The Edge of Seventeen – The Woes of Being a Teenager
Coming-of-age stories are hard to tell. Many end up falling flat. Some only appeal to a certain demographic. The Edge of Seventeen strives [...]
Articles by Mae Abdulbaki
The Girl on the Train – The Cost of Obsession
What would you do if you realized that there are aspects of your life that you have completely missed and the truth of what you’ve been [...]
Woody Allen’s Café Society – Where Dull Characters and Bad Dialogue Meet
Every year, like clockwork, Woody Allen releases a new film. And it seems like the quality of his films keeps getting worse. Café Society [...]
The Legend of Tarzan – Trading in a Loincloth for Newfound Heroism
There have been a lot of films about Tarzan and his adventures in the jungle, dating all the way back to the 1910s. We’ve always [...]
Finding Dory – As Precious and Adorable as It Looks
With sequels, one of the primary concerns isn’t necessarily whether it’ll be good or not, it’s whether or not it will [...]
X-Men: Apocalypse – The X-Men Prepare for the End of the World
The X-Men franchise has been one of the most highly sustained superhero films for 16 years now. Six movies later, and there’s still [...]
Captain America: Civil War – A Superhero Film Done Right
The debate over which is better, Marvel or DC Comics, has never been more glaring. Whether or not you prefer one over the other (I’m [...]
The Meddler – Finding a Way Back to Living
The Meddler is less a tale of meddling and more a tale of motherhood. It spotlights Susan Sarandon in a role that speaks to audiences. [...]
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