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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 5 Review: Die Trying

This Star Trek: Discovery review contains spoilers. Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 5 Since the Discovery first landed in the 32nd century, the ship and its crew has been searching for the missing Federation. This makes sense. Starfleet is a hierarchal structure, and its ships are part of a larger organization with a larger purpose. Without a Federation or Starfleet to report to, Discovery has been in survival mode (relatable). It’s painful for them to think about the past, which represents an immeasurable loss. Instead, Discovery has put all of its faith in this new future: in the belief…
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Free Guy Trailer: Ryan Reynolds is a Video Game Character Trying to Save His World

Free Guy, a comedy that centers itself in a socially-distant video game virtual landscape, ironically finds itself as one of the most prominent stragglers in the dwindling group of major movies still on schedule for a theatrical release in 2020. Indeed, the December-scheduled film continues to tout its plans to hit theaters with the release of a new trailer. Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Real Steel) directed the film off a script by Matt Lieberman (Scoob!, The Addams Family) and Zak Penn (Ready Player One, X-Men: The Last Stand). Ryan Reynolds stars as the eponymous Guy, a suddenly self-aware NPC (non-playable…
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Star Wars Editor Criticizes The Last Jedi for Trying to ‘Undo’ Trilogy

It’s been almost four months since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released, closing the book on Disney’s “Sequel Trilogy” that began in 2015, as well as the overarching “Skywalker Saga” that comprises nearly every Star Wars movie since 1977. To say that the results were divisive is an understatement. Despite grossing more than $1 billion, the film was met with a tepid critical reception and continued online fan discord that began with 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. So it shouldn’t be surprising that a new narrative is emerging around the Sequel Trilogy about what went wrong or…
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Rent It In 10 Words or LessManipulating your way to the top--in song!Reviewer's Bias*Loves: The look of classic cinema, musicalsLikes: Absurdity, Kino Lorber's Studio Classics LineDislikes: Robert Morse's muggingHates: Old accepted corporate sexismThe MovieThe problem with a film where the plot sees its hero push forward with success through either luck or favor is the lack of genuine conflict. That's exactly the issue when it comes to J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Starting out as a window washer guided by the titular book, Finch climbs the corporate ranks by either manipulating…
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