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As a kid growing up, I was glued to Godzilla movies (and the cartoon) almost every weekend. So, when I saw that Godzilla would be in a film again with Mothra, Rodan, etc…I couldn’t wait! This being said, fans of straight up monster vs monster mayhem will love this iteration for sure. Yes, the plot ..
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Ok so here we go! With so much flack this film has received since the teaser trailer of a blue Will Smith. I was not only not looking for much, but had a film critic in training with me, my 8 year old daughter. Now, unlike her I grew up seeing the animated original ..
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Full Disclosure: Before this movie, I’d only seen Pikachu in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. As it turns out, the character is every bit as adorably adventurous in Pokémon Detective Pikachu as he appears floating down the streets of New York in balloon form. From the very onset of the film, I knew there were ..
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So in recent years there has been a raise in truly terrifying films lurking in the dark. Films such as Hereditary, The Babadook, The Witch, The Eyes of My Mother and the arrestingly weird Suspiria are all the products of indie visionaries spinning their relatively small budgets into gold. But The Conjuring, a lavish studio movie ..
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When I say this film is a short 3 hours, you may think I’m crazy! But, in all honesty, there is so much story to tell on such a grand scale I felt that 3 hours was barely enough! Last we saw, the Avengers were picking up the pieces after Thanos erased half of the ..
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Even though it’s been decades since the real-life showdown between Klan leader C.P. Ellis and civil rights activist Ann Atwater, The Best of Enemies is filled with characters that feel familiar to me, thanks to my upbringing in a town not unlike Durham, North Carolina. This perspective undoubtedly informed my view of the film, which ..
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Here we go! After the giant success of the updated adaptation of another Stephen King great IT we get a look at another. Can lighting strike twice? can this also a great remake? Simply…yes. Pet Sematary is a solid remake of the horror classic. Fans of the novel and the original 80’s version will ..
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Shazam Has DC finally found it’s calling? Could it be that they have finally cracked their own mysterious comic book code? Well I don’t know about all that, but I have been a DC fan since childhood and seeing them drop the ball so often I walked in without expecting much. Shazam! opens fast. Within ..
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I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised by Captain Marvel and the way Marvel handled this origin film. This film was necessary to be told now as it sets up the upcoming Avengers Endgame movie and prepares the Marvel Cinematic Universe for greater things beyond. This films stars Brie Larson in the role ..
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Ok so let me begin by saying that I am a fan of the original Sicario film, which really made me look forward to this piece of a series. I never expected the original to be as successful as it was and by the looks of it neither did the makers. You can see that throughout ..