Stories By Julia Rhodes
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Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are
April 10, 2025Although studios balked at the film’s maturity, believing it might be too scary for children, it...
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Movie Review: Zombieland
April 9, 2025Zombieland elicits comparison to both the Brit “romzomcom” (romantic zombie comedy) and Dawn of the Dead...
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Movie Review: The Informant!
April 7, 2025Perhaps the most ingenious part of Whitacre’s affect (and the film) is his stream-of-consciousness inner monologue....
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Movie Review: 9
April 6, 2025The film is truly gorgeous to behold. Starz Animation has officially given Pixar a run for...
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Movie Review: Taking Woodstock
April 4, 2025Though his oeuvre includes everything from melodrama to martial arts, Lee’s most endearing projects are intimate,...
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Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds
April 4, 2025Smart though Tarantino may be, his self-aggrandizing filmic techniques grow old. Placing arrows and title cards...
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Movie Review: District 9
April 3, 2025It is perhaps the most dystopian vision of alien contact ever filmed: the aliens are not...
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Mad Men Recap: “At the Codfish Ball” (Season 5, Episode 7)
January 6, 2025Sunday’s Mad Men was a bit of a doozie, and I’m late to the ball due...
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Movie Review: The Avengers
January 5, 2025Not to compare actors to superheroes, but this cast could easily have exploded in our faces;...
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Mad Men Recap: “Lady Lazarus” (Season 5, Episode 8)
January 5, 2025Can you believe we’re already two-thirds through season five? As Pete’s high school crush said a...