Interstellar

Interstellar

Nolan certainly pays homage to space travel productions before him like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but the film explores both the beauty and peril of outer space with an artistry that I have not witnessed before…

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La La Land

La La Land

La La Land has dazzling showmanship, with a spirited choreography and beautiful instrumental score, that lulls the audience into missing the sleight of hand. It’s a trick, because the surrealistic and artistic visualization makes me invested in their relationship without actually knowing anything about them.

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Arrival

Arrival

Arrival because it’s a film that explores human response to the unknown. The difference here is that the proverbial “elephant in the room” is the arrival of an alien species known as heptapods…

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them takes a step back in time and across the pond to New York City in 1926. Newt Scamander, an avid Magizoologist, is in the midst of compiling a book collection about magical creatures…

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

But like I said before, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the few films that I’m willing to overlook its many negatives and purely enjoy the positives. It’s a fast-paced, thrilling adventure with spectacular stunts and action sequences…

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