Tag: film review
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LOTR: Am I Late to This Party? I Just Watched Lord of the Rings for the First Time…. A Review
Ladies and gentlemen, hobbits and wizards, yeah I said it, prepare yourselves for a latish review of the “Lord of the Rings” films! Now, before I embark on this journey, let me admit something to you all right off the bat: I failed as a literary scholar. Yes, my dear readers, despite my bookish ambitions,…
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It’s the Apocalypse… Again: Fandom and Fantasy in HBO’s “The Last of Us”
[[A critical analysis on the works of various apocalypse stories, including the new HBO series The Last of Us.]] The apocalypse story is a popular genre in media, with a wide range of works depicting different versions of a world-ending event. These stories can take many forms, from the zombie of George A. Romero’s “Night…
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ビルマの竪琴 – Plucking the Burmese Harp: A Film Review
Director Kon Ichikawa plucks the fruits of Eastern spirituality throughout a film that at once condemns the horrors of war and celebrates the spontaneity of life.
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On “The Science of Sleep” by Michel Gondry: a Psychological Critique
This is one of the most polarizing and hauntingly beautiful films I have ever seen. A movie so emotionally packed that audiences promptly fall into one of two camps: the hopeless romantics, absolutely smitten or the average consumer, completely repulsed.