Devin Meenan - The Denisonian

Mar 09 2020

“Parasite” deserves to be watched in the company of a crowd

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts and Life Editor—The 21st century, the now past-2010s in particular, have seen filmmaking become a more homogenous business. Blockbusters derived from pre-existing properties dominate theater chains like...

Mar 02 2020

Arts and Life

Adam Sandler shockingly stuns in “Uncut Gems”

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts and Life Editor—Sometimes, a great film isn’t one that’s easy to sit through. Last year’s “Uncut Gems,” the latest film from sibling director duo Josh and Ben...

Feb 12 2020

Arts and Life

DFS Screens“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—While Quentin Tarantino claims to have one more film on the drawing board before his pre-announced early retirement, I have a hard time seeing how...

Feb 12 2020

Opinion

The Oscars: Slow progress since 1929

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts and Life Editor—This past Sunday, the ninety-second Academy Awards came and went. I thought that, while the memories and hangovers of that night are still fresh, I’d...

Feb 04 2020

Arts and Life

“The Rise Of Skywalker” concludes the “Star Wars” saga unsatisfyingly

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—SPOILER WARNING “This will be the final word in the story of Skywalker,” declares Ian McDiarmid’s revenant Emperor Palpatine in a line from “The Rise...

Dec 09 2019

Arts and Life

My favorite movie from each year of this past decade

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor — With the 2010s soon to be behind us and this being the final Denisonian of this decade, I thought it an ideal time...

Nov 19 2019

Arts and Life

“Toy Story 4” is a satisfying epilogue to animated trilogy

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—Sometimes you hear an idea that you so viscerally opposed to, you put it out of mind instantaneously, thinking it could only possibly end in...

Oct 16 2019

Arts and Life

“If Beale Street Could Talk” resonates rather deeply with viewers

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—When a film wins as much popular and critical acclaim as Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight did following its release, the next work is inevitably going to...

Oct 09 2019

Arts and Life

Mission Impossible: Fallout continues to fly sky-high

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor — A near 25-year-old franchise producing the best film of the pack yet with its sixth installment should be a staunch enough miracle that...

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