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Trailer Takes: Justice League, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Baby Driver

Justice League: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxixDgHUYw Anne: Usually I give superhero movies a lot of hate (one can only watch white men save the world so many times), but even I am not... Read more

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Trailer Takes: The Secret Scripture, Coco, and Atomic Blonde

The Secret Scripture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85bdcbawodQ Laura: While I usually like a movie with competing stories, philosophical questions, and high stakes, I felt like the tension, initially displayed as one story, between... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Salt and Fire, Rough Night, and The Void

Salt and Fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5N4fupIZE Graham: Werner Herzog, for me, is in the same category of directors as Lars von Trier and Paul Thomas Anderson where I’m never quite sure what... Read more

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A Case for the Classics: The O.C.

The O.C. is, was, and always will be the perfect show. It was full of teen drama, including class divisions and tumultuous romance; it had a heartwarming family dynamic complete... Read more

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Trailer Takes: As You Are, The Discovery, and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

As You Are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkVe4fEn7W0 Brynne: Compelling as this film looks, I can’t tell exactly what it’s getting at. The overhead shot in the opening, the music, and the creepy ending... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Ghost in the Shell, Song to Song, and The House

Ghost in the Shell, Trailer #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDctELIm3I Xavier: The jam-packed action of this trailer snatches my attention immediately. From start to finish, guns are blazing, explosions are detonating, and punches are... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Superbowl TV Spot Edition

Baywatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKgkiiprtKw Karis: The first thing that comes to my mind when watching the trailer is 21 Jump Street. I haven’t seen the original TV series with David Hasselhoff, so... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Land of Mine, Transformers: The Last Knight, and From Nowhere

Land of Mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GafFkkl0xt0 Brynne: I am so intrigued by this trailer. This may just be my bias for historical dramas, but this film looks like it’s going to have... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Imperial Dreams, Brimstone, and I Am Michael

Imperial Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYNrO77clY Amy: I want John Boyega to have everything in this world. His disarming humor completely charmed me in Star Wars: The Force Awakens—the 2015 megahit the catapulted... Read more

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Trailer Takes: Colossal, Raw, and The Lost City of Z

Colossal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlyFHc5Bsv4 Graham: I remember hearing about this movie getting made awhile ago, but this was not what I expected at all. I actually think that this trailer is extremely well-made.... Read more