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Some movies are good. Some are bad. Some simply exist. Like a twenty-four-hour cold, they happen suddenly and then fade away into the ether. They briefly screen in...
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The young adult novel film adaption genre is over-saturated, and while some of it is quite good (Harry Potter, Hunger Games), on the whole, these are unremarkable and...
Noah: Two at a time, please
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Adapting Biblical stories is a tricky undertaking. Stray too far from the text and you’re liable to offend...
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On Saturday, April 19 at 9 p.m., the little-seen cult-favorite BBC America series, Orphan Black, returns for its second season.
To explain why Orphan Black is so great requires...
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The return of two popular political dramas, House of Cards and Scandal, has left me constantly comparing the two shows.
Although both are...
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The original Robocop (1987) was a rarity: an action blockbuster with a cult classic’s heart. The film reveled in cartoon violence, satirized the military-industrial...
In last week’s issue of The Lafayette Staff Writer, Jaclyn Moses’s ‘17 article “The Super Bowl of Award Shows,” commented on the limitations of the Oscars as a bastion of quality. Namely due...
Self-proclaimed film connoisseur, Patrick Larkin ‘14, discusses the evolution of the conversation of HIV/AIDS in film from the past 20 years. His review of Dallas Buyers Club draws parallels from the...
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Thor: The Dark World faces two challenges. The film lives in the shadow of The Avengers, which has set a new bar for comic book movies, and it fights...
Gravity is an audacious piece of filmmaking. Similar to Life of Pi (2012), Gravity has a story that makes it seem shocking that the film was funded in the first place. Centered on two struggling astronauts...
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Director James Wan broke into Hollywood with his film Saw. The blood-drenching shock tactics helped spawn an increasingly dismal six sequel franchise that, helped inspire...
To kick off the Fifth Annual “Movies at the Mill” festival, Easton is bringing in a relatively big name. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, famous pop-documentary director known primarily for his Oscar-nominated...
