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Author - Witney Seibold

mother! vs. The Patriarchy

This essay will openly discuss details of mother!, and is meant to explore its symbolism. If you want the film to remain a surprise, do not read the following. Darren Aronofsky’s mother! was released on the 15th of September to mixed critical reviews, box office failure, and widespread audience scorn (it is one of the few films in...

We Review Alien: Covenant

We review Alien: Covenant I may personally be one of the only enthused fans of Ridley Scott’s 2012 film Prometheus, but I am not the only person who is going to be disappointed by Scott’s follow-up film Alien: Covenant, the sixth film in the Alien series (although it may be the eighth, if you count the Alien vs. Predator movies, which...

Review: ‘Suicide Squad’

One cannot fault Warner Bros. for their economy. With Suicide Squad – the third film in their ambitious and expansive multi-film DC comics movie series – studio executives shrewdly elected to introduce their cinematic universe’s supervillains all at once, dumping them, like two scoops of raisins, into the overpopulated bowl of superhero...

Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’

There was a time when Star Trek strode the Earth like a might colossus, unshakable in its success, unerring in its ethos, unmatched in its merchandising. There was a time when two new Star Trek series were airing simultaneously, movies were making money (sometimes) at the box office, and Trek conventions were bigger business than ever. Around 2000...

Review: ‘Ghostbusters’

Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters has been one of the most hotly anticipated remakes to come along since Hollywood’s wholesale pirate plundering of Gen-X nostalgia first began about 12 or 13 years ago. It has finally come to bear, and the truth can finally be discovered: It’s merely adequate. Ghostbusters, a remake of the...

Review: ‘The BFG’

Back in 1970, beloved children’s author Roald Dahl, perhaps against his better judgment, hesitantly allowed Paramount to make a film version of his hit 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The resulting film, 1971’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder – has become an...