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Spike Lee has developed one of the most unique directing styles in film today. The New York native has a style defined by anger towards social and racial injustices; his greatest films came from focusing on such a subjec
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Motherhood has always fascinated filmmakers through the years, from Rosemary’s Baby to Terms of Endearment , and even the recent Bad Moms . In Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman’s latest collaboration, we get a seldom seen a
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There has been a common acceptance between Hollywood executives that films with largely black casts don’t bring in money from overseas; given that half of a film’s revenue today comes from outside the US, studios aren’t
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When thinking about movies, it’s hard not to think about Steven Spielberg. The American director has produced an infinite amount of classics. Spielberg has been hard at work recently, he’s filmed two films back to back,
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Alexander Payne has always been a director given small budgets, focusing on personal stories that comment on a larger aspect of the human or American life. His previous works include Election, About Schmidt , The Descend
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Hugh Jackman is quite the showman; he’s been frequently asked to host many awards shows from the Tonys to the Oscars due to his incredible affinity at riling up a crowd. It seems natural then that he should play the lead
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Martin McDonagh started as a playwright and after winning an Oscar for a short film he moved into directing long features, the first two of which were the great In Bruges and Seven Psycopaths . His third film continues a
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Chadwick Boseman is one of the top actors working today. He’s made a name for himself in the biographical genre, breaking big in the Jackie Robinson drama 42 and then later going on to play James Brown in Get On Up . Wi
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Billie Jean King is a tennis legend. Her exploits in the sport are well-known to avid fans, but she will likely stand out to the rest of the general public as one of the participants in the Battle of the Sexes, which sou
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In the age of today, it’s hard to not see someone on his or her phone. The social media craze is upon us, and the worst part is that only a few of us see it as a problem. Now while I’m not condemning the advancement of t
Young CriticWar for Planet of the Apes
The most poetic a blockbuster has gotten to is perhaps Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, but that is more of a noir series than a philosophical journey. Director Matt Reeves, however, has found a perfect vehic
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The indie genre is being rediscovered little by little. We recently got Moonlight , last year’s Academy Award Best Picture winner, which was made for under $1 million dollars (in comparison, “indie” films of today can hi
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The problem with politics of today is that both sides of the spectrum see everything as black and white, there is hardly any middle ground left. Unfortunately, this can be seen transferring onto the film screen with poli
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Finally! It would seem illogical, not only morally but financially as well, that female protagonists would be left out of today’s blockbusters. Females make up more than half the world’s population, film tickets for wome
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Trainspotting was a stylistic and narrative surprise in 1996. It was the movie that essentially launched director Danny Boyle and actor Ewan McGregor’s careers. The film took a look at the working class lives of junkies
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You can’t help but wonder if this film hadn’t been in the horror genre, if it would have been given as big of a release. First-time director Jordan Peele, famous for being a sketch comic, shows a deft hand and telling st
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Romances come in many colors and can be successful with any genre fusion, be it drama, comedy, or even horror. But one important thing that any romance must get is the emotional weight of its’ pair; if this core aspect f
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Autobiographical material is usually the most effective when translated to art. It’s incredibly useful when a writer or artist has lived through the experience he or she is relating. Mike Mills has made his second semi-a
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Historical films are incredibly important to build awareness to the general public; especially when it’s about subjects that are vague even for historians. That is the case for the subject matter of Hidden Figures . Hidd
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Actors who become directors are very common in the film industry; however, actors that become good directors are a rarer breed. We have had some few recent examples such as Mel Gibson and Ben Affleck, and with Fences w
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I have a soft spot for political dramas. Not only because I have keen interest into the subject of politics itself, but also because political films tend to treat the audience as intelligent and they save themselves any
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Boyhood was one of the best films of the past few years; it took such a simple look at the life of a kid through his maturing years. However, something that was overlooked in all the praise for the film, was that it onl
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Jeff Nichols is quickly becoming one of the best directors to make movies about America. I’m not talking about New York or LA, but of the deep America that rarely gets shown onscreen. His films range from Take Shelter
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Oliver Stone always likes to put the American government in an uncomfortable position. It is therefore not a surprise that the subject of his newest film is Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower that leaked thousand