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In sci-fi we’re used to highly intricate and dreamy spaceships taking us out of our real world and propelling us into a future defined by almost intangible technologies. And while that’s cool and all, the film that chooses to set its diegesis in the near future, emphasizing that reality is not so different than what’s […]
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Hello my wonderful readers. Here are two essays from my Film as Literature class from my senior year of high school. The first is one I’m quite proud of. My performance is really credit to well, first my amazing teacher Ms. King, and two, the fact that I did an extra credit assignment where I […]
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A quick note… I’m back! This is the first review I’ve written since beginning my “Film as Literature” class at my high school! So consider this the beginning of a newer and much more sophisticated writing style in regard to my film reviews. Enjoy, and as always thanks for reading. Now a cult film and […]
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It’s 1997 the United States’ biggest city encloses criminals with fifty foot walls around its perimeter. John Carpenter’s Escape from New York–a commonly regarded classic action sci-fi film–stars Kurt Russell as former special forces lieutenant turned bank robber criminal “Snake” Plissken. Requested by the commissioner of the U.S. Police Force, Huak (Lee Van Cleef), Snake’s […]
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Yeah this movie was pretty weird. Also an odd one to watch with your girlfriend which is what I did. Midsommar is a 2019 Horror and Thriller directed by Ari Aster about an American couple and their friends who travel to Sweden for a once-in-every 90 years festival, Midsommar. Beginning in America, Midsommar begins with […]
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It came as a big surprise to me recently when I realized that this movie never crossed paths with me. First off, it’s a Tarantino movie, and secondly, one that features Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo Dicaprio. What a world. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is the most recent addition to his […]