Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
“A warrior’s spirit needs a warrior’s body.” By alloying together the futuristic dystopia of Blade Runner with the flimsy romance elements of The Hunger Games, all while styling them both […]
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
“Alright, let’s do this one last time.” I’ve only read one comic book in my life. Pretty sure it came with a Happy Meal, now that I think of it. […]
Green Book (2018)
“It takes courage to change people’s hearts.” Here’s the thing: for all of the troubling subtext and the endless pandering of this picture, Green Book means well and, for the most […]
Hidden Figures (2016)
“I’ve never seen a mind like the one your daughter has.” Through the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement and the paranoid landscape of the 60’s space race with Russia, Hidden Figures‘ grounded […]
Moonlight (2016)
“Who the hell you think you is?” The illustrious autobiography A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah was required summer reading heading into my freshman year of college. […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
“Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure.” In my review of the previous installment in The Hunger Games franchise, I applauded its technical prowess while deriding its […]
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