Stories By Julia Rhodes
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Movies
Movie Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
January 2, 2024Imagine a world in which the military trains soldiers not to kill enemies of the state,...
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Movies
Movie Review: Paranormal Activity
December 31, 2023The film falls short by arranging a regrettably thin layer of spooky occurrences beneath a thicker...
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Movies
Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are
December 30, 2023Although studios balked at the film’s maturity, believing it might be too scary for children, it...
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Movies & TV
Movie Review: Zombieland
December 30, 2023Zombieland elicits comparison to both the Brit “romzomcom” (romantic zombie comedy) and Dawn of the Dead...
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Movies
Movie Review: The Informant!
December 28, 2023Perhaps the most ingenious part of Whitacre’s affect (and the film) is his stream-of-consciousness inner monologue....
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Movies
Movie Review: 9
December 27, 2023The film is truly gorgeous to behold. Starz Animation has officially given Pixar a run for...
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Movies
Movie Review: Taking Woodstock
December 25, 2023Though his oeuvre includes everything from melodrama to martial arts, Lee’s most endearing projects are intimate,...
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Movies
Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
December 25, 2023Smart though Tarantino may be, his self-aggrandizing filmic techniques grow old. Placing arrows and title cards...
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Movies
Movie Review: District 9
December 24, 2023It is perhaps the most dystopian vision of alien contact ever filmed: the aliens are not...
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Television
Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
September 30, 2023Sunday’s Mad Men was a bit of a doozie, and I’m late to the ball due...