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What We Can Learn From 2018's Box Office Bombs
Movie audiences appear to be tired of YA, losing interest in Star Wars, and are largely averse to character driven independent movies, critics' opinions be damned.
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Album Review: Smashing Pumpkins, "Shiny and Oh so Bright, Vol.1"
"Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol.1/ LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun" could have stood to take more risks, neither fully succeeding as as a return to form nor an innovative next chapter for the Smashing Pumpkins.
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Holding Onto the Past: Why Hollywood's Newest Trend of Messing With Movie Continuity Is Bad for Creativity
Terminator, Halloween and RoboCop have all recently made the decision to ignore most of the sequels in their respective franchises, instead creating direct sequels to their last critically acclaimed releases. Is this a good idea, or is it putting pandering fan service ahead of creativity?
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The New 'Halloween' Is Kind of Fun, and Kind of Dumb (Review)
The new 'Halloween' both benefits and suffers in trying to imitate the original. Elements like an uncomplicated plot and a straightforward but menacing villain work, but others, like a cheesy score and forgettable stock characters, just don't hold up.
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The 30th Annual LBI Chowderfest Cook-Off Classic: A Bizarre Ode to Soup
This is an account of the 30th annual LBI Chowderfest Cook-Off Classic of 2018. The festival celebrates music, food, and a bizarre cavalcade of traditions I didn't understand. What's not to love?
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St. Paul and the Broken Bones' "Young Sick Camellia" Album Review
This is some of St. Paul's catchiest, most tightly produced work, mixing a music style that feels somewhat stuck in the past with modern recording techniques to create an album that is accessible and fun to listen to.
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"Marauder" by Interpol Album Review
Excessive use of fade-outs, simplistic guitar-work, and other recurring elements make Interpol's songs blend together. Aalthough a lot of the songs are good on their own, listening to the album as a whole can start to make the music seem more like background noise.
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Death Cab for Cutie Keep It Familiar on "Thank You for Today" (Review)
While not ground-breaking, Death Cab For Cutie succeeds with "Thank You For Today"—mostly in the places where it focuses on what has worked in the past. While some songs don't connect in the way that they were meant to, there is enough on here to recommend it to avid fans of indie rock.
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Spike Lee Taps Both Humor and Tragedy in "BlacKkKlansman" (Review)
By trusting the talented cast to carry the humor through their characters' personalities and quirks, and drawing connections between the investigation at the center of the film and current events, Spike Lee has created a film that manages to be entertaining, tragic, and rousing.
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Foxing Mess With Their Established Formula on "Nearer My God" (Album Review)
In 2018, Foxing produced perhaps their most ambitious album to date, blending different musical styles into the emo-alternative groove they had already mastered. They created an album that is touching, exciting, and more-listenable than anything they had produced previously.
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Something Needs to Be Done About Bad Movie Trailers
Either by showing too much or setting the wrong tone, trailers for movies can affect a movie's success negatively by shaping audience expectations.
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'Sorry to Bother You' Might Be More Science Fiction Than Comedy (Review)
'Sorry to Bother You' is a clever, but sometimes overbearing satire of American culture that succeeds more in the realm of science fiction than comedy.
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It's as Good a Time as Any for the Funny, Low-Stakes 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' (Review)
Despite weak drama and even weaker villains, 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' succeeds in being a hilarious and fast-paced addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an emphasis on frantic, low-stakes action.
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Gorillaz: "The Now Now" Review
This is a review of the Gorillaz's album "The Now Now," which was released in 2018.
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The Incredibles Return in the Fun, but Less Thoughtful 'Incredibles 2'
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'Hereditary' Review: A Different Kind of Horrifying
While the cinematography, acting and mood-setting are technically brilliant, 'Hereditary' verges on being too bleak to be enjoyable, and fails to deliver adequate scares to make this a truly satisfying horror film.
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Anthony Green: 'Would You Still Be in Love' Review
There is a song for everyone on this album, whether you are a fan of Anthony Green's sweet and genuine love songs, or his more playful pop songs, or his darker explorations into love and relationships.
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Dance Gavin Dance Focus on Catchy Hooks With 'Artificial Selection' (Review)
'Artificial Selection' is one of the least risky albums produced by DGD. But, honestly, with choruses that catchy and songs that well-produced, it's hard to really care.
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'Deadpool 2' Review: Improved Action and Dated Meta Jokes
It begs the question: If the Deadpool franchise is so reliant on being "meta," how are these films going to fare in 10 or 20 years? Luckily, Deadpool 2 has enough action and heart to balance out the inconsistency of its jokes.
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The Fever 333 - Made an America Album Review
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Arctic Monkeys Slow It Down and Get Weird on Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
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Avengers Infinity War Review