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Seinfeld
The moral logic of this show about nothing is perfect, which explains why so many found the finale frustrating. In an absurd world where greed, lust and unbridled enthusiasm guide four silly friends through myriad misadventures that blend Jerry’s Socratic sarcasm with Larry David’s smirking misanthropy, laughing justice ultimately rules.
By D. J. Reddall3 years ago in Critique
Across The Universe
Words that float across time and space, into my ear, my mind, and my life, inviting, inciting, and beguiling me. Sounds of angels and heavenly violins, the voice of a god expunging sins, blessing and expressing me. Rivers of sorrow, oceans of joy reflecting a million suns, across the universe.
By Liam Ireland3 years ago in Critique
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
In this sequel, which is also an adaptation, the four friends once again spend another summer without each other after graduating from high school but still send the pants to each other. Tibby and her boyfriend experience sudden changes, Lena goes to Greece to visit relatives and meet an potental flame in the states, Carmen stars in a play for an actor workshop in college and Bridget goes from an archaeological dig in Turkey to visiting her grandmother who helps her heal old wounds. Although the pants up missing, they spend the rest of the summer together.
By Forest Green3 years ago in Critique
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Adapted from a best selling young adult book, four long time friends, Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget find a pair of jeans that happens to fit all of them despite their different body sizes. They are spending their first summer apart and along the way they experience a sense of love, new changes, developing new bonds, loss and facing the past. Lena spends the summer with her grandparents in Greece, Carmen goes to South Carolina to visit her father who is getting remarred much to her surprise, Tibby is making a mini documentary and befriends a younger girl and Bridget is playing soccer in Mexico and falls in love. It shows how strong their friendship is, even miles away.
By Forest Green3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Dear Mama
Dear Mama is a heartfelt love letter to the legacy created by Hip Hop icon Tupac Shakur and his charismatic mother, Afeni. The icing on the cake is that Allen Hughes directed, so it’s an amazing tribute from a friend who knew Tupac from the very beginning of his career.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
The Managerial Revolution
There are few books that have had such a large influence on my life. The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham is one of the few that have changed my life's trajectory entirely. It is a fascinating, insightful, and contemporaneous look at the conflict between Fascism, Communism, and the New Deal.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Critique
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
It’s always that lake scene but I fell for MacFadyen’s eyes. (“There’s something pleasant about his mouth when he speaks…”). Thibaudet’s music fills my soul with dawn light, the cinematography's a perfected craft, every action a fluid dance.
By Mackenzie Davis3 years ago in Critique
Extremely Bad
Have you ever been asked, “What’s the worst book you’ve read?” I am often asked this when people find out my passion for literature. I always answer the same: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink. This book is exhaustingly unreadable. I stopped after the second chapter. I want my time back.
By Atomic Historian3 years ago in Critique
“Moby-Dick; or, The Whale” - Critique
What a whale of a tale—in size, at least. This story is more whaling, symbolism, and droning than substance. Unpopular in its day, it has made a remarkable turnaround, although maybe not deserved, and influenced generations of American literature and writers. Is it an American classic? Only in the classroom.
By Stephanie Hoogstad3 years ago in Critique
Shoresy
Even if you're not a hockey fan, Shoresy is a show I recommend for anyone and everyone. Granted you can get lost in a lot of the dialogue because well, Canada and Hockey. But even with just 1 season so far, you need to watch Shoresy. Hilarious, heartwarming, and intriguing.
By Dyllon Rodillon3 years ago in Critique
Chris Chan: A Comprehensive History
A cinematic biography about Sonichu creator, Chris-Chan with 78 episodes and counting. A true horror story of a bullied boy who succumbs into a monster. Those with morbid curiosity know it’s a car crash on loop. Currently known as Christine, her deranged relationship with her mother will give you shivers.
By Chloe Gilholy3 years ago in Critique
