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Aristotle Was Wrong: Why ‘The Purge’ Is The Most Important Film of the Year So Far
Note: The following essay contains spoilers for The Purge. You’ve been warned. Don’t yell at me.
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Brace yourselves: there’s a good chance the most culturally important film of the year is now in theaters.
No, it’s not that movie from a few months ago w...
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‘After Earth’
M. Night Shyamalan is a name that used to be associated with twisty, tense thrillers about individuals encountering the supernatural and the alien. Over the past few years, however, it’s become a name that’s associated with messy, boring, and at times downrigh...
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Tony Stark Is a Villain: How the ‘Iron Man’ Films Subvert Traditional Views of the War on Terror
It should go without saying that 9/11 didn’t just change the world, it changed the movies. Over the past decade, no other event has seeped into our cinema more thoroughly, from political thrillers that focus directly on the War on Terror to blockbuster escapis...
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