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Despite Staff Writer Alicia’s Guevara’s longtime love for actress Sofia Carson, not even her presence could redeem Netflix’s new movie The Life List.

The Life List is a Hallmark dupe not even Sofia Carson could save

By ALICIA GUEVARA | April 17, 2025

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In the 2024 film Nosferatu, Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) pledges herself to the vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) to ease her loneliness, but years later, her nightmares persist. When her husband Thomas (Nicholas Hoult) is sent to sell Orlok a manor, the vampire seeks to reclaim her.

Nosferatu is a complex commentary on the shame that often accompanies female sexuality

By ALICIA GUEVARA | February 15, 2025

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Anna Cathcart (middle) plays Kitty in Netflix’s second season of XO, Kitty. The show delivers on its promise of messy teen drama, though it may not be as good as the first season.

Season two of XO, Kitty brings the drama but leaves messy loose ends

By ALICIA GUEVARA | February 5, 2025

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Demi Moore stars in The Substance, a film directed by Coralie Fargeat that Guevara believes sparks an important conversation on women’s aging and beauty.

The Substance is disturbingly ugly, but ultimately makes its point

By ALICIA GUEVARA | November 7, 2024

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In a world where people are divided into “Uglies” and “Pretties,” all citizens are required to undergo plastic surgery at the age of 16.

Uglies is depthless drivel disguised as a dystopian drama

By ALICIA GUEVARA | September 25, 2024

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The Barnstormers’ production of the sci-fi musical Be More Chill has stand-out acting performances and a peculiar attention to Mountain Dew.

JHU Barnstormers’ Be More Chill is energetic, conspiracy-filled fun

By ALICIA GUEVARA | April 19, 2024

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Millie Bobby Brown plays Elodie, a warrior princess in the new fantasy film, Damsel.

Damsel boasts pretty visuals but fails to scorch a lasting impression

By ALICIA GUEVARA | March 13, 2024

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Dune: Part Two follows Frank Herbert's 1965 novel Dune, on planet Arrakis, which is in a perpetual drought, riddled with gigantic sandworms.

The Dune: Part Two hype is justified despite the film’s imperfections

By ALICIA GUEVARA | March 8, 2024

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Margaret Qualley plays Jamie in Drive-Away Dolls, who goes on a road trip with her love interest Marian, played by Geraldine Viswanathan.

Drive-Away Dolls is a raunchy, absurdly funny queer romp

By ALICIA GUEVARA | February 29, 2024

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In With a Little Luck, a high schooler finds a 20-sided die which magically grants him extra luck, letting him achieve all the things he thought he wanted.

The novel With a Little Luck is a lighthearted take on love and luck

By ALICIA GUEVARA | February 18, 2024

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