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Disney's next big hit is a visual smorgasbord, but alas it doesn't have as much depth as their recent releases have had. There are a lot of good moments, and characters within Moana, but what really distanced me from this film was that it felt like
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is the next installment of J. K. Rowling's expansive world of Harry Potter, this time taking place in America's 1920s. It focuses on meek protagonist Newt Scamander, who wrote a famous textbook that students of Hogwarts would recognize, journey
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!Minor Spoilers! You can't deny that Marvel makes a successful product. They found that special formula where comic fans and the general audience can both appreciate and enjoy these characters that have lived decades in comic format. Unfortunately it was this same formula that I found myself start
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Supergirl is a hard pill to swallow. I'm not sure if it's more controversial than most of Arrow's seasons, but when it was airing on CBS it felt like it was the easiest show to talk shit about. Everybody was curious when it first
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It has finally come to this, I shall review the controversial first season of the series Arrow (with SPOILERS)!!! Before this show created their own television universe of superheroes, comic fans had little luck with live action adaptations of their favorite characters. I believe that the one before this was
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I have no idea why, but apparently Disney thought it was a good idea to remake all of their animated films into live action. They started with Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and while that made a lot of money it definitely left people confused and/or irritated. But
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Kubo and the Two Strings is the latest stop motion masterpiece by the amazing studio Laika, and is one of the best examples of this year of why I love movies. At its heart Kubo is all about storytelling. You can tell that this film has been infused with amazing
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Warning This Review Has Spoilers Spoilers! With DC's uphill battle in establishing their own cinematic universe, Suicide Squad establishes itself as the third film in a row to have divide movie audiences. Normally I would have loved to write this without making mention to DC's previous
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After hearing so much buzz about this show in hushed corners, and seeing an amazing amazon deal for the complete first season, I decided to do a blind buy of The 100 Season 1, and I have to admit that I was surprised with what I got. For those who
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After First Class revitalized the franchise, and Days of Future Past destroyed the timeline to create anew, Apocalypse had a lot to live up to in terms of old characters, and new, and for the most part this was a very enjoyable film that I think people should go out
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Vibrant, hilarious, gut punching, and absolutely refreshing. The Nice Guys, directed by Shane Black, brings that sense of creative flavor that every film connoisseur needs when cleansing their pallet between superhero flicks. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are pitch perfect together, and as they unwind this tale of a complicated
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Money Monster is a well done film that trudges familiar ground, and confusingly has more missed opportunities than I would have liked. The actors all do a serviceable job, and I think many people will enjoy this film, but I can't help but feel that it was one