Jacob Oller

Jacob Oller writes everywhere (Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Playboy, FSR, Paste, etc.) about everything that matters (film, TV, video games, memes, life).
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What ‘Atomic Blonde’ Learned From ‘John Wick’

By Jacob Oller 

Exploring the connective tissue between John Wick and Atomic Blonde.

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‘Detroit’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Latest Can’t Match the Intensity of Its Subject Matter

By Jacob Oller 

The overstuffed, overwritten ‘Detroit’ is best when seemingly simple.

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The Uniforms and Uniformity of ‘Dunkirk’

By Jacob Oller 

Costuming soldiers create an effectively anonymous atmosphere.

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‘Girls Trip’ Review: A Celebratory Carnival of Nasty

By Jacob Oller 

‘Girls Trip is nasty, but the good kind of nasty.

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‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ Re-Released, Novelized, and More: 80 Years and Counting

By Jacob Oller 

Disney’s first feature turns 80 (well, sort of) while its novelization turns 30.

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Netflix’s Castlevania Evokes Classics In Its R-Rated Animation

By Jacob Oller 

Struggles of class and religion add depth to the video game adaptation’s vampiric death.

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7 Times Movies Urged Us to Be Careful What We Wish For

By Jacob Oller 

The golden rule of cinema: never trust a genie.

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‘Okja’ Made My Carnivore Girlfriend Go Vegetarian

By Jacob Oller 

The Netflix hit is a great movie and even better activism.

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6 Films Celebrating the American (It Was All A) Dream

By Jacob Oller 

Americans love their hopeful mantra, while movies love to undermine it with somnolent reveals.