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    Picking Our Personal 2022 Oscar Winners

    by Brennan Dubé March 22, 2022
    by Brennan Dubé March 22, 2022

    This time of year is all predictions, and with less than a week until the 94th Academy Awards, we decided to do something a little different. Listen to myself, Sophia, Jonathan, and Nick pick which…

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    ‘Midnight Mass’: This is Cinema

    by Danny O'Dea December 2, 2021
    by Danny O'Dea December 2, 2021

    I sat down today to write a review for The French Dispatch. Or the Last Night in Soho. Or Dune. Something new. Something in the zeitgeist. Something the SEO algorithms would have been really proud…

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    TIFF 2021 in Review

    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2021
    by Brennan Dubé September 26, 2021

    The 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival offered numerous different avenues for movie watching. Audiences and critics alike got to experience the newest in film at the theaters, online, and even at several…

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    Marty Speaks, WandaVision Gets Darker, and the Meaning of Content

    by Collin Willis February 22, 2021
    by Collin Willis February 22, 2021

    This week, Martin Scorsese again shook Marvel Twitter to its core with an essay filled with controversial statements. Well, not exactly filled or controversial, but an uproar it caused nonetheless. Nick and I offer our…

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    What is Cinema?: Breaking Down Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel

    by Collin Willis November 5, 2019
    by Collin Willis November 5, 2019

    What are movies? What makes one movie “cinema” and another a “theme park ride”? These clickbait questions have been on everyone’s mind lately. Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola have been asked to comment on…

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    Film Review – The Perfection (2019)

    by Chris van Dijk May 30, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk May 30, 2019

    The Perfection reportedly received rave reviews at its screening at Fantastic Fest and was described as being both “elegant” and “terrifying.” Such acclaims naturally piqued my interest. I hadn’t seen the trailer beforehand, and I…

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    Will Movie Theaters Become Obsolete?

    by Jillian Oliver April 8, 2019
    by Jillian Oliver April 8, 2019

    Helen Mirren just followed a possible trend of hating on streaming services. After director Steven Spielberg said Netflix movies shouldn’t be allowed to compete for academy awards, the actress said to an audience at CinemaCon,…

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    The 2019 Oscar For Best Actress Should Go To… Glenn Close for ‘The Wife’

    by Adina Bernstein February 18, 2019
    by Adina Bernstein February 18, 2019

    For everyone who dreams of making it in Hollywood, only a small handful will see their dreams become reality. Among that small handful, an ever-smaller group of performers become icons. Glenn Close is one of…

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    Film Review – Who Will Write Our History (2019)

    by Patricia Henderson February 17, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson February 17, 2019

    Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once said, “…movies are like a machine that generates empathy.” That movies make us care about people and situations we may never have known about otherwise. This quote often comes…

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    Fighting ‘Fyre’ With ‘Fyre’: Exploring Both Fyre Festival Documentaries

    by Patricia Henderson January 26, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson January 26, 2019

    Nothing makes someone of my generation feel more out of touch than being presented with a topic that “everyone was talking about.” And we’ve never heard of it. Such is the case with the Fyre…

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    ‘Rain Man’: 30 Years of Misrepresenting Autism

    by Patricia Henderson December 17, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson December 17, 2018

    Rain Man was first released in December of 1988. To say people were more ignorant about autism back then would be a vast understatement. In fact, I doubt this film would be made today —…

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    Film Review – Creed II (2018)

    by Chris Wager November 28, 2018
    by Chris Wager November 28, 2018

    As a lifelong Rocky fan, it’s always an exciting time when a new film in the franchise is set to debut. The pressure is high for Creed II as it is following the exceptional Creed.…

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    Film Review – The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

    by Patricia Henderson November 26, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson November 26, 2018

    Now that we’ve emerged from our respective Thanksgiving food comas, and braved Black Friday, our brains shift over to the winter setting. As the Holiday season looms overhead, we are inundated with feel-good movies of…

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    Film Review – Denver Film Festival Short Films Part 4 (2018)

    by Patricia Henderson November 18, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson November 18, 2018

    These short films were featured at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. This is the fourth article in our series covering said shorts. Caroline U.S.A., approx. 12 minutes.  Written & Directed…

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    Film Review – London Fields (2018)

    by Chris Wager November 6, 2018
    by Chris Wager November 6, 2018

    London Fields is based on the 1989 novel by Martin Amis and — after being shot in 2014 — has spent the past five years trying to get into theaters. With drama in front of…

