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BoJack Horseman maintains relevancy with #MeToo and asexuality

Brooke Sjoberg September 17, 2018

The legacy of intelligent, socially conscious comedy lives on in the fifth season of Netflix Original “BoJack Horseman.” The beginning of the season finds BoJack (Will Arnett) entering into...

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‘The Predator’ knows how to have fun amidst absolute chaos

Savannah J Salazar September 17, 2018

If you get at least one thing from “The Predator,” it’s definitely a good laugh. Written and directed by Shane Black, who played Hawkins in the original 1987 “Predator,”...

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Netflix’s latest rom-com is not much of a winner

Savannah J Salazar September 13, 2018

Netflix has had its hits and misses with rom-coms, and with Noah Centineo and Shannon Purser onboard, “Sierra Burgess is a Loser” had a lot of online hype. Despite the excited anticipation,...

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‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ disappoints in uninventive and lackluster spy thriller

Adrienne Hunter September 12, 2018

Stunning action, top notch production values, and genuinely surprising twists are not enough to save “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” from its sluggish pace, paper-thin character development and messy plotting. The...

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‘Atypical’ captures autistic experience but lacks diverse perspectives

Brooke Sjoberg September 11, 2018

Picking up where its first season left off, the latest iteration of Netflix Original “Atypical” captures the autistic experience with exceptional clarity . As a person with autism, “Atypical”...

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Representation for Asians in media expands, Austin responds

Landry Allred September 10, 2018

For most of her life, Angela Kang watched Asians in the media portrayed as the stereotypical nerd or computer genius, but with movies such as “Crazy Rich Asians” and “To All The Boys...

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HBO series “Sharp Objects” delivers a refreshing take on the murder mystery genre

Noah Levine September 5, 2018

Amy Adams + a sharp object + murder = Fantastic television. Step into the twisted town of Wind Gap and uncover its dark secrets with HBO’s series “Sharp Objects.”   “Sharp...

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Netflix original ‘The Innocents’ is a not-so-innocent look at love from the edge of a cliff

Brooke Sjoberg August 30, 2018

Told in shades of gray under cloudy skies, Netflix original “The Innocents” takes a compelling story to a dark place full of unexpected twists and turns. Upon turning 16, June McDaniel (Sorcha...

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To all the teen films I’ve watched before, you’ve met your match

Brooke Sjoberg August 27, 2018

In the digital era, the handwritten letter is a dying breed of communication. However, in the Netflix original movie, “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” the handwritten letter is the...

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Hooked on Movies aims to change face of film criticism

Tiana Woodard August 8, 2018

Many creators’ greatest ideas come from everyday mishaps or friendly conversations. For radio-television-film junior Ben Lively, one of his greatest ideas came from an online article about film criticism’s unvaried...

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‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ fails to equal sum of its faulty parts

James Preston Poole August 7, 2018

Hollywood has tried relentlessly to find a starring vehicle for Kate McKinnon for the past few years, and it seems like they’ll have to keep looking. Following high-profile flops such as the...

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‘Teen Titans GO! To The Movies’ slams superhero movies in entertaining family romp

James Preston Poole August 3, 2018

When “Deadpool” was released in 2016, it was violent, profane, but also extremely successful, so of course they made a children’s version! OK, “Teen Titans GO! To The Movies”...

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