Creed II (Caple, Jr., 2018)
Unfortunately, in order to drive the film to the expected ringside confrontations, Creed II erases much of the nuanced character development of the original.
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An Interview with God (Lang, 2018)
An Interview With God emphasizes the relationship with God over the semantics of theology.
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Served Like a Girl (Heslov, 2017)
You can be a soldier and still be feminine. You can be a soldier and still be a mom. You can be a soldier and still be homeless just months after leaving the armed forces.
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Captain Fantastic — A Homeschooler’s Perspective
As someone who grew up homeschooled, I have become accustomed to negative portrayals of homeschooling throughout media. Homeschoolers are awkward, they don’t know how to socialize, or as one comedian put it, “They’re like if an alien took over a regular kid’s body.”
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“Telling a Great Story” — An Interview with Disney’s Mark Henn
There is a certain stigma attached to adults watching animated films, as if they are doing something that is only for children. Henn works to change that misconception, “We create films that are hopefully enjoyed by everybody.”
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“Feel Better” Movies — Rachel Davis’s List
Like our own world, only better.
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The Trial (Welles, 1962)
The parable, like the film itself, defies any solution. Like a Lewis Carroll riddle disguised as a Bible passage, it tantalizingly dangles points of interpretive entry only to reveal all entry points as dead ends.
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The Criterion Collection: All That Heaven Allows
As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium like Sirk.
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The Criterion Collection: The Leopard
The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do.
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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (LaMattina, 2014)
Spinney realizes the similarities between himself and Big Bird, and acknowledges the influence that the show and the character have had on his life.