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‘Alien: Covenant’ Can’t Escape the Xenomorphic Shadow of Its Progenitor

In Movies & TV by April SnellingsMay 24, 2017leave a COMMENT

Here’s the unfortunate irony of monster movies: The better we get at realizing the most nightmarish creatures we can imagine, the less frightening they become. Visual effects are both boon …

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My Life as a Teenaged Neomorph: Experiencing ‘Alien Covenant: In Utero’

In Movies & TV, The Daily Dumpster Blog by Thomas StubbsMay 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

Ahead of its wide release in the United States this weekend, Alien: Covenant is being hailed (by some critics) as a meticulously crafted and effortlessly thrilling reaffirmation of director Ridley Scott’s …

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Marvel’s Movie Rulebook Drains Some of the Dopey Charm From ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

In Movies & TV by April SnellingsMay 9, 2017leave a COMMENT

Deep down, I think we all knew we’d only get one Guardians of the Galaxy. Sure, there’ll be sequels, tie-ins, crossovers, and probably spin-offs as long as they keep making …

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Albert Serra Presents an Intimate Examination of Royal Decline in ‘The Death of Louis XIV’

In Movies & TV by Lee GardnerMay 2, 2017leave a COMMENT

No spoiler alerts needed. Over the course of two hours, you watch Louis XIV of France, the resplendent, long-reigning Sun King, slip from mild physical distress to the autopsy table. …

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James Gray Revives the Old-Fashioned Adventure Epic With ‘The Lost City of Z’

In Movies & TV by April SnellingsApril 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

Writer-director James Gray, the art-house favorite behind such films as We Own the Night and The Immigrant, seems an unlikely steward for the kind of old-fashioned adventure epic that’s been …

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