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Film & Television

Monday, August 1, 2022

Hulu’s nauseating, provocative satire ‘Not Okay’ unleashes Karen 2.0

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Though populated with exasperating vernacular and bleak visual motifs, “Not Okay” chronicles a stimulating tale that leaves audiences entertained, upset and pensive all at once.
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Film & Television

Monday, March 28, 2022
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‘The Outfit’ places shallow cuts in mobster genre

“The Outfit” is at its best when it interrogates moral ambiguities or, at the very least, provides a cheap thrill in the form of an undulating plot that induces bated breath. Regrettably, it is wont to lose sight of both.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Dylan O’Brien discusses career, social media presence at Berkeley Forum event

Actor Dylan O’Brien sat down virtually with the Berkeley Forum on Tuesday to speak about his experiences in the entertainment industry.
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Film & Television

Monday, December 24, 2018

‘Bumblebee’ proves that ‘Transformers’ franchise has more than meets the eye (without Michael Bay)

The film is all the better for its (relative) sense of restraint, allowing Charlie’s relationship with Bumblebee to be foregrounded instead of relying on relentless action. For once, the human characters in a “Transformers” film are more than audience placeholders.
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Film & Television

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Final ‘Maze Runner’ entry steps beyond typical bounds of YA dystopian action, despite weak narrative

Surprisingly, Ball took less of a scalpel and more of a chainsaw to the series’ plot, essentially rewriting its middle and streamlining its narrative.
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Film & Television

Friday, September 15, 2017

‘American Assassin’ is limp addition to spy-thriller genre

At best, “American Assassin” suggests that bad guys can exist anywhere, and the only reasonable solution to this problem is to stick to your guns.
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Film & Television

Thursday, October 6, 2016

‘Deepwater Horizon’ is affirmation of life amid chaotic spectacle

There’s a tiny moment in the first 20 minutes of “Deepwater Horizon” — a three-second interior shot of Mark Wahlberg’s character, Mike Williams, driving down a Louisiana highway — that embodies everything that the film is trying to do. It may go unnoticed by most, but there’s something just that
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