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Trick ‘r Treat
Trick ‘r Treat seems to be a horrific version of A Christmas Carol, with Sam acting as an enforcer of Halloween tradition. Do we really need one more omnipresent holiday symbol secretly watching and passing judgment on us? Especially considering that, while Santa tends to be portrayed as merciful and just, Sam seems rather capricious. Do we really need a morality play about the power of mutilated pumpkins to ward off evil?
Best of ’09/Pre-Academy Awards Analysis
This will be a lengthy article. Since the Oscars air on Sunday night, it’s about time I get my list of the year’s best films up on here, as well as look over many of the current nominees contending this weekend. I’ll start with my favorite films of 2009. 1. District 9 (Director: Neill Blomkamp) […]
The Real Wolfman
Man has not always been at the top of the food chain. Only in the last two centuries did our ingenuity give us the tools to overcome the world’s top predators. Before that, humans huddled around campfires for eons. However, there are many instances where a human settlement became little more than a buffet to a lion, a pack of wolves, or the Beast of Gevaudan. The most frightening thing about the Beast? Nobody knew what it was.
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