Bob Marley was a revolutionary reggae musician that stood as a symbol of hope. Marley faced multiple obstacles during his life. He used his trials and tribulations as an inspiration for his music. His songs transcended borders as they brought reggae music to mainstream media. At some point, everybody around the world could name at least one Bob Marley...
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With a limitless medium in his hands and the ingeniousness to match it, Satoshi Kon produced some of animation’s most unforgettable work. In just nine years, the animator made four feature films, one television series and one short film — and though his life was tragically cut short in 2010, his stamp on the animation and filmmaking world had...
In 2009, “Jennifer’s Body” came out and had a lukewarm box office performance with mixed reviews from critics who complained that the tone and writing of the film were uneven. Screenwriter Diablo Cody lamented how the film had been marketed. She had argued with executives who wanted "to market this to boys who like Megan Fox.” She would rebut,...
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“The Underdoggs” released Jan. 26 on Amazon Prime Video, is a foul-mouthed comedy focused on a struggling children’s football team. Well-known rapper and actor Snoop Dogg plays the main character Jaycen Two J’s Jenning, a self-important stoner and podcaster, who was once a football sensation. After a car crash resulting in property damage, reckless endangerment and speeding charges, Jaycen...
On Jan. 23, the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced. As per usual with Oscar nominations, there was immediate widespread outrage over certain people or movies getting snubbed. This year, the movie to receive this treatment was "Barbie." The film received the most nominations of any film this year after “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things,” with eight overall nominations including Best...
“The Zone of Interest” depicts life in a Nazi household right next to Auschwitz. While a lone barbed wall separates the two premises, guttural cries, gunshots and screams can be perpetually heard in the peripheral. The sights inside the walls are never shown, but the sound is unnerving enough, puncturing and debasing the silence. For the inhabitants, a family...
“Mean Girls,” released Jan. 12 in theaters, is a modern-day rewind of the 2004 teen comedy. Featuring Reneé Rapp as Regina George, queen bee of North Ridge High School, and Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, homeschooled fresh meat discovering the ruthlessness of high school through her new superficial friends “the Plastics,” the film takes on the humongous task of...
“Lift,” Netflix’s latest heist action movie, starring Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, was released on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. F. Gary Gray, well known for directing movies such as “Straight Out of Compton” and 2003’s “Italian Job,” worked alongside comedian-actor Kevin Hart, who also produced this movie. Hart held a more action-oriented role in “Lift” as opposed to his...
Jake Johnson sets out on his directorial debut with his latest comedy-thriller film, “Self Reliance.” It first premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival on March 11, 2023, and can now be enjoyed in audiences’ homes since its release on Hulu on Jan. 12, 2024.
The film follows Thomas “Tommy” Walcott (Jake Johnson) who lives a routine of...
“The Boy and the Heron”
Hayao Miyazaki’s newest film asks how we can reconcile with the world’s hurt and be sure that it’s worth living in. The never-ending man is at his most abstract, manifesting this uncertainty through a boy’s journey in a mystical world following the loss of his mother. Whether it's encounters with omnipotent powers, scuffles with humanoid...