Much like E.T. the alien himself waddling unbeknownst past Mary, the matriarch of a suburban home, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial similarly seems to be a movie that seems to maintain a very low profile in my day-to-day psyche. And yet every time I see this movie again I am reminded that like its titular alien it is a …
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For a boy born in the 80's like me, there is no way to underestimate just how much of an influence Steven Spielberg had on me growing up. The man is synonymous with blockbuster populist filmmaking and it is shocking to think that in an industry that prizes new things in favour of the old …
Early on as Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), or Parzival as he is known online, is describing the vast and seemingly limitless online world known as Oasis he suggests the possibility of being able to go ice climbing with Batman as one of the great benefits of this virtual world, if you should so choose. In …
Such are the times that we live in that a well-made movie documenting one of the most important journalistic investigations in American history that showcases the importance of the first amendment and argues vehemently for the necessity of a free and independent press feels like a partisan political statement at all. Yet here we are, …
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