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Hunger Games - Stephanie Collins

March 30, 2012
by Luke Goldstein
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The Hunger Games: The Next Big Thing (But Does It Deserve It?)

Out with the old (Potter and those shiny vampires), in with the new! The Hunger Games is the next in line of young adult adaptations steamrolling their way into the theaters, to the extreme delight and disappointment of fans of the books. Continue reading

21 Jump Street

March 21, 2012
by Luke Goldstein
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21 Jump Street: Retro Remake Delivers Laughs Galore

I was there. I remember the moment when this project got announced and I felt the familiar tearing of a piece of my childhood ripped violently from my past and stomped on the ground in front of me. We’ve been trained by a culture of recycled and rehashed content, making what was once hilarious into something kitschy and embarrassing, turning us into shell-shocked survivors of our own cherished memories. So to say the bar was set low for this would be an understatement of epic proportions, but that’s where the creators get their edge, because there is nowhere to go but up. And they did. Continue reading