Shazam is a comic book character I knew nothing about going into the film. I never read comics as a kid, but before heading into a new superhero origin story, I usually have a basic understanding of our hero before I enter the theater. I was completely clueless on Shazam, to the point where I wasn’t even aware he was initially called Captain Marvel until Marvel sued DC for the name…
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I haven’t done one of these in a long, long time. I don’t have a good reason for not posting this article monthly, but I’ll make sure these keep coming every month. This month, Netflix is coming strong, but not with big blockbusters or original content, but with indies, foreign films, and classics. I really hope Netflix keeps this trend going, as it will allow more people to see movies that they wouldn’t normally see. …
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April has become one of the bigger cinematic months over the years. With films like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Jungle Book, and Fate of the Furious all coming out over the past few Aprils, this month seems to be the new launching point for summer blockbusters and this year is no different. There are five really good, diverse movies coming out this month, including three superhero movies with one of them being arguably the biggest movie of…
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The stoner comedy is a genre of film that has slowly faded away. There have been films that have been based around smoking weed, but none that really fall into what it really means to be a stoner comedy. A movie where the weed isn’t so much a main character, but a weapon that our stoned out hero or heroes use in order to survive their personal quest, which can vary…
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Tim Burton makes movies about outcasts. From Pee Wee Herman to Edward Scissorhands to Ed Wood to Sweeney Todd, Burton makes movies about people who stand out from the crowd because of their looks, personality, and their lifestyle. So it’s no wonder why Burton would be drawn to Dumbo, Disney’s latest live-action remake of the classic tale about a big eared elephant who learns he can fly. But what makes this version…
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Transit is a quiet thriller that will have you thinking about it long after the credits role. This isn’t a thriller in the sense of Se7en or Sicario, where it is overly dark and shocking in its violent and subject matter. No, this is a thriller that takes place during the bright, sunny days in France and looks at one man’s loneliness in the world. Transit looks at Georg (Franz Rogowski), a man who, after…
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As a mysterious family stands at the foot of the driveway of the Wilson’s summer home, Gabe Wilson (Winston Duke), the father of the family, stands near the front door yelling for them to leave to no avail. He then goes inside and grabs a metal baseball bat and starts pounding the bat in the palm of his hand yelling, “If you wanna get crazy, we can get crazy!” and boy,…
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The second film for a director can be a big one, especially after they make a big splash with their debut. It could be a film that elevates a directors film career, it could be one that puts the director on the map, or it could make us question just how good a director is. For this list, we are looking at the very best directorial sophomore efforts. There were a lot of films to…
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The last time we saw the Avengers, half of them were turning into dust after Thanos snapped his fingers and eliminated half of all the living beings in the galaxy. In one of the post-credit sequences following Avengers: Infinity War, we saw Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) watch chaos and pandemonium go down around him and he immediately orders the Code Red, and proceeds to take out a communication device and…
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I haven’t done one of these lists in a while. I got caught up with Sundance in January and February was a tough month personally. But it’s back now and it is a perfect month to bring this back. March has become a pretty good month for movies over the years and this year, it’s a great one. Featuring a fun little thriller I saw last year, one of the biggest movies of the year,…
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