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[SXSW Review] WE ARE AS GODS

What if we solved climate change with reintroducing the Woolly Mammoth? WE ARE AS GODS is a lofi forest hike into Stewart Brand, the creator

[SXSW Review] AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

In a world of these large-scope adult problems, it’s easy to forget that children occupy that same world. Every challenge and anxiety that adults stare

[Blu-ray/DVD Review] STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, from director J.J. Abrams (The Force Awakens) and Lucasfilm, is the final conclusion to the epic Skywalker saga. The

[Nightmarish Detour Review] BANANA SPLIT

Recently, I was asked to review a film I knew nothing about called BANANA SPLIT. I dug the name so I thought, “Why not?”. Once

[Blu-ray/DVD Review] 1917

If you’ve always wanted to live in the moment of a WWI soldier in the front line, in the trenches, running through a field that’s

[Blu-ray/DVD Review] JUST MERCY

Stories of injustice and prejudice of the legal system are not anything new, but there’s always something cruel that hasn’t been heard. While some might

[Blu-ray/DVD Review] RICHARD JEWELL

Richard Jewell is like one of those Disneyland security guards who takes 20 minutes, checking every crevice of your bag for contraband, as the line

[SXSW Review] THE SURROGATE

Right and wrong. It’s a binary. It feels obvious. There is what’s right and there is what’s wrong. But who decides? Who creates that definition?

[Nightmarish Detour Review] ONWARD

ONWARD is the latest Disney/Pixar film from director Dan Scanlon (Monsters University) about two teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest of magical proportions

[Nightmarish Detour Review] THE CALL OF THE WILD

Anyone who knows me knows that I get perpetually weepy when it comes to stories about animals, regardless of whether or not they are conveyed

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