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18 Mar

Zack Snyder’s Justice League vs. the Whedon Cut: What are the Differences?

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This article contains Zack Snyder’s Justice League spoilers. Whether you love or hate his style, there is no denying Zack Snyder is an original. From 300 to Watchmen, and Man of Steel to Justice League, his characters often hover above the screen as much as occupy it. They’re mythic figures who’ve stepped off a Botticelli canvas, or at least Frank Miller comic book panels, and they’re imbued with such a sense of scale from their director that the aesthetic is nigh impossible to duplicate. That is only clearer now thanks to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a restored four-hour edit of…
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09 Sep

How I’m Thinking of Ending Things Book and Film Differences Make For Perfect Complements

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Charlie’s Kaufman’s filmic interpretation of Iain Reid’s celebrated novel I’m Thinking Of Ending Things has arrived on Netflix and it’s a complicated, beautiful, confusing work – certainly unless you watch it twice. The book and the film sit wonderfully together, both broadly the same narrative but both leaning into different strands and elements, with the movie picking up half-hinted at threads from the book. They both work, but in different ways. If you were wondering whether you should read the book first or watch the film, the answer is read the book. Not because it’s necessarily better – the two…
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06 Sep

Mulan 2020 vs. Mulan 1998: The Differences & Similarities

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This article contains spoilers for Disney’s MULAN. You can read our spoiler-free review of the film here. When Disney’s Mulan came out in 1998, American viewers had not yet seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which was the first big wuxia hit film for American audiences. The animated feature takes its inspiration from a Chinese legend, but the film fits more into the traditional animated Disney Princess mold—and, with Eddie Murphy playing Mulan’s sidekick Mushu, the resulting film felt very American, despite its Chinese setting. Disney’s 2020 live-action film continues in the tradition of its other live-action remakes, but also leans into…
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02 Sep

Link Tank: How the Growing Irrelevance of Gaming Platforms Differences Makes for Better Games

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With the lines between console, mobile, and PC gaming increasingly blurred, here’s what that means for the future of the video games industry. “Nothing screams dystopia more than two massive corporations conscripting their massive audiences into a petty legal war. No viewer should care which studio controls which Marvel movie rights. No consumer should take a side in the ongoing war between Apple and Epic Games over Fortnite direct payments.” Read more at PCMag. This “things overheard in movie theaters” thread on Twitter is the pick-me-up we all need today. “Writer Mike Ginn probably didn’t expect for his tweet about…
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