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“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” provides a crash course on making a likable protagonist
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Writing a feminist protagonist in a film feels like it should be easy on paper, but in reality, few pull off the feat seamlessly. For writers, there are two ways to approach this issue; the easy way and the hard way. The easy way to write a female heroine is to, simply put, write her…
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“After We Fell”: Baby’s first “Fifty Shades of Grey”
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Directed by Castille Landon and released by Wattpad’s own production company along with CalMaple, After We Fell is the third installment in the After franchise. The film holds an ‘R’ rating and was released into Canadian theatres on Sept. 10. Josephine Langdon stars as Tessa Young, a sweet and emotionally fraught college student. Playing opposite…
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Instead of leaning on tired tropes, movies could really use some more originality
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Recently, I was watching the film Free Guy. It was… fine up until the end where during an epic final confrontation, Ryan Reynolds pulled out Captain America’s shield, a hulk fist, Megaman’s blaster, and then a lightsaber all with the appropriate accompanying music. I’ve been seeing this more and more in movies over the last…
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What’s next on the horizon for the James Bond film franchise?
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Poised to be the final film in the Daniel Craig-era of Bond films, the new trailer for No Time to Die has promised a satisfying conclusion where James Bond faces the ultimate villain. This being a very consequential film in one of the largest film franchises ever, inspires some closer examination. It’s easy to forget…
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Supporting independent cinemas during the pandemic: there’s nothing like the in-person, movie-viewing experience
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Over the course of 2020, many small businesses in Kitchener-Waterloo were forced to close due to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a year of opening and closing fluctuations as waves of the pandemic rose and subsided, businesses in the region have been allowed to re-open to the public with enhanced safety procedures. Due…
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“Coming 2 America,” the most disappointing sequel in years
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Life is chaotic. It’s full of twists and turns, surprises are at every corner and nothing is ever truly certain. However, there are times when life—miraculously— gives you exactly what you’re expecting. Coming 2 America recently came out, a movie that nobody asked for and a movie nobody expected to be good, and by God,…
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Representation, Mythos and Dragons in Raya and the Last Dragon
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Directed by Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada, Raya and the Last Dragon tells the story of Raya, Kelly Marie Tran, the young daughter of Chief Benja, Daniel Dae Kim. Part of the Heart Tribe, Raya has been trained since birth to guard the “orb,” a mystical object that was created by the dragons of…
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“While We’re Young” balances layered and nuanced plot
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While We’re Young is the seventh film written by Brooklyn-born director Noah Baumbach—starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried. The film tells the story of forty-something-year-old, childless couple Josh and Cornelia—played by Stiller and Watts—in New York, who have the course of their lives changed forever by artsy hipster mid-twenties’ couple Jamie…
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Framing Britney Spears shines a light on the pop star’s dangerous conservatorship
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As of Feb. 26, the popular documentary Framing Britney Spears is available in Canada. I’d been ignorant to the realities of Spears’ personal and political life behind the scenes. She sang mildly catchy pop songs 20 years ago; that’s all I needed to know. However, unbeknownst to the majority of casual fans, the last 12…
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What is next for Twilight fans?
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Amidst the global pandemic, I think we have all found ourselves watching more movies and subscribing to more video streaming services. For me, it’s been Twilight. The Twilight series first started back in 2008, yet I still haven’t watched it until just this weekend. Immediately after the first film, I became very interested in the…
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