Tag Archives: Julianne Moore

Dear Evan Hansen (2021) Review

A DISHEARTENING TEEN MUSICAL   In the age of cinematic storytelling, Hollywood has always turned to other source materials for inspiration. Some have been based on a “true story” or event, while others have taken “loosely” based on certain scenarios (i.e., alternative history). Naturally, the ideas of popular properties from the likes of video games, literary novels, and television have

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) Review

 A SOLID SEQUEL THAT SHINES (NOT BURNS)   Back in 2015, moviegoers everywhere were introduced to director Matthew Vaughan’s visual spy action film Kingsman: The Secret Service. Adapted from the graphic novel Kingsman by Mark Millar (writer) and Dave Gibbons (artist), the film, which starred Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Caine, follows the journey

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Review

THERE ARE MUCH WORSE GAMES TO PLAY   Back in 2012, moviegoers everywhere were introduced to the motion picture phenomenon The Hunger Games, a film adaptation that was based off of Suzanne Collins best-selling teen series. While the film, which followed the female protagonist Katniss Everdeen, had its critics, ultimately won over its millions of fans, paving the way for

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Seventh Son Review

A VISUAL, BUT FAILED FANTASY With the success of Harry Potter films, many Hollywood studios tried to recreate that formula by adapting similar YA fantasy books for the big screen. Try as they might, these books to film movies were met with mediocre results with films like The Golden Compass, Eragon, and The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (which had

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Review

A LACKLUSTER PART 1 ENDEAVOR Suzanne Collin’s The Hungers Games series haves been proven to be a lucrative franchise, selling millions of books worldwide and opening the floodgates to similar dystopian titles to readers everywhere. Along with the success of the books, its movie adaption franchise has grown with popularity and profit with the first film (The Hunger Games) grossing

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