Author: Sleepy Skunk
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On Friendship and Vulnerability: The Wisdom of Disney’s ‘Zootopia’
We can learn a number of things from Disney’s smash animated hit. Crowning Disney’s Zootopia my favorite film of 2016 has earned me a reasonable amount…
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The Real Reason Why The Oscars Are So White
Last week, AMPAS President Cheryl Boone Isaacs outlined a series of new measures as a response to the recent outrage regarding the lack of diversity…
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How Superhero Movies Save Us When We Need Them Most
The first superhero in comic book history and famous instigator of the most profitable movie genre of all time (a.k.a. the one who started it…
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Our Video Tribute to Stop-Motion Master Ray Harryhausen
https://medium.com/media/09b39bfff4e4bbd8a5630c8a69bd3ef1/href Battling statues, lassoing dinosaurs, flying high on the back of a horse, watching a two-headed bird hatch, releasing the Kraken, sword-fighting with skeletons, staring…
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TIFF 2012 Review: ‘The Master’ is a Failure Disguised as Masterpiece
In his vitriolic review of Film Socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard’s self-indulgent mess that screened at Cannes in 2010), renowned critic Mark Kermode said: “the movie is…
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TIFF 2012 Review: ‘Looper’ Explores How Time Travel Skews the Consequences of Death
With his third feature film Looper, writer/director Rian Johnson marks the official return of the smart science-fiction film that works to stimulate audiences while making…