Marissa Hernandez
Disturbed Ruthlessness: TITANE
It's an extraordinary feat, one I prematurely criticized as garbage but have come to settle in the cloud of realization, that body horror...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Jan 2
Baked in Apathy: DON’T LOOK UP
The world is coming to an end! Its political satire, obviously where all the jabs are hit in all the right places. Yeah, this could...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Dec 31, 2021
That Escalated Fast: ZOLA
There's nothing more surreal than real life. In fact, sometimes it feels like watching fireworks in slow motion. I often wonder sometimes...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Dec 30, 2021
Idiosyncratic Recluse: KAJILLIONAIRE
An oddity with an offbeat demeanor, scavenging on the side of life, with ruthless compromise, vacant of familial bonding where survival...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Dec 24, 2021
Trailblazing: BEING THE RICARDOS
I was really skeptical when I saw the trailer for Aaron Sorkin's BEING THE RICARDOS but after much trepidation and predisposed judgment,...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Dec 2, 2021
Charming & Heartwarming: LICORICE PIZZA
I am so fascinated in studying the genesis and ethos of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest feat that is LICORICE PIZZA. He's delved up...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Oct 23, 2021
SINISTER YUCK YUCK PT 1: DOPESICK
The opening monologue given by Michael Stuhlbarg’s character Richard Sackler in Hulu's latest mini series DOPESICK hovers sharply on the...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Sep 27, 2021
Let's Roll: ROLLER BOOGIE
OK, so it's a poorly acted film. It's plot is recognizable, absolutely predictable from a universal standpoint. The dialogue is too...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Sep 1, 2021
Existential Crisis in Paradise : OLD
I’m going to say it. This would have made for a better short film. Two hours is too long. Trim off the fat, tighten the story line, have...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Jul 29, 2021
The Man in the Arena: PIG
PIG is like a weird, quiet, simply profound piece of art. It calls attention to loss and grief, treading in a puddle of existential...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Dec 30, 2020
A Dissimilar Universe: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Personally, I'm not the greatest player but I find myself drawn to the game especially among those I love. Chess is an alluring game....
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Marissa Hernandez
- May 16, 2020
Shared Despair: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
These are trying times. We all know that and perhaps collectively we feel the despair of the simple liberties that have been stripped...
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Marissa Hernandez
- May 3, 2020
Gripping Journalism: SPOTLIGHT
With movies like All the President’s Men, Network, His Girl Friday, Deadline USA, The Post, Spotlight, and Bombshell, or TV shows like...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Apr 5, 2020
TIGER KING: AN ALL AMERICAN DEBACLE
The hype did nothing for me. In fact, it really makes me ponder and cringe about humanity’s direction sometimes. Wild animals are wild...
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Marissa Hernandez
- Mar 12, 2020
A Love Letter to Tarkovsky's SOLARIS
Given the world's current condition, my weariness returns to the man who made me a cinephile. Perhaps, its dumb luck or a coincidence or...
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"Keeping it sassy and classy since 1987"
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California girl
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Maladjusted misfit
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Inquisitive soul