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[Double Feature] Bad Times at the El Royale

7/31/2020

David: Sometimes when you take a film and begin to twist, the fibers that come apart are actually more interesting than the story itself. This is something that Drew Goddard, writer and director... READ MORE

Shannon: Crime and suspense? Sounds like a good combination of things for me to like it. Bad Times at the El Royale was just alright. Yes it had crime and suspense and some thrills, but to me... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Captain Marvel

7/30/2020

by David

by Shannon

David: Captain Marvel was the MCU’s first woman led superhero film. This is something that should have been made a tent-pole film so that the torch could have been successfully passed to... READ MORE

Shannon: Pretty sad that I'm just now writing about this movie. I don't know how many times I've watched it since it came out, a handful for sure. But FINALLY I have time to sit and write about... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Beasts of No Nation

7/28/2020

by David

by Shannon

David: Beasts of No Nation is a film currently available for streaming on Netflix. It details the stories of a young boy named Agu in an unnamed African country (that shares a striking resemblance... READ MORE

Shannon: I hate to say it, but I'm the one that added this to the last. I have no idea why. Maybe I heard things about it from other people, had to be from film twitter because I know none of my friends ... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Alita: Battle Angel

7/23/2020

by David

by Shannon

David: Adopting movies from Manga and comics into motion pictures has always been a bit of a tricky business. Though both are visual mediums, one is largely “live action” while the other is... READ MORE

Shannon: This was an interesting movie to say the least. As for the synopsis, it follows a cyborg who was revived by a scientist (Christoph Waltz), however she can't remember a thing. So the film... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Wonderstruck

7/21/2020

by David

by Shannon

David: Todd Haynes is a cinephile – of that I have no doubt. Watching through his filmography, it’s very easy to see that he misses the bygone areas of years past – most specifically, that specific... READ MORE

Shannon: Wonderstruck switches between two main characters living in different decades. Rose (played by Millicent Simmonds), a young deaf girl leaves her home in search for what I think is... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Bad Times at the El Royale

[Double Feature] Captain Marvel

[Double Feature] Beasts of No Nation

[Double Feature] Alita: Battle Angel

[Double Feature] Wonderstruck

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