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‘Melancholia’: or, They Shoot Planets, Don’t They?
Imagine a depression so deep and so hopeless that you think that it’s an entirely appropriate response for an entire planet to die along with you. That’s the situation of the terminally unhappy Justine...
View Article‘San Andreas’: millions die, family saved
Probably meant to be taken as no more than another big dumb action movie, “San Andreas” got under my skin when I saw it over the weekend. Are we really meant to view the ending as a “happy” one because...
View ArticleWhen movies play fast & loose with facts
Fall marks the real start of Oscar season which means lots of historical dramas and other based-on-fact prestige pictures that tend to get awards. However, with these theoretical “non-fiction” movies...
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