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The Lost City (2022) Review

A FLAWED AND CLUNKY, YET AMUSING ROMANTIC ACTION-ADVENTURE   While the blending of different genres is now commonplace (and has been for quite some time), the merging of romance and action has become a popular one to fall back on for cinematic storytelling. There’s nothing like the marriage between the action-adventures heroics and dangers to drive up the sexual tension

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Ocean’s 8 (2018) Review

A FUN SPIRITUAL SUCESSOR   Back in 2001, director Steven Soderbergh released Ocean’s 11, a remake of the classic heist film of the same name from the 1960. Much like that original film, Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 is the title character of Danny Ocean assemble a team (each with their own unique abilities) to pull off a heist from a Las

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Minions Review

ZANY MINION MISCHIEF AND THE OKAY PREQUEL FEATURE Back in 2010, the animated movie Despicable Me exploded into theaters, introducing viewers to the Minions. These tiny yellow gibberish child-like speaking henchmen were meant for sidebar moments of comic relief in the movie as the film’s narrative thread followed Gru, the lovable supervillian, and his recently adopted family. By the time

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