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‘Bait’ Is A Tremendously Unexpected Showcase For Riz Ahmed

James Preston Poole ,  ,  ,  3 min read

In February 2025, Amazon gained full creative control of the James Bond franchise. Although audiences are still eagerly awaiting what Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve will do with the property in the eagerly awaited next film involving the character, actor Riz Ahmed‘s new Prime Video series Bait takes a different angle. It’s a sort of meta-commentary on the cultural weight of the role of James Bond. Bait sees Ahmed playing a British Pakistani actor

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‘The Long Walk’: A Standard Stephen King Adaptation

John Daniel Tangalin ,  ,  ,  ,  9 min read

Producer Francis Lawrence and J.T. Mollner’s coming-of-age dystopian survival horror-thriller, The Long Walk, has finally strode into theaters. Based on executive producer Stephen King’s 1979 novel of the same name under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman, the adaptation follows a selection of fifty teenage boys chosen to walk endlessly down a road at three miles per hour. In a year that includes

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‘Highest 2 Lowest’: Spike Lee’s Electric Reinvention of the Classic Kurosawa Film

Joshua Mbonu ,  ,  ,  5 min read

Spike Lee is one of the best filmmakers that we have, still making films, has returned with Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington. Whether it’s the sun-soaked frames of Do The Right Thing or, more recently, BlacKkKlansman, Lee remains one of our most unique voices, having a strong presence within the culture of our past or present, and perhaps the most powerful

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‘Volatile Memory’ by Seth Haddon Book Review

Luna Gauthier ,  ,  ,  6 min read

In Volatile Memory, Seth Haddon gives us a love story that questions everything about love. Wylla is a trans woman in a society that doesn’t accept her. She isn’t even sure she can love herself, let alone anyone else. Then she meets Sable. Sable is a lesbian in a society that doesn’t value her either. The two find each other, and

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‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster Made A ‘South Park’ Movie

John Dotson ,  ,  ,  6 min read

Eddington wears the skin of a Coen Brothers movie while utilizing the comedic mechanics of a South Park episode. The film plays everything serious while featuring solid performances from talents like Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix. It has the window dressing of rich Coen Brothers thrillers like Blood Simple and No Country for Old Men. Yet, the material is wildly satirical in

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‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Combines Heart, Humor, and Hope

Vin ,  ,  ,  ,  6 min read

A Nice Indian Boy is a beautiful and hilarious new movie from director Roshan Sethi. The script is written by Eric Randall, based on a play of the same name by Madhuri Shekar. Sethi’s movie adaptation stars Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff as an unconventional Indian couple dealing with the family pressures of a traditional South Asian family. Lead actor Karan

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‘The Electric State’ Sees The Russo Brothers Reach a New Low

Maxance Vincent ,  ,  ,  16 min read

$320 million. Three hundred and twenty million dollars. That is the budget of Anthony and Joe Russo’s latest post-Avengers: Endgame blockbuster, The Electric State, an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name. $320 million for a direct-to-streaming piece of “content” that will never see the light of day in a cinema beyond promotional screenings, nor will it ever

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‘Mickey 17’ Another Social Commentary from Bong Joon-ho

Anthony Flagg ,  ,  5 min read

Mickey 17 is the newest film from acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, with Robert Pattinson as the lead character, Mickey Barnes. On a spaceship expedition to colonize the snowy planet of Niflheim, Mickey is brought on as the crew’s “Expendable”, which is a nice way of saying that with cloning technology, he is reprinted and disposable to the mission. Mickey

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‘The Dead Thing’ Review: Tinder-ized Surreal Horror

John Dotson ,  ,  4 min read

The Dead Thing might be dropping on Shudder during the Valentine’s Day weekend, but the new film by Elric Kane is hardly a standing ovation to the idea of romance. One might even call it cynical. In the age of loneliness and swipe culture, the need for connection feels more urgent than ever, causing the slightest bit of rejection to feel

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