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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

Where the Crawdads Sing Is A Heaping Platter of Southern Cliches

Where the Crawdads Sing Is A Heaping Platter of Southern Cliches

It couldn’t be more fitting that Where The Crawdads Sing features a song contribution from Taylor Swift, since the whole damn thing is basically the embodiment of her catalog. That shouldn’t be an insult, but Swift’s power stems from the fact that her entire output is a reflection of her, or rather, who she was at the time she was writing.

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Review: Nope Has Close Encounters With Symbolism and Something Else?

Review: Nope Has Close Encounters With Symbolism and Something Else?

Taika Waititi Brings On the Pain in Thor: Love and Thunder

Taika Waititi Brings On the Pain in Thor: Love and Thunder