Room 237

Advertisements A movie, freed from the shackles of auteurism, has a life of its own. It exists as a text of its own, influencing the lives of others in ways the original author may not have intended, or even imagined. We would…

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Mile 22

Advertisements WARNING: This review contains a minor spoiler. Mile 22 is an action film starring Mark Wahlberg, directed by Peter Berg. From that sentence alone, you’re bound to have some expectations. The fourth outing for the pair after Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon…

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Ant-Man and The Wasp

Advertisements The original Ant-Man was a surprise hit: despite the worrisome replacement of original director Edgar Wright, the film was released as a well-rounded superhero flick, with the intermittent brilliance reminiscent of Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy bridged by the competent in-between sections that…

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Hotel Artemis

Advertisements Hotel Artemis starts off as a sort of near-future spin-off of John Wick, focusing on its own set of rules detached from the everyday life that we experience. It seeks satisfaction in that discrepancy, finding moments of intrigue in how that ruleset…

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