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The Failure of Damien Chazelle’s First Man
Damien Chazelle’s filmography has two original feature films that he wrote and directed. It was very surprising to see him go a different route with a generic biopic. Not only was First Man a box office failure, taking the 3rd spot to Venom and A Star is Born, it felt like a failure for him. Whiplash was a very strong debut…
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CBM’s & the Death of Film Criticism
The latest comic book film under fire with criticism and controversy before its release is Sony’s “Venom”. The review embargo lifted Tuesday and as usual, all eyes were on Twitter as #Venom was filled with negative reviews. Let’s be honest here, we all had very low expectations for this movie considering that Sony was at the helm. However,…
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Remaking an Oscar Best Picture Winner
Steven Spielberg is remaking the 1962 Best Picture winner “West Side Story”. Yes, you read that right. Steven Spielberg directing a musical. It’s not even an original piece or a new musical from Broadway, this legendary sci-fi adventure director is taking on a MUSICAL that won Best Picture. I just want to know why? What’s…
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The End of the X-Men
In light of the new Dark Phoenix trailer that dropped Thursday at midnight, I wanted to reflect on the X-Men franchise as a whole. The original trilogy that was released in the early 2000s was something special for 20th Century Fox because Marvel Entertainment had sold them the rights to the X-Men characters, as well as Elektra, Daredevil and Fantastic Four.…
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