‘Guardians Vol 3,’ The ‘Starling Girl,’ ‘Master Gardener’ & More
May is a big release month, and not just for tent poles as we enter the ever-shifting summer blockbuster season. Kicking it off with another Marvel entry and closing it out with another Disney live-action adaptation, there’s little question of what studios continue to…
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To Grow Up Is an Awfully Big Adventure
Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Peter Pan & Wendy There are many ways to tell a story like Peter Pan. Perhaps most importantly, there are many ways to finish a story like Peter Pan. In his original 1911…
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Is Lady Bird Based on the Director’s Life?
Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan, was a coming-of-age movie about the titular Lady Bird, who was juggling her strained mother-daughter relationship with her attempt to foster a popular social status in her strict all-girls private Catholic school. At first glance,…
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Will A Prolonged Writers’ Strike Be A Boon To The Struggling Indie Acquisitions Market?
The Writers’ Strike has arrived, and Hollywood is breaking out into a flop sweat about what could happen if it’s a prolonged détente. The last work stoppage in 2007-2008 lasted 14 weeks and severely disrupted the filming of countless episodic…
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Film Review: ‘I’ll Be Watching’- A Plundering Of Better Films
Erik Bernard’s “I’ll Be Watching” is a thriller in search of an original idea. The film cannot deliver its intended thrills and fails in the emotional drama. Artist Julie Alexander (Eliza Taylor) is alone at her first big exhibition waiting…
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A ‘Twilight’ TV Show Is a Great Idea, Actually
It might be difficult to picture anyone but Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner playing the mystical and moody starring trio, but the news recently broke that the Twilight saga is being made into a TV series. Lionsgate Television…
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Why A24’s The End of the Tour Is One of the Best Movies About Writers
Adapting a great book is always a challenge for filmmakers, but getting into the mind of a great author can be just as difficult. When so much of someone’s life is centered on the written word, telling a story that…
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50 Must-See Films To Watch
There is a discussion on Film Twitter that the people excited to see Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” are not the same people that are excited to see Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” We disagree. Whether the masses want to believe it or not,…
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Here’s Why the Summer Blockbuster Killed Those Massive Ballads
It’s the 1990s. You’ve just finished watching a big-budget action movie starring Kevin Costner, Nicolas Cage, or Bruce Willis. The final wry one-liner has been delivered, it’s time for the credits to roll. As the text begins to scroll across…
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Best Movies Coming to Peacock in May 2023
At the end of every month, audiences can look forward to the streaming services releasing their schedules for the next one. This time, it's Peacock's turn. The NBCUniversal-owned streamer has a wide variety of both newer and classic films arriving…
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‘Peter Pan’ Is Actually Based on This Dark True Story
For decades, Disney has taken their own wholesome magical spin on fairy tales that tend to have incredibly dark origins. It’s no secret that the original Little Mermaid fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen didn’t exactly end in a happily ever…
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How The Snowman Became a Fascinating Mess of a Movie
Subpar movies are a dime a dozen. It usually takes some level of extenuating circumstances to produce the best of the best — and the worst of the worst. Unfortunately for fans of noir thrillers, The Snowman falls hard into…
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