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Clambake (1967)
4/10 Dramatic stakes don’t get much lower than they do in your average Elvis Presley flick.
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The Fog (1980)
7/10 John Carpenter’s follow-up to Halloween, The Fog is so atmospheric and effective at creating chills and suspense, it’s a shame the actual narrative…
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Does Pointing Out Hypocrisy Change Anything?
The assassination of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk has prompted a wave of propaganda in the capitalist media sanitizing his legacy and portraying…
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Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)
8/10 Cards on the table: I’m a big fan of the Final Destination series.
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Juror #2 (2024)
7/10 Clint Eastwood refuses to go gentle into that good night, continuing to pump out solid movies at the ripe old age of 95.
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
9/10 Being stuck in a tiny apartment together is a quick way for people to get on each other’s nerves, especially when they’re as personally…
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Urban Cowboy (1980)
4/10 Sometimes a movie is so misguided at a fundamental level, you can only stare in amazement wondering what the filmmakers were thinking.
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August 2025

Pi (1998)
5/10 Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky in his feature debut, Pi—stylized π—has great ideas and stylistic flair but can’t quite stick the landing…
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Culture Warriors Scrape the Bottom of the (Cracker) Barrel
The capitalist class promotes the culture war as a conscious strategy to divide the population.
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Fight Despair
One of the most common sights on social media is someone talking about the horrors of life under capitalism, often pointing to the weak reaction of…
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East Coast Burns as Climate Crisis Fuels Droughts and Wildfires
Twenty thousand people in Newfoundland are under evacuation alert, including 5,400 in the capital St.
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When Palestinians Protested Peacefully, Israel Killed Them
Recently I bought If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose, a collection of works by the late Palestinian poet and English literature professor Refaat Alareer.
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