GUEST EDITORIAL: A Brief Examination of the 2022 Movie "Dog"

by Lewis Robinson

Some folks would describe the 2022 movie Dog as a comedy with an awfully big heart. It speaks to enormous themes, as comedies often do, by laughing when there is room to laugh. Even though Dog sees its audience heading to a funeral, its characters do all they can to lighten the mood along the way. Channing Tatum shines as a character who spends a lot of the movie growing up.

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GUEST EDITORIAL: An Examination of the 2012 Movie "Pitch Perfect"

by Lewis Robinson

There are several iconic scenes in 2012's Pitch Perfect, which is the story of a young lady who yearns to get to a particular place but must endure something first in order to do so. Anna Kendrick plays Beca, the starring role, who is a freshman at Barden University. As a newbie, Beca must negotiate her new society, with its cliques, faults and goodnesses. Though she has no real interest in college life, she loves music and so becomes part of the Bellas, the school's female acapella group.

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GUEST EDITORIAL: The 1989 Movie "Field of Dreams" Is Still a Classic Today

by Lewis Robinson

If there’s any game that is quintessential American, it’s baseball. It might have had its origins in Europe and Ireland, but it was the United States that made baseball the game it is today. Over 200 movies about baseball have been made. Kevin Costner has starred in three. His second, Field of Dreams, made in 1989, is a great movie about baseball that has withstood the test of time.

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PODCAST: Episode 83 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 83rd episode, two swanky film critics, simulated dads, and buttoned-up school teachersWill Johnson and Don Shanahan welcome back guest Cati Glidewell of The Blonde in Front. To avoid spoilers, Will moderated for Cati and Don to gush about the mystery and style of Don't Worry Darling and an intro to talk about all the odd gossip and bad press that follows Olivia Wilde's movie.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Stay the Night

Stay the Night plays out smarter than the usual rom-coms or “one wild night” movies of thrust-together strangers. Like its lead woman, it is reserved and far more realistic with its urban sauntering. In different and disinterested hands, the floozy-plus-dreamboat formula would be in full effect. There would be some zany impossibility or preposterous monkey wrench thrown into the narrative for excitement’s sake. All the conflict you need is right here–between its ears, in its beating heart, and within the held hands–of this gratifying and understated film.

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GUEST COLUMN: The Best Boxing Movies You Must See

by Lewis Robinson

Boxing movies have enchanted audiences for nearly 100 years. What makes them so appealing to so many people? The answer is a protagonist that people can identify with. Most protagonists are ordinary people with problems it's easy to sympathize with: overcoming an injury, healing wounded pride or trying to turn their lives around. The conflict isn't earth-shattering, but that's precisely the point — audiences get invested in the drama because it's intimate.

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Love is Blind: What To Learn

Love is a puzzle, or is it not? Is it really blind, as many say? Is it simply an emotional roller coaster with no real logic or sense behind it? Are we just hopelessly devoted to someone without any real reason? It turns out that there may be some truth to the idea that love is blind. The famous Love is Blind show can teach us some things about love and relationships.

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