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Tag: movie review

The Green Inferno? More like The Green InferYES

9 October 2015
Cole Allee
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You may know Eli Roth for his performance as Sgt. Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” but if you know anything about Eli Roth’s directing career, then you…

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“Straight Outta Compton” hard reality, hard music, hard to not like

18 September 2015
Lauren Berndt
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Disclaimer: I am just a girl straight outta the Hill writing about some boys that are straight outta Compton. But these boys have me singing…

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“It Follows” you everywhere

10 April 2015
Mary Luber
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David Robert Mitchell’s “It Follows” is not your mother’s horror movie . . . but then again, it sort of is. The latest teen horror…

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“Insurgent” diverges too much from the books

27 March 2015
Kristen Agar
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“Insurgent,” the sequel to the popular movie adaptation of the young adult bestseller, “Divergent,” follows the average storyline of the modern teen action film: hot…

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“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”: Females are strong as hell

27 March 2015
James Webber
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With its new show, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” Netflix has once again shown the power exclusive online content can have. Created by Tina Fey, who also wrote…

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“Kingsman: The Secret Service” swims in humor and violence

27 February 2015
James Webber
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Imagine what would happen if Quentin Tarantino directed a James Bond movie. Essentially, that is the result of “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” Though, in reality,…

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BDSM: Beyoncé Doesn’t Save Movie

20 February 2015
Mary Luber
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Wait, no, it is a commercial for unhealthy sexual relationships masquerading as the plot of an erotic Valentine’s Day…

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“Ouija”: It took us places we didn’t want to go

31 October 2014
Mary Luber
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Is your holiday weekend packed full with previous engagements with Netflix and desperately searching Hillcrest racks for something that could pass as a costume, but…

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“Book of Life” offers quirk, whimsy and cross-generational appeal

24 October 2014
Alexandria Acord
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“The Book of Life,” a Dia de los Muertos-themed film by rising-star studio Reel FX, could not have come to theaters at a more apt…

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