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Category Archive: Movie Reviews

Everybody’s a Suspect: A Love for ‘Scream’

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Classic final girls usually make it through a horror movie bloodied, terrified, and shaken to the core from […]

Ashley Nickell November 2, 2017 Essays, Halloween IV, Movie Reviews

Equity & Imbalance: Courtney Harler Reviews Julieta by Alice Munro

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The three short stories of Alice Munro’s Julieta—“Chance,” “Soon,” and “Silence” —were first published in The New Yorker, […]

Courtney Harler April 21, 2017 Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Losing Camelot: Courtney Harler Reviews JACKIE by Director Pablo Larraín

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Larraín’s latest has been nominated for three Academy Awards, so I don’t need to tell you it’s a […]

Courtney Harler February 1, 2017 Movie Reviews, Reviews

Audrie & Daisy Explores Rape Culture Through the Eyes of Teenage Girls

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With the 2015 release of The Hunting Ground and the recent uproar and scrutiny of the Brock Turner case in […]

Stephanie Hammond November 29, 2016 Movie Reviews, Reviews

From The Page to the Screen: A Brief History of Philip Roth’s Cinematic Adaptations

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With Ewan McGregor’s cinematic adaptation of Philip Roth’s harrowing novel American Pastoral finally hitting screens late October, Logan Lerman at the helm […]

Abigail Sheaffer August 26, 2016 Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, News

For Your Consideration: Joshua Logan’s 1955 Adaptation of Picnic is Much More Than A Love Story

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With Labor Day just around the corner, I couldn’t help but rent Joshua Logan’s 1955 cinematic adaptation of […]

Abigail Sheaffer August 23, 2016 Essays, Movie Reviews

Elena Colás reviews The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man starring Tommy Breadmore

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The Life and Death of an Unhappily Married Man follows Riley (Tommy Beardmore) a 29-year old Chicagoan who […]

Chicago Literati May 20, 2015 Movie Reviews, Reviews

Gone Girl, a plot twist in itself [Spoiler alert]

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Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl stirred up a lot of hype as Flynn has been a hot new author […]

Kristen Nathan October 20, 2014 Book Reviews, Movie Reviews, Reviews
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