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Review: ‘Problemista’ is Equally Funny, Heartbreaking, and Absurd

Ayla Ruby ,  ,  4 min read

Writer and director Julio Torres also stars as Alejandro in Problemista. The film from A24 is Torres’ feature debut, after a career spent writing comedy at Saturday Night Live and the show Les Espookys, of which Torres is the writer and creator. Problemista is equally funny, heartbreaking, and absurd; at its heart, it is a character story about trying to cope and navigate an increasingly hostile life.  The story of Problemista A child

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‘Hazbin Hotel’ Brings Heaven, Hell, Hilarity, and Heart to Prime Video

Brian Kitson ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  8 min read

It seems like quite a few quirky series have found a home on Prime Video over the last few years, as the streaming service owned by Amazon attempts to set itself apart from the others. Prime Video has made it its job to provide viewers with quality sci-fi and fantasy shows, both animated and live-action, with series such as Good Omens,

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Cosmic Circle Ep. 48: The Best Movies of 2023

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Another year has gone by and we’ve completed another revolution around the sun. 2023 was a fantastic year for movies, so The Cosmic Crew was excited to sit down and rank their top 5 of the year. From Barbie to The Color Purple to Bottoms and John Wick: Chapter 4, it was a lively chat, and an hour just isn’t long enough for The Cosmic Circle.  There were

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Review: ‘The Iron Claw’ is Devastatingly Powerful

John Dotson ,  ,  ,  6 min read

A while back, there was a critic who spoke online about being rejected by an organization. The reason: He put too much himself into the reviews. The notion of this seems baffling. Movies, television shows, novels, and even music impact us partially due to life experiences. Asking someone to rebel against cinematic connection seems criminal. But with The Iron Claw, the urge to

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NYCC Exclusive Interview: Vivienne Medrano Talks ‘Hazbin Hotel’

Ayla Ruby ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  16 min read

Hazbin Hotel, the animated story about a hotel run by the Princess of Hell, Charlie Morningstar, has a massive fandom. It made the jump from the pilot on YouTube to an upcoming full-season release on Prime Video. Over the weekend at New York Comic Con (NYCC), we had the chance to sit down with the creator behind the show, Vivienne Medrano.

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Fantastic Fest 2023: ‘Dream Scenario’ Review

John Dotson ,  ,  5 min read

In the present era, popularity has taken a unique shape. Platforms like TikTok have enabled short and meaningless videos to thrust someone into unexpected stardom. Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage, examines the contemporary idea of fame and how it can be a delicate issue in the public eye, even for something trivial. The movie cleverly utilizes satire to communicate its message,

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Review: ‘Beau is Afraid’ is 2023’s First Masterpiece

James Preston Poole ,  5 min read

Ari Aster has been a big name in genre film for a while now. His illustrious career as writer-director began with the semi-viral horror short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, rolling into his debut feature, horror smash hit Hereditary, and then only growing bigger with the release of 2019’s Midsommar. Rather than continuing down the path of making critically acclaimed slow-burn horror, Aster decided

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Case of Multiverse of Madness vs. Everything Everywhere All At Once

Sam Pearce ,  ,  ,  10 min read

On May 10, 2022, actress Jamie Lee Curtis declared war on Disney. This is definitely a bit of an exaggeration. What really happened was the actress, a co-star in the A24 film Everything Everywhere All At Once, took to Instagram to attack the box office titan Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Curtis went after the film for being, essentially,

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Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is An Emotional Heavyweight

Tucker Watkins ,  4 min read

Everything Everywhere All At Once was written and directed by a duo who call themselves The Daniels (Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). The film stars some cinema legends working at the absolute top of their game – Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, and the less experienced but equally phenomenal Stephanie Hsu. Regardless of all of that,

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