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Leo

Adam Sandler voices a lizard. What more do you want? Leo is a fun kid’s movie about growing up. The Sandman voices a lizard that lives as a class pet in a grade school....

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The Hurt Locker

The eighth feature film by Katheryn Bigelow earned six Oscars of the nine it was nominated for, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bigelow. This is a very grounded war film based in...

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K-19: The Widowmaker

Based on the title, you would have no idea what this was about. I don’t think this was titled very well. This is a film starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as Soviet submarine...

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The Killer

David Fincher is back for his twelfth feature film, aptly named The Killer. It opens with a hitman (Michael Fassbender) botching a job he was confident in. After fleeing the scene, he learns his...

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The Weight of Water – Heavy

The sixth film by director Katheryn Bigelow, The Weight of Water is a movie that I watched. I had a hard time with this one. It was overly long, had two very muddled stories,...

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The Marvels

Imagine if in the DC Universe there was a hero named “Captain DC” and also a Ms. DC and they teamed up in a movie called The DCs. That would be just like this....

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Strange Days – Stranger Nights

Strange Days? The whole thing takes place at night! Offering commentary on race, power, the police system, and how people consume media. This movie doesn’t let anyone off the hook, least of all its...

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Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese’s new epic film details the growth of true American evil, detailing the systematic murders of the Osage people and conquest of their land after oil is discovered on it. While this was...