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    Film Review – Denver Film Festival Short Films Part 1 (2018)

    by Patricia Henderson November 4, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson November 4, 2018

    These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The MovieBabble staff was given the opportunity to screen some…

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  • Retrospectives

    ‘The Wiz’ and I at 40

    by Patricia Henderson October 25, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson October 25, 2018

    The movie version of The Wiz was released October 24, 1978. I was released in December of the same year. So, you could say we’ve grown up together. The Wiz came to represent different things,…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Best Phil Hartman Movies

    by Patricia Henderson September 26, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson September 26, 2018

    Phil Hartman was a truly multi-talented entertainer, perhaps best known for his work on television. After all, Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, and NewsRadio are what made him a household name. However, one should not…

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    Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful Life – Best vs. the Best

    by Olaf Lesniak September 20, 2018
    by Olaf Lesniak September 20, 2018

    This article pitting Singin’ in the Rain vs. It’s a Wonderful in the Best vs. the Best series was originally published on reelreader.com, a great website for discussing pop culture and entertainment.  We are back by…

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    The Hardest Working Actor In Hollywood: A Look Back at Bruce Dern’s Career

    by Pat Doran September 12, 2018
    by Pat Doran September 12, 2018

    With the release of White Boy Rick this week and roles in two other movies this month, it brings a total of eight movies already released this year featuring one of Hollywood’s hardest working actors:…

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  • Rankings

    The Best Movies of August 2018

    by Nick Kush September 8, 2018
    by Nick Kush September 8, 2018

    In recent years, August has been a wasteland of sorts, caving in on itself after a plethora of blockbusters have sopped all of the money available in the summer movie season up to that point.…

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    My 10 Best Movies Of 1998

    by Pat Doran September 7, 2018
    by Pat Doran September 7, 2018

    July marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg’s World War II Opus. This movie holds a special significance for me because the beach where the opening D-Day landings were…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) Reviews – Part 2 (August 7-9)

    by Sean Coates August 26, 2018
    by Sean Coates August 26, 2018

    This is Part 2 of my mini reviews from the Melbourne International Film Festival. If you missed Part 1, read it here. Let’s jump right in! Wajib  Palestine’s official entry for Best Foreign language feature…

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    The Worst Movies of July 2018

    by Nick Kush August 22, 2018
    by Nick Kush August 22, 2018

    Well, this article is probably long overdue. That’s what happens when life gets in the way — it has a funny way of doing that often, doesn’t it? But one thing is still very clear…

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  • Reviews

    Why The Gangster Sub-Genre Just Isn’t As Relevant Today

    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay August 19, 2018

    The crime/gangster sub-genre contains in itself an anachronistic library of classically defining workings. Historically, the genre seemed to have generally trickled down in relevance, peeking relatively fast but also plateauing in equal measure. It laid…

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    Why I’m Struggling to Be Enthusiastic About Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’

    by Jillian Oliver August 19, 2018
    by Jillian Oliver August 19, 2018

    As far back as I can remember I’ve enjoyed watching movie musicals from what they call the golden age of Hollywood. Some particular favorites of mine are The Bandwagon, Stormy Weather, and Oliver. And even…

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    Film Review – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

    by Lance Heard August 18, 2018
    by Lance Heard August 18, 2018

    Netflix will have hits and misses in its quest to master the process of providing quality original content.  As Calibre (2018), Sunday’s Illness (2018) and other European offerings demonstrate, Europe will be a well tapped…

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    What Exactly Went Wrong With The Hobbit?

    by Nils Berg August 16, 2018
    by Nils Berg August 16, 2018

    In July, Amazon revealed the first concrete information about it’s upcoming Prime Original The Lord of The Rings prequel. They announced the show runners to be Godzilla vs. Kong and Star Trek 4 writers JD Payne and Patrick…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Movies That Take On Race Relations

    by Lance Heard August 16, 2018
    by Lance Heard August 16, 2018

    In his review of BlackKklansman (2018), starring John David Washington and Adam Driver, Collin Willis notes that recent films Get Out (2107) and Sorry to Bother You (2018) also address racial conflict past and present. …

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  • Reviews

    Going to the Movies Alone — Give It a Chance!

    by Erin Winans August 14, 2018
    by Erin Winans August 14, 2018

    Traditionally, when people think about going to the movies they think of groups of people or a couple on a date. Rarely — or never — do people think about someone going to the movies…

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