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All posts by Kevin Ketchum
History of Film: Irvin Kershner’s ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’
Arguably the standard for sequels in Hollywood, The Empire Strikes Back has aged considerably well to come to be regarded as not only the finest entry in the franchise, but also one of the best pieces of pop-cinema ever made. Expanding on the dense mythology o...
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‘Elysium’ Leaves its Head In the Clouds
Science fiction has long been a platform for storytellers to address the problems of today in the world of tomorrow. Social justice, poverty, disease, ethics, and all manner of contemporary issues have been staples of science fiction films for decades. Take Pl...
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‘Blue Jasmine’ Is Woody Allen’s Most Intricately Constructed Film In 20 Years
Woody Allen has carved a long career out of psychoanalyzing characters’ neuroses, illnesses, and mental obstacles. More often than not, it’s been a potent mixture of affecting drama and self-aggrandizing humor in keeping with Allen’s own sense of himself, and ...
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The Films of Guillermo del Toro
With Pacific Rim opening worldwide this weekend (read our glowing review of the film), now seemed as good a time as ever to revisit the films of revered geek auteur Guillermo del Toro. His first film in five years, in many ways, it represents the culmination o...
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Why We Don’t Need Video Game Movies
A few months ago, after the release of Bioshock Infinite, a colleague of mine had finished the game and took to twitter to quickly exclaim that Hollywood should get a movie version in production as soon as possible. All I could do was cringe. A younger me woul...
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‘Man of Steel’
Superman might just be the hardest character in pop culture to define. While all versions share some characteristics, everyone’s own personal vision of him is a little different. To some, he’s the big blue Boy Scout who would save a kitten from a tree, crack a...
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‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Republished from our coverage of this year's South by South West festival.
Much has been made about Joss Whedon's ability to bring a cast together and let them shine with crackling dialogue over the course of his storied career in television and film. From ...
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‘Before Midnight’
If you’d told me 20 years ago that the director of Dazed and Confused would go on to make the most truthful and elegant cinematic expression of love since Annie Hall, I would have never stopped laughing. Truth be told, I don’t think anyone expected the Texan o...
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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
As someone with only a faint knowledge of the Star Trek franchise, mostly through other bits of media and pop culture references, 2009’s Star Trek was a huge breath of fresh air. Here was a larger than life franchise with characters so iconic and ingrained in ...
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A Communion With the Self In ‘To the Wonder’
The following isn’t a review. Instead, it’s a collection of thoughts, impressions, and emotions I wanted to jot down before they disappeared into the ether. Mild spoilers, if you can call them that.
Given the disappointed reviews for Terrence Malick’s lates...
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