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Now Streaming: Carnival Row Season 1

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:32 +0000

Many fantasy or science fiction narratives use metaphor and allegory to associate relatable real-world events with an extraordinary premise or setting. When done properly, which generally means subtly, this can be a powerful storytelling tool. Amazon’s Carnival Row is perhaps a little too blatant with the message it’s trying to push. All right, fine, maybe...

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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Review: More of the Same, Less of the Charm

Philip Brown — Thu, 25 May 2017 19:00:35 +0000

It’s almost impossible to remember a time when a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movie qualified as a pleasant surprise hinged on an eccentric Johnny Depp performance that audiences couldn’t get enough of. That happened exactly once, and yet here we are four sequels later squeezing the last few remaining drops of good will out of...

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Weekend Movies: Demons, Puppets and Moonshine – A Dangerous Combination

Luke Hickman — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:00:39 +0000

As a sign of how low studio expectations may be, not a single of this week’s three new wide release movies will hit more than 2,700 screens. Considering that the year’s last successful opening was ‘The Expendables 2’ fourteen days ago, this doesn’t look like it’s shaping up to be a very lucrative weekend at...

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The Trailer Park: Musketeer Spies on the Moon

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:58 +0000

This fall, we’re going to get a really varied selection of movies. Only one of them looks highly promising, even though the least of them is more likely to draw a crowd. First we get a found-footage tale of a secret moon landing that exposes the reasons why NASA never returned, followed by another swashbuckling...

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