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It's no secret that I'm single as a pringle with a tingle to mingle. So, Valentine's Day? Not my most important holiday. Since it landed on a weekend, I thought, "screw it, let's go to the movies." There's really only one movie that anyone's talking about this month and it's "Wuthering Heights". I thought, "Who knows? Maybe I'll learn something about modern love that will help me bag a baddie." Af

If This Is Love, I'll Stay Single

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Making an adaptation doesn't excuse you from including topics like race. Yet, so many filmmakers seem to think it does. The most recent, of course, being "Wuthering Heights." On the surface, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Emerald Fennell saying that Heathcliff is white because that's how she imagined him might seem like a good enough explanation for some people, but it's actually quite d

You Can't Just Pretend Race Doesn't Exist

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I think I’m thinking about Emerald Fennell too much. Even ten days after seeing Wuthering Heights, she’s still occupying an embarrassing amount of mental real estate. It’s kind of humiliating devoting this much thought to a filmmaker whose work I fundamentally don’t respect. It’s borderline parasocial. But my fixation isn't really about Emerald Fennell herself, but the meaning that’s accrued aroun

The Emerald Fennell Problem

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The internet really pisses me off sometimes. Watching season two of The Last of Us week by week has definitely been an experience. I've never played the video games that the show is based on, so everything that happened in the first three episodes has been a complete surprise. I would suggest that you keep it that way if you can. There will be spoilers here, but not just yet. I have some stuff I n

You're Missing the Point of The Last of Us

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In the steamy, unforgiving jungles of Central America, a mission unfolds that no ordinary man could survive. But this is no ordinary tale, for the leader of this elite commando team is not Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch from the 1987 classic Predator.No! It's Chuck Norris, the toughest being that ever liveth.The Predator also known as a Yautja in expanded lore is a towering, highly intelligent alie

Chuck Norris vs. the Predator: A Legend Too Tough to Hunt

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For a very long time, Hollywood was described, showcased and everything in between as the biggest juggernaut in the world. Even other countries like Europe or Bollywood were afraid. It is where the best movies are made, where all the greatest movie stars lived and where is the backlot for many movies and tv shows. But in recent times, the camera has evolved and taken a step further into the world

How International Movies are changing Hollywood?

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It’s impossible to talk about a biopic of a fallen neo-liberal idealist without looking at the social and economic landscape of Silicon Valley at the time. In the mid-'90s, during the dot-com boom, tech startups thrived under the belief that technology would liberate society—a movement known as the Californian ideology. This new wave of laid-back innovators, rejecting traditional corporate culture

Is The Social Network Still Relevant?

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Sometimes miracles happen in cinema. Incredibly stupid ideas give birth to formidably entertaining films. How this happens is a mystery, but it's probably due to a combo of a great cast, a good director and a smart script that keeps the pacing devilishly (!) fast and doesn't have the luxury of questioning the credibility of the horrible underlying idea of the whole story. How Universal Pictures gr

How to create a great cult movie from a ridiculous idea, The Car, 1977

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Reflecting on my 2024 movie-going experience, I have discovered a fascinating connection between two new films. One is Foreign Tongue(original: Langue Étrangère), the latest work by French filmmaker Claire Burger, a French-German co-production that was selected for the Berlinale Competition this year. The other is Happyend, the impressive narrative debut feature by Japanese-American director Neo S

Smells like GenZ spirits: Tales of Youth in "Foreign Tongue" and "Happyend"