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AVENGERS: END GAME

July 9, 2021May 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves … And where we had thought to be alone, we will be with all the world. Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces 2008’s Iron Man may have been a small … Continue reading AVENGERS: END GAME

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MISSING LINK

April 11, 2019March 11, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Every studio should be allowed a dud now and then. Trouble is: money is involved, and those holding the purse strings rarely have patience when a flop falls into their hands. Laika, the stop-motion animation studio known for Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), and Kubo … Continue reading MISSING LINK

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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

May 4, 2017May 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God? —Tyler Durden, Fight Club When journalist Bill Moyers interviewed narratologist Joseph Campbell in 1988, he asked why hero stories could be found … Continue reading GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

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LIVE BY NIGHT

January 13, 2017June 3, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Adapted from the 2012 novel by Dennis Lehane, Live By Night is a great American epic stuck inside a misguided movie. Written for the screen, produced, and directed by Ben Affleck, who also stars, Live by Night starts overseas in the trenches of World … Continue reading LIVE BY NIGHT

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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

May 21, 2013December 12, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Star Trek Into Darkness begins with an action set piece, dropping the audience right in the middle of chaos. Reminiscent of a James Bond or an Indiana Jones pre-credit sequence, Spock is trying to diffuse an erupting volcano while Captain Kirk … Continue reading STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

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