The Academy’s New Measures Don’t Fix the Issue at Hand

Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a huge shakeup for the eligibility for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which comes into full effect in 2024. Now, the prize gem of the annual awards ceremony will potentially require the casting of at least one actor of an underrepresented race or…

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Adam Sandler Sparkles in “Uncut Gems”

Every once in a while, a film comes out that completely changes your perspective on the talents of an actor. Adam Sandler has emerged out of the depths of sophomoric comedies that have long lost their 90s luster to deliver his best performance to date in Uncut Gems, a gritty thriller about Howard Ratner, a…

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Revisiting “The House of The Devil” 10 Years Later

The Satanic Panic of the late 1970s through the early 1990s gripped waves of PTA-members and home-alone-teens alike. Ten Halloweens ago, director/screenwriter Ty West delivered an often overlooked but amazingly crafted glimpse into the worst fears of a generation that may only now be getting the fanfare it deserved. While social media posts asking for…

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“Joker” Brings Us the Comic Book Era’s “Taxi Driver”

Four years after fellow comedy director Adam McKay made his dramatic debut with The Big Short, veteran comedy director Todd Phillips finally made his foray into drama with Joker, a gritty thriller that is reminiscent of Martin Scorcese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver. Joaquin Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, a mentally unstable man living in poverty with his mother…

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“Rocketman” Fails to Blast Off

Released just six months after Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s hard for the Elton John fantasy-biopic Rocketman to escape comparisons to the Queen biopic, and while I had mixed feelings about Bohemian Rhapsody, it is a significantly better film overall than Rocketman. Taron Egerton, who has been connected to Elton John before by covering “I’m Still Standing” in Sing and starring alongside John…

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Ten Characters We Want to See in the Upcoming MCU Films

Don’t worry – there’s no Avengers: Endgame spoilers in this list, but the film was a monumental conclusion to a 22-film saga that spanned 11 years. Now, it’s time to look ahead to what’s at stake. Yesterday, I asked 10 questions regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but with a company that has existed for 80 years (and…

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Top 10 Questions Following “Avengers: Endgame”

I initially started writing a review for Avengers: Endgame, but there is just so much to unpack that I think it is better reserved for a podcast. That said, this article is going to have a lot of spoilers from the movie. Please do not read on until you have seen the film. While the Marvel…

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