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What Novelists Are For: ‘Atonement’ at 15

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Margaret Roarty

Joe Wright’s Oscar-winning period drama ‘Atonement’ is 15, and it remains an affecting film about stories and the very act of filmmaking. Essay by Margaret Roarty.

2019 Superhero Movies Ranked

Posted on December 28, 2019June 22, 2020 by Joseph Wade

2019 has been a bumper year for superhero films with 9 releases from 6 studios, including 4 billion dollar box office hits, but which are the best and worst of the year? Joseph Wade ranks them here.

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It Chapter Two (2019) Review

Posted on September 6, 2019August 31, 2020 by Jacob Davis

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.

Dark Phoenix (2019) Review

Posted on June 9, 2019September 26, 2019 by Joseph Wade

Do Fox’s X-Men go out with a bang or a whimper in Simon Kinberg’s ‘Dark Phoenix’ (2019)? Sophie Turner, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender star in this movie reviewed by Joseph Wade.