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MOTHER!

Abrasive, presumptuous, abhorrent, and incorrigible…but so are the times we now live in

Posted on October 5, 2017September 28, 2019
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IT

Perhaps children have more spine and more bravery than the most courageous adult.

Posted on October 2, 2017September 21, 2019
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DETROIT

How did we get here?

Posted on August 13, 2017September 11, 2020
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ALIEN: COVENANT

The Alien franchise already went looking for God; five years on, it’s time to play God.

Posted on June 25, 2017September 28, 2019
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IT COMES AT NIGHT

How fragile is man’s humanity to man when the plague is knocking at the door

Posted on June 11, 2017September 28, 2019
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CERTAIN WOMEN

The smallest things can have the greatest impact on an ordinary life.

Posted on May 28, 2017September 28, 2019
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T2 TRAINSPOTTING

Choose to remember. Choose to forget. Choose to know when it’s best to do which.

Posted on March 27, 2017September 28, 2019
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PATERSON

For every brussel sprouts pie, there’s a black and white cupcake

Posted on February 5, 2017September 28, 2019
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20TH CENTURY WOMEN

For the women in our lives; a mixtape to appreciate their influence on our stories.

Posted on January 22, 2017September 28, 2019
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NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

Consider the story as it is on the page, and not as you wish it was written.

Posted on December 4, 2016September 28, 2019
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THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

As a teenager, you can easily feel like a misfit. You won’t be the first to feel that way, and you certainly won’t be the last.

Posted on November 22, 2016September 11, 2020
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BLAIR WITCH

If you go down in the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise;
If you go down in the woods today, you’d better go in disguise

Posted on October 5, 2016September 28, 2019

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