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Army of the Dead is a Lifeless Blockbuster

5/26/2021

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Evan D.

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Modern Hollywood offers precious few opportunities for auteur directors. Long gone are the days when a big name auteur behind the camera — someone like Hitchcock or Coppola — meant a critical mass of eyeballs. Big franchises have crowded out the idiosyncratic blockbusters of old, either assimilating their directors or shunting them to mid budget indies. Only a handful of directors are left who can draw a crowd and, for some reason, one of them is Zack Snyder.

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Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a Powerful Change of Pace

5/4/2021

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Evan D.

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If there is one defining feature of the empire Marvel has built over the last 13 years it would be the homogeneity of their films. After Iron Man launched the most popular franchise in the history of film, the MCU has understandably clung to the formula that launched their success. Each installment features some variation of the same fights of good vs evil, the same hero archetype, the same fundamentally evil villain and a staunch avoidance of anything remotely controversial.

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