Plan B: My online persona is not who I really am


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I used to lose sleep over Instagram captions. If that isn’t the most millennial thing you’ve heard said, let me reiterate: I would often spend nights tossing and turning over a witty one-liner soon to be read by my meager 400-something followers because I wanted my posts to scream “clever,” “amusing” and “cool.” I have […]

Rob Cohen’s ‘The Hurricane Heist’ explores climate change


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With over 25 credits to his name, including The Fast and the Furious and xXx: State of the Union, director Rob Cohen returns to the silver screen with The Hurricane Heist, a thrilling action movie about a multimillion-dollar heist that occurs in the midst of a category-5 hurricane. The film is an addition to Cohen’s long list of action movies, a genre he came to love during his brief stint with Miami Vice.

‘The Death of Stalin’ offers a satirical take on history


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America’s dicey political climate allows for perfect parallels to the stage of Armando Iannucci’s irreverent period satire, The Death of Stalin. Known primarily for his hit HBO television series Veep, Iannucci has a long history of biting satirical projects that reveal the ridiculousness of the political realm. The Death of Stalin is no exception to his signature style, as the film captures the events that unfold after the Soviet Union leader’s unexpected death from a brain hemorrhage.