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Clue (1985), directed by Jonathan Lynn is a treat. A revolutionary comedy starring some of the most famous actors of the 70s and 80s, it is quite possibly, my favorite comedy ever. The plot, centering around a group of loosely connected individuals invited to a dinner party in a house I the middle of nowhere…

When I was 8 my father sat me down on our couch and told me that his father, my grandfather had died. While I was obviously distraught, I was very confused as to how my father was so stoic during the entire ordeal, and I was even more confused when he was consoling me, a…

The 1997 film “Cure” by Kiyoshi Kurosawa follows Tokyo detective Takabe as he investigates a string of murders that despite their perpetrators being different, are connected by their MO, an X being carved into the neck of the victims, an exciting plot to be sure, but this kind of story is reserved for police procedurals,…

(SPOILERS) “The Wicker Man” is a 1973 folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and written by Anthony Shaffer, fresh from his hit film Sleuth, released in 1972. It tells the story of a devout Scottish Christian detective that is sent to investigate the disappearance of a young woman in the Scottish island of Summerisle,…

The 1964 classic ‘Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’ (it’s lengthy title adding to the absurdity of the film) released early in the year in January to incredible critical and box office acclaim, while its counterpart that released later in the year did not reach the heights that…

The Before trilogy, a trichotomy of films written and directed by Richard Linklater, follows the romance of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Cèline (Julie Delpy), who meet on a train and spend a night together. The trilogy consists of “Before Sunrise”, “Before Sunset” and “Before Midnight”, with the films being separated by the span of 9…