mind-numbing seasons, Keeping Up With The Kardashians is coming to a fitting end. It seems as though the family believes they can make their money elsewhere, exploiting teens across the internet rather than through television. I felt filthy and desheleved doing research for this piece—only now am I truly ashamed of my search…
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Cuties: Netflix’s unethical exploitations
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The movie Cuties was recently released onto Netflix amidst massive controversy. For those unaware, the original promotional poster marketing the film showed 11-year-old children wearing revealing attire while making mature poses. Many—myself included—found the poster to be grotesque and pedophilic, prompting Netflix to release an apology and an updated, appropriate poster. With the movie being…
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The legacy of Chadwick Boseman
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On Aug. 28, at the age of forty-three, actor Chadwick Boseman passed away. He kept his four-year battle with colon cancer out of media attention. Instead, Boseman continued to film movies and work throughout the industry. For me, Boseman will always be remembered for his portrayal of Jackie Robinson. The 2013 biopic 42 based on…
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The Umbrella Academy: Watch it or waste it?
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Recently I decided to watch The Umbrella Academy unsure of what to expect. All I knew going in was that the show was about superpowers and that a lot of people thought it was entertaining. Now that I have binged both seasons, all I can really say is that The Umbrella Academy gives me mixed…
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Predicting the cast of the Tiger King biopic
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I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that Nicholas Cage has been cast as Joe Exotic in the upcoming biopic based on his life. Sure, I’m about a month late on all the Tiger King talk, but it’s always fun to speculate about the casting of a biopic, especially with such a primitive, dysfunctional…
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A look at Jake Gyllenhaal’s quirky acting career
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For a while, Jake Gyllenhaal was an actor I didn’t think much of. I always just thought of him as just some other mainstream Hollywood actor who was in forgettable mainstream films. It is now I realize that I never watched many of his movies, nor did I recognize him in starring roles. He’s a…
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“Never Have I Ever” gives a new perspective on adolescence
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High school is a very peculiar point in a young person’s life and no two people go through it quite the same way. Netflix’s new series Never Have I Ever gives light to an adolescent perspective that is rarely seen in mainstream TV, creating long-awaited and much-needed representation for South Asian teens. Co-created by Mindy…
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Musician BA Johnston on music and quarantine
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They say never meet your heroes, but they have clearly never met BA Johnston. A day or so after the interview, as I was attempting to transcribe the audio into text, I could have sworn I was listening to an episode of The Chris Farley Show – aimless, unintelligible ramblings full of monotonous praise, asking…
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Take your mind on a trip this quarantine with these virtual tours
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The safest way to avoid contracting COVID-19 right now is by social distancing, but many of us would be lying if we said we weren’t feeling the effects of staying at home all day. There’s only so much you can do within the four walls of your home without feeling like you’re falling into a…
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