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The Best Christmas Movie Ever
Every year the earth tilts on its axis 23.5 degrees from its perpendicular to its orbital plane; the sunlight grows shorter, the nights...
Alexander and Lizbette Ocasio-Rodriguez
Dec 25, 20243 min read
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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...
Joey Maqueda
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Jun 21, 20231 min read
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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...
Joey Maqueda
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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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...
Alexander and Lizbette Ocasio-Rodriguez
May 17, 20224 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Sep 22, 20204 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Dec 31, 20198 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Nov 12, 20195 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Apr 24, 20196 min read
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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...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 1, 20196 min read
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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,...
Lizbette Ocasio-Russe
Feb 1, 20195 min read
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