The Streaming Society

Netflix, Hulu, Prime and beyond, even if you don’t have an account, or if you’re one of those people who uses someone else’s account,  everyone has at least heard of streaming services. The three streaming forerunners have been competing with each other for years. They were even established about the same time. Netflix has been […]

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War of Substance vs Spectacle

Star Wars may have created the modern blockbuster film franchise, however, Planet of the Apes (nine years prior) was truly the first attempt at one. A lubricous concept at first glance, but one which led to a film executed with class, wisdom, warning, and charm. Known most for its unforgettable twist ending, it was written […]

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Ghost in the Shell (2017): “Visually Stunning”

Staring lazily at the edited Premiere file in front of me in my college TV station’s editing bay, I continued to wait for my friend to arrive to pick up his cell phone charger. It was late at night, I was alone, and the only sound was my project through my headphones. A haze set […]

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Warning: Another review of Wonder Woman by a man
Used under a CC 2.0 license: JD Hancock

The audience in the theater around me were very chatty as the many, many trailers played before an afternoon showing of Wonder Woman. Some talked with skepticism, some with hope, others were having trouble finding the Wonder Woman Snapchat filter on their Smartphones. The trailers did little to lift spirits; everything was grim, dire, filled […]

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