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Culture Shot

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Who will, could and should win the 2020 Academy Awards

Illustrated collage of scenes and characters from the 42nd Academy Awards Best Picture nominees
Armaan Mumtaz/Staff

This year’s Oscar nominations showcase some of the year’s best films, and, as usual, shower praise on some of the worst.
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Monday, January 6, 2020

How ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ fails its central characters

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” confuses Rey’s narrative in multiple instances, making her character feel inconsistent and poorly handled.
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Film & Television

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ is a murder mystery masterpiece

For longtime mystery lovers, the film’s over-the-top homages to the whodunit canon will be immediately obvious and endearing.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ changed the way I watch movies

But given that “Star Wars” is the reason why I love movies, the best entry in the franchise is, by association, my favorite film.
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Sunday, February 4, 2018

Yes, Dumbledore is still gay. No, ‘Fantastic Beasts’ is still not portraying it

It is not enough to say that an LGBTQ+ character’s sexual orientation doesn’t need to be addressed because “gay people just look like … people.”
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Is Colin Trevorrow the right director for ‘Star Wars: Episode IX?’

Colin Trevorrow might not be a director on the public’s radar yet, but having been handed the reins for “Star Wars: Episode IX,” he soon will be. But is he the right choice for the galaxy from far, far away?
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Monday, April 17, 2017

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ teaser trailer analysis

Even though the highly anticipated eighth film in the Skywalker saga is still eight months away, fans can now enter a frenzied stage of speculation.
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Film & Television

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rian Johnson talk sci-fi thriller ‘Looper’

Nearing the end of 2012 — the rumored moment of the world’s demise — director Rian Johnson is an optimist. He’s made a  movie neither about the apocalypse nor a nostalgic period piece but on traveling to the future. “Looper,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the protagonist, Joe, and Bruce Willis
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