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After the release of Godzilla: Final Wars in 2004, marking the 50th anniversary of the big-G, Toho took a break with the franchise and the Godzilla mythos were allowed a long needed nap. Since Godzilla's hiatus, Hollywood has been trying to play catch up with the kaiju (giant
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"The Human Centipede," a controversial horror film, shares similarities with Universal's classic monster movies. It depicts society's persecution of the unknown, much like "Frankenstein." The film's antagonist, Josef Heiter, parallels Dr. Frankenstein but lacks his redemption. This twisted reflectio
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While big-budget blockbusters and cinematic universes were the main draw pre-2020 when it came to movie theaters, studios were still having a hard time getting people to come out to see and talk about their smaller budgeted movies. Now with the theater landscape reshaping to survive, like many other aspects
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Slaughter Hotel is a Giallo film from 1971 that was directed by horror aficionado Fernando Di Leo which starred the ever handsome Klaus Kinski. However, unlike other roles that Kinski was famous for, he took a step back when it came to this particular gem where it was the women
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Ari Aster's name has quickly ascended in the horror community after his two most recent releases of Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019). Both of these films look at the consequences of bringing outsiders into social circles that they do not belong in. In which, a character does not
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The novelty of 3D as a format has a certain magic that, as a child, gives you the illusion that you're watching something real, almost to the point of trying to reach your hand out to touch what's on the screen in front of you. Unfortunately,
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In years past a hot topic around the Oscars have been about streaming movies and if they should qualify and if they are good enough for the Academy Awards. Each year saw a few more notable streaming films slide into the brackets, but it wasn’t until Netflix’s Roma
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe spans 20+ films with interconnected narratives. Tony Stark, the central character, copes with PTSD and social anxiety, evident in his behavior shifts before and after the creation of the Iron Man armor. His reliance on the suit as a safety mechanism reflects his struggl
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Watching obscure animated films from other countries that barely anybody has heard of has been one of the greatest pleasures to experience in quarantine. Upon learning that Sir Sean Connery, who most believe hasn't made a film since The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, came out of retirement to
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2020 will go down in history as one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory; social movements, ineffective governments, and of course, a global pandemic that is being ignored in the States. It's a lot to process. With the added agony of infuriating social media posts, being
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*This post was inspired by the podcast The Cine-Files ep "44 The Graduate" The Graduate is one of those classic films that has only gotten better and more topical with age. Coming out at the tail end of the 1960s where film was challenging the notion of "