Netflix’s newest hit mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” was released Oct. 23, but is just now rising in popularity. An unlikely smash hit, the show has captured audiences through the life of Beth Harmon and her learned mastery of one of the world’s oldest games: chess. Based on Walter Tevis’ 1983…
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Movie Review: “The Boys in the Band”
Released by Netflix in late September, “The Boys in the Band” features a birthday party gathering in 1968 New York, following a group of friends over the evening as a drunken party game reveals unspoken feelings and hidden truths. “The Boys in the Band” has a long history. It originally…
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Movie Review: “Rebecca”
One of Netflix’s newest films, “Rebecca,” is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s eponymous novel and follows in the footsteps of the 1940 critically acclaimed adaptation of “Rebecca,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A romantic thriller, “Rebecca” follows a young newlywed as she moves into her husband’s estate, only to find…
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Movie Review: “The Devil All the Time”
Frequently described as gothic noir, “The Devil All the Time,” Antonio Campos’ new film based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name, is now streaming on Netflix. The film examines themes of religion, evil and the abuse of power in a rural southern town in Ohio called Knockemstiff…
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8 Movies Released in 2018 That You Should See, Regardless of the Oscars
In recent years, the reputation of the Oscars has steeply fallen in the public eye, both in its popularity and respectability. Various scandals, lack of diversity and representation in its nominees, as well as frustrations with the very limited scope of the Oscars’ selection process have led to astaggering drop…
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