Category: Reviews
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A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
Maybe my love for the movie A Christmas Story comes from the fact that I grew up near Cleveland, Ohio where the film took place. Maybe it’s because it is my father’s favorite movie and he instilled that love in me. Maybe it’s because we visited the house in the movie when I was younger.…
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SANTA CLAUSE AND THE GENERAL LOVING OF TIM ALLEN
Premiering November 11, 1994, The Santa Clause starred Tim Allen and Eric Lloyd and if you haven’t seen this movie, I suggest that you give it a watch this holiday season. Tim Allen plays Scott Calvin; an executive at a large toy company. On Christmas Eve Scott has his custody of his son Charlie Calvin…
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WHINE AND DINE: COTTON & RYE OH MY
After three months having application after application go unanswered or rejected, I was feeling pretty down— something my usual confident self was not accustomed to feeling. Every day I painstakingly wrote personalized cover letters for at least five job openings and every day I received an email saying that somehow my Bachelor’s degree and work…
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WHINE AND DINE: RUE DE JEAN
Upon entering 39 Rue de Jean, I became coated in the class that was dripping from the establishment. From candles, to tasteful, orchestral takes on current pop songs, this place aimed to please the masses. But the longer I became exposed to this ambiance it became more like ambien, as the candle light was nearly…
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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: REMEMBER THE GOOD OL DAYS
There’s nothing like a good B-rate movie, amiright? And there’s no better purposely made B-rate movie than Rocky Horror Picture Show. I always heard my mom talking about going to see Rocky Horror every Friday night in her small town in Upstate New York. In my mind, that what every high schooler did in the…
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ARRIVAL
It’s commonly known that the best works of science fiction not only manage to tell a compelling story, but also offer sly commentary on the human condition and our place in the universe. There are many examples of this on film – 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, Planet of the Apes, Children of Men…
