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Apr 226 min read

Civil War: A Review

Off the heels of his latest work Men a.k.a. Men Are Bad: The Movie, Alex Garland gave the film industry a bit of a shake last week by...

Jun 21, 20231 min read

Degrees of Passing: Representations of White Passing in Popular Culture

If popular culture reflects society, then studying popular culture representations of White passing can provide insight into the...

Jul 1, 20223 min read

Way Too Late: Uncharted

I know, I know, the movie has been out for months, but sometimes I get wrapped up doing other things (nothing) and I forget to watch...

May 17, 20224 min read

Gentrification is Corporate Vampirism

Gentrification is cultural vampirism, and no film represents that better than Osmany Rodriguez’s Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020). The film...

Apr 6, 20213 min read

iCarly is Wayne's World for Kids

Have you ever noticed how much Nickelodeon's iCarly starring Miranda Cosgrove and Jenette McCurdy resembles Wayne's World ? While...

Sep 22, 20204 min read

WALL-E: Disney’s Animated Allusion to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

It has recently come to my attention that not many people are aware of the fact Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E (2008) is full of allusions to...

Dec 31, 20198 min read

2010-2020: Heroes Assemble

This has been a decade dedicated to superheroes, and while both Marvel and DC have made their mark on the past decade, Marvel seems to...

Nov 12, 20195 min read

SPOILER ALERT! Feminism, Immigration, and Nostalgia in Terminator: Dark Fate

As a massive Terminator fan, I was ecstatic when I found out the franchise would be back with another installation. However, I was...

Apr 24, 20196 min read

It's Time to Bring The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Life

Disney needs to get started on a live-action The Hunchback of Notre Dame ASAP. With its blunt sociopolitical commentary on unjust public...

Feb 1, 20196 min read

The Evil Within: Our Obsession with Possession and the Fear it Inflicts

In 1973, the world was rocked by William Friedkin’s blockbuster hit The Exorcist. One of the few horror films to be recognized by the...

Feb 1, 20195 min read

Campy Horror Makes a Comeback

The campiness characteristic of so many 80s horror films is back; the term camp, of course, referring to that associated with parody,...