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Film Review: “Ant-Man”

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe grows ever larger (and if “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is any indication, more unwieldy) it comes as something of a relief that the latest chapter chooses to take a step back from all that world-expanding to tell a relatively small-scale story. With “Ant-Man,” Marvel deviates ever-so-slightly from their house style, […]

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Laura Bush and the Secret Service agent

In these politically charged times, any movie showing a fictional President of the United States inspires some sort of contemporary connection, which usually translates into the blowhards of the right-wing media spouting their customary vitriol. Because Independence Day, Air Force One, and The American President, for example, depicted a president in a positive light during […]

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