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Micro Review – Alien: Covenant

Posted on by Adam
I had higher hopes for Alien: Covenant. I liked Prometheus (and I think it's vastly underrated). But this is no Prometheus. It tends to waver back and forth between campy horror and philosophical sci-fi wannabe. It doesn't want to be campy I don't think. And the special effects do their best to make it scary and shocking. But so much of the gore is just so excessive. I wanted m...
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Micro Review – Logan

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I haven't seen an X-Men since X-2, and I'll be honest, I remember nothing about that movie or the original. So it was a bit strange to watch Logan - seemingly the end of the journey for Wolverine. I'm sure there's a lot of history and back story that populate this movie. But since I didn't know any of it, the movie felt like an abstract character study full of hidden depth. I a...
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Oscar Predictions – 2018

Posted on by Adam
  Somehow, I managed to see all of the Best Picture nominees from 2017, maybe for the first time ever (or at least since my glory days in high school). So here are my predictions for this year’s Oscars, and my votes for who should actually win. I didn't make predictions for every single category - only the categories I felt informed enough about to have an opinio...
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Micro Review – The Avengers

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Definitely better the second time I watched it, and after I've acclimated myself to the MCU. The first time I saw it (in theater, actually) I didn't know much about the overall plot line in the Marvel movies. It makes a lot more sense in a larger context. I still don't like the fact that the Avengers cause about as much destruction as whatever enemy they're facing (though I sup...
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Micro Review – Lady Bird

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There's so much right about Lady Bird. It's hilarious, first of all. Much more so than I expected. I laughed out loud multiple times while watching it. And it's a quick-witted movie too, but not in an unrealistic Aaron Sorkin way (not to knock Sorkin). The comparison that comes to mind is Juno. Both are about quirky high school girls who talk fast and get into self-made awkward...
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Review – mother!

Posted on by Adam
  Dare I say it? This is a movie about…everything. About life, and death; creation and the apocalypse. About our world, and the destruction of nature as a result of humanity’s greed. It’s about inspiration, and God, and obsession, and art, and the darkness and goodness of humanity. It’s about war. It’s about healing. It’s about the possibility of burning everything ...
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