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Dueling Review: Is Rogue One Any Good? (Brian v. Chris)
Brian and Chris offer back-to-back reviews of Rogue One highlighting the light side, and the dark.
We go Gaga for La La Land
Sam and Chris discuss their mutual love of musicals and how La La Land mines the tradition to its advantage.
Transcending Self for the American Dream in Whiplash
Chris breaks down what was so arresting about the final sequence in Whiplash.
Manchester by the Sea Punches You in the Gut (But I Liked it)
Chris reviews a great tragedy that keeps kicking the audience while they’re down.
Fantastic Beasts is a Fantastic Feast, Warts and All
Fantastic Beasts, while genuinely enjoyable, has some serious flaws.
Captain Fantastic Shows Us an Ideal Life, and the Costs
Captain Fantastic invites us to experience passion and loss as one family tries to understand their place in the world. The film asks when is going to extremes going too far? And what does it mean to understand truth? Is it possible that real truth may not be as objective or universal as we would like it to be? When are we pursuing our own truths, and when are we selling out?