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29 Aug

Candyman Review: Horror Movie Update is a Missed Opportunity

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In 1992, I begged my father to take me to see Candyman. He had already turned me into a horror fanatic so he needed to follow through and take me. After the film was over, I was terrified for weeks. My brain would manifest Candyman in the shadows of my room while I slept. As an adult, I don’t fancy the film as much, but I realized the allure of Candyman was that he was a terror specific to the Black community despite the circumstances of his death. I knew as a child that housing was an issue for poor…
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24 May

Evil Season 2 is Paramount+’s First Big Opportunity

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Every fresh new venture needs a feature that makes it essential and worthy of consumer’s money. In the technology world they call them “killer apps.” Bill Gates once described Internet Explorer as Microsoft’s killer app (R.I.P. to Internet Explorer…and also maybe Bill Gates’ career as a public figure). Each new videogame console launch is usually accompanied by a killer app game like Grand Theft Auto for PlayStation 2 or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch. The streaming world, however, operates a bit differently. Streaming platforms are so big and so important to their respective entertainment…
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14 Aug

Heroes Was A Missed Opportunity

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Beginning in 2006, NBC’s pulpy comic book-esque series Heroes ran for four seasons consisting of 77 episodes and over 30 online “minisodes.” The original run was followed up with 13-episode reboot Heroes Reborn in 2015. All in all, the franchise produced over 65 hours of content. Of those 65+ hours of Heroes, 20 seconds are absolutely, devastatingly perfect. That 20 second of Heroes nirvana occurs in the 20th episode of the show’s first season, “Five Years Gone.” In it, the temporally-displaced Hiro Nakamura and his friend Ando Masahashi time travel five years into the future to discover what will become…
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13 Jul

How Warrior Nuns Misses An Opportunity For Better Queer Representation

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When I first saw Warrior Nun pop up in my “coming soon” feed on Netflix, I was intrigued. The synopsis was interesting, the cover art looked cool, and the teaser trailer was fun. I added it to my list and asked to be reminded because it looked so very good, and so very gay. These days, it’s fashionable for shows to include characters from various marginalized communities. When meaningfully represented, this diversity can not only give visibility to marginalized people who are used to seeing their very real identities reflected in popular media, it gives everyone a lesser-known story and/or…
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23 Jun

Batman, Spider-Man and the Golden Opportunity of a Multiverse

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In certain geek circles, the news of the week (or month) came early Monday when it leaked that Warner Bros. is approaching Michael Keaton to reprise the role of Batman, or at least Bruce Wayne, in their upcoming Flash movie. If he agrees, the actor whom ‘90s kids will insist is the best Dark Knight will wear the cowl for the first time in 30 years. It’s an obvious play toward nostalgia, but it could also be only the tip of the iceberg. The plot device that would allow Keaton to brood once more in the Batcave is nothing new.…
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