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Kang the Conqueror Is the Most Recastable Character in Comic Book Movie History

By Darren MooneyNovember 6, 2023

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Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes

November 3, 2023

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Martin Scorsese Is a Counterargument to Quentin Tarantino’s Retirement Plans

October 30, 2023

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The Dull Familiarity of Five Nights at Freddy’s

October 27, 2023

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Netflix’s Bodies is a Time-Travel Thriller About the Soul of London

October 23, 2023

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Right now, Disney faces an incredibly easy problem with a very simple solution: just recast Kang the Conqueror.

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Kang the Conqueror Is the Most Recastable Character in Comic Book Movie History

By Darren MooneyNovember 6, 2023

Invincible is back this week on Amazon Prime. The show is a glorious and gleeful celebration of comic tropes, but it is also layered with compelling human drama.

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Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes

By Darren MooneyNovember 3, 2023

Quentin Tarantino wants to retire after ten films. Martin Scorsese's career argues that Tarantino can keep making great films.

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Martin Scorsese Is a Counterargument to Quentin Tarantino’s Retirement Plans

By Darren MooneyOctober 30, 2023

Five Nights at Freddy's is reheated chain restaurant horror, that squanders the mysteries of the game series.

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The Dull Familiarity of Five Nights at Freddy’s

By Darren MooneyOctober 27, 2023

Bodies, the new Netflix miniseries, is a show less about a time traveling murder mystery and more about the soul of London.

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Netflix’s Bodies is a Time-Travel Thriller About the Soul of London

By Darren MooneyOctober 23, 2023

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Killers of the Flower Moon Confronts Where White Supremacy Meets Masculinity

By Darren MooneyOctober 20, 2023

The Fall of the House of Usher, the new Netflix series by Mike Flanagan, suggests that consequence is its own inescapable form of generational trauma.

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The Fall of the House of Usher Is a Phenomenal Accomplishment of Generational Horror

By Darren MooneyOctober 16, 2023

Michael Myers is the embodiment of pure evil. Between 2018 and 2022, that evil took a very specific form. David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy offers a portrait of America stalked by a resurgent fascism.

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Halloween’s Michael Myers Became America’s Fascist Boogeyman

By Darren MooneyOctober 13, 2023

Watching Ahsoka, it increasingly feels like Star Wars is a series of Pavlovian triggers designed to appeal to audience members who already care about the objects on screen.

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Ahsoka Is About Star Wars’ Obsession with Continuity

By Darren MooneyOctober 9, 2023

The Exorcist: Believer is a timely piece of horror cinema, a dark allegory about the way in which the modern world seems designed to pit people against one another and force them to make monstrous choices that fundamentally compromise them.

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The Exorcist: Believer Is a Parable for a Divided America

By Darren MooneyOctober 6, 2023

With the release of The Creator in cinemas, it seems like a good opportunity to revisit director Gareth Edwards’ last film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

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With Rogue One, Gareth Edwards Gave Star Wars a Sense of Scale

By Darren MooneyOctober 2, 2023

Themes of othering and oppression have been a key metaphor in stories about robots for decades in cinema. However, The Creator stands out for taking this metaphor and applying it directly to not only the Vietnam War, but also cinematic depictions of that conflict.

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The Creator is a Science Fiction Allegory About Vietnam War Films

By Darren MooneySeptember 29, 2023

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