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Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions: Expectations of Star Wars Lore in the 21st Century
How expectations regarding ‘Star Wars’ lore have been cultivated and why it isn’t the end of the world that you don’t know anything about Snoke.
Read More1st Summoning (2019) Review
“Found Footage is a subgenre that requires creativity and a semblance of originality… this film fails on both counts.” Raymond Wood directs ‘1st Summoning’, Jacob Davis offers the horror movie review.
Read MoreRambo: Last Blood (2019) Review
Did ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ manage to pay fitting tribute to the franchise’s 4 previous iterations under the direction of Adrian Grunberg? Check out Jacob Davis’ review to find out.
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A Textual Critique of ‘Stand Your Ground’
2014 Michael McClendon movie ‘Stand Your Ground’ sides you with the assailant in a “based on true events” story of a real-life murder trial from the perspective of the perpetrator’s mother. Jacob Davis explores its problematic stance.
Read MoreIt Chapter Two (2019) Review
Jacob Davis thinks “Bill Skarsgård was so phenomenal that he made Tim Curry’s version of the character seem less like an Eldritchian horror and more like a weirdo at a circus.” His full review here.
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Overcomer (2019) Review
New Kendrick Brothers movie ‘Overcomer’ (2019) is “a visual “and then”, like a toddler telling a story”, according to Jacob Davis’ review.
Read MoreDragonworld (1994) Review
“Fortunately, Dragonworld is incredibly entertaining because it’s so stupid” are the words of Jacob Davis in his review of the 1994 picture from writer-director Ted Nicolaou.
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