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Ready Or Not  is your traditional wedding story. A woman marries a rich man, and she has to survive until daylight while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns and crossbows. You know, it's just like every other wedding you've been to. There's a lot to say about this movie and it's commentary made on the wealthy privileged elites of society, and there's also a lot to say about Samara Weaving's performance as the bride who just can't seem to catch a break. Class warfare is the most blatant theme throughout Ready Or Not , and it's sort of a play on those stories of the wealthy hunting humans for fun. The family's dysfunction leads to her new husband, Alex, having complicated feelings about the role he's forced to play. Like the wealthy who contemplate whether the role they play in society is truly beneficial or actually actively harms the poor, he sways back and forth from longing to protect his wife and feeling certain that he has a duty to...

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017) Like many other people in their twenties I spent my adolescence eagerly devouring the books within the grim and gothic Series of Unfortunate Events , I was among the first to watch the Jim Carrey adaptation of the film, and naturally I binge watched the entire Netflix series in one sitting. Regardless of the interpretation, I adore the aesthetic, dark humor, and grim yet educational dialogue which shows children that it's alright to be a little eccentric and asks them to embrace their strangeness without shame because its what makes them unique individuals. One could even say that in a strange way it's almost a John Waters and Tim Burton collaboration for children, which makes for media that is absolutely delightful whether it takes the form of a book series, a film, or a Netflix adaptation. The Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events  is perhaps even more true to the dark nature of the series than the previous film ha...

Stranger Things (2016) This article will contain spoilers for the series Stranger Things . Read it at your own discretion, and feel free to skip it altogether if you're yet to finish the series and would prefer to go into it without knowing certain events in advance. Nostalgia for the 80's is an epidemic which has plagued artwork (particularly in film and music) as of late. It was only a matter of time before all of those warm feelings for a time with Dungeons and Dragons, bright poppy synthesizers, and wood paneling culminated and resulted in what is essentially a love letter to the single decade which everyone seems to have collectively decided they're nostalgic for. However, this raises the question, is there more to Stranger Things  than nostalgia? Is Stranger Things  really the strange and unique series that it advertises itself to be? Naturally, there are some endearing qualities to Stranger Things , its characters for instance are fantastic child actors who ...