Category: Features
Why ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Won The 2023 Best Picture Oscar
Why ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Won The 2023 Best Picture Oscar

The soft pink and beige background on the red carpet of this year’s Oscars ceremony echoed the generally much more mellow tone of the evening than we have been used to in the recent past. If last year’s event was…

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Civil War’ Really Was the Worst
Civil War’ Really Was the Worst

You remember Captain America: Civil War — Sokovia Accords, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) on opposite sides, heroes fighting heroes, and so on. And if you remember Civil War, then you remember that Tony Stark…

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Why Last Man Standing Was the Rare Conservative Sitcom Success
Why Last Man Standing Was the Rare Conservative Sitcom Success

It's no great secret that Hollywood has an overwhelming liberal bias when it comes to the values that most major industry players share. These values are often reflected in the kinds of themes and motifs that make their way into…

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Jimmy Kimmel, Lady Gaga, Ke Huy Quan
Jimmy Kimmel, Lady Gaga, Ke Huy Quan

It was a ceremony dominated by wins for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Telecast producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner clearly had an idea of what was in store as they slotted the…

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Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Is An Unmitigated Blast
Review: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Is An Unmitigated Blast

Unlike the studio trepidation in releasing films following the reopening of theaters, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) knows when to charge like a bull head-on into a fracas. Then, once theaters opened back up and audiences were ready to head in…

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‘Scream 6’s Brilliant Opening Scene Asks a Simple and Shocking Question
‘Scream 6’s Brilliant Opening Scene Asks a Simple and Shocking Question

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Scream VI.Draw up a list of the most iconic and influential horror scenes of all time, and it's going to be tough to not include the opening sequence from the original Scream on…

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Why The Land Before Time Is a Perfect Kids Movie
Why The Land Before Time Is a Perfect Kids Movie

The Land Before Time is everything right about a dinosaur movie, simply due to the fact that there are no humans in it. There have been several recent movies, such as the entire Jurassic Park franchise, but there’s something pure…

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Oscars 2023 Snubs & Surprise: ‘Tár,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ Angela Bassett & More Oscars 2023: The Snubs & Surprises
Oscars 2023 Snubs & Surprise: ‘Tár,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ Angela Bassett & More Oscars 2023: The Snubs & Surprises

Back with all 23 awards presented live, this year’s Oscars was dominated by “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which won in the most significant categories that it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress,…

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The Best Film Noir Probably Isn’t the Movie You Expected
The Best Film Noir Probably Isn’t the Movie You Expected

The 1945 film Leave Her to Heaven commands a Criterion Collection level of respect within the film noir canon. Martin Scorsese adores it; it was the highest-grossing film of the 1940s for Twentieth Century Fox; the United States National Film…

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Why the Dungeons and Dragons Movie from 2000 Bombed
Why the Dungeons and Dragons Movie from 2000 Bombed

In 2000, Dungeons and Dragons, based on the popular tabletop game of the same name, hit theaters to the excitement of longtime fans of the franchise. The film was something of passion project for director and entrepreneur Courtney Solomon, who…

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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Wins Best Picture & Dominates The 2023 Oscars [Full Winners List]
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Wins Best Picture & Dominates The 2023 Oscars [Full Winners List]

In an awards season dominated by Oscars rules discussion and the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” the night is finally here. And guess what? Everything went just about as expected. Daniels‘ “Everything Everywhere All at Once” dominated the categories…

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Why Scream’s Sidney Prescott Is the Best Final Girl
Why Scream’s Sidney Prescott Is the Best Final Girl

The horror trope of the "Final Girl" has been part of the cultural conversation around horror films for decades. While it wasn't officially coined until 1992 by author, Carol J. Clover, the trope itself has been around much longer, stretching…

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