Month: March 2016
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Pee Wee’s Big Holiday
Pee Wee’s Big Holiday is a bit derivative, but it’s a hilarious return to form for a character that was cut down before his time. One of the smartest things Pee Wee Herman did was separate himself from his alter ego, Paul Reubens. This had the effect of making Pee Wee a real person in…
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SotW: Christine and the Queens: ‘iT’
In The Feedback Society’s SotW (Song of the Week) we take a look at one track that has us hitting repeat over and over again. Christine and The Queens ‘iT’ Album: Self-titled Christine and the Queens is the stage name of French singer and multimedia artist Héloïse Letissier. Her work is a mix of music,…
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10 Cloverfield Lane
It probably didn’t need to have Cloverfield in the name, but 10 Cloverfield Lane is a brilliant thriller with a spellbinding performance at its centre. The use of the word ‘Cloverfield’ in the title of 10 Cloverfield Lane is probably more of a marketing decision than a logical choice. In fact, the script was written…
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Thinkin’ Bout That New Ghostbusters
Should The Ghostbusters have been a reboot or a sequel? Who ya gonna call when things aren’t as inclusive as they want us to believe? Ghostbusters needs to be a sequel and not a remake. Hollywood has been uncreative with a lot of its stuff lately, with streams of remakes and sequels bursting forth like…
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Cartel Land
Cartel Land is a truly fascinating, Oscar-nominated documentary film about the Mexican drug cartels and a few groups of vigilantes who would defend against them. There are (at least) three sides to every story. That isn’t the point of Cartel Land, per se, but by the end of this Oscar-nominated documentary, that phrase is definitely…
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The Shannara Chronicles
Fans of Terry Brooks’ Shannara series were thrilled to see a TV show greenlit by MTV. But were they as happy after watching the show? As an avid Terry Brooks fan, I was super excited to see his 1982 book, The Elfstones of Shannara, brought to the small screen courtesy of MTV. Unfortunately like Peter…