Author: Chuck
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One Thing I Like About Ralph Breaks the Internet
The Wreck It Ralph sequel allows for weird character design and animation you might not see in a movie that’s hung up on being a timeless classic.
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One Thing I Like About Annihilation
Annihilation breathes life into the book while simultaneously dumbing it down, but really it’s all about the bear.
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Gone Girl, or, Sisters Are Doing It To Themselves
I came home the other night to find my living room in disarray and the entire moral and intellectual core of Gone Girl had gone missing.
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One Thing I Like About Solo
Solo is the huge 2018 marketing-driven franchise installment that thinks it’s an old-fashioned action adventure from 1987
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One Thing I Like About Firewatch
Being an independent developer means you can take uneventful hikes through the woods.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
It turns out that the game from last year that has gotten near-universal praise and made it onto multiple best-of lists is actually pretty good.
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No Place in Her Story
The Last Jedi is really just a rehash of many of the ideas from the first Star Wars movie.
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If You Was a Pedant You’d Understand
Enjoying pointless endeavors like encouraging the correct use of language and finding fault with years-old internet video essays
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The Right People
About the return of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and the creepy complexities of nerd ownership
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Cyber-Hot Take Strike Force 2017: The Reckoning
Reports from an alternate timeline where the sky’s the color of a television tuned to a dead channel.
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Harambe of Darkness
Kong: Skull Island is a focus-grouped action movie franchise launch, but it’s clever and artistic enough to avoid being disposable and forgettable.