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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.

Death Wish (2018) REVIEW – This Is Your Brain On Guns

Death Wish (2018) REVIEW – This Is Your Brain On Guns

By Andrea Thompson

he experience of viewing Death Wish can be described as awkward at best. Part of it is the timing, which is even more disturbing than usual. The horrifying truth is that it’s the rare action film that won’t be released around a mass shooting, so frequent have they become. But the timing of Death Wish is especially tone deaf due to the Parkland shooting, which has left 17 teenagers dead and inspired many of the survivors into activists for gun control.

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