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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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“Rebecca,” a Netflix original based off of the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock by the same name, was released on Oct. 21. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Remake of ‘Rebecca’ fails to live up to Hitchcock original

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

The 2020 film “Rebecca” is, in a word, shallow. Or stuffy. Or static. The Netflix Original, released Wednesday, is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 Best Picture, but the films can barely be put...

Brad Pitt plays Max Vatan and Marion Cotillard plays Marianne Beauséjour in “Allied” from Paramount Pictures. PHOTO COURTESY DANIEL SMITH/ PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: “Allied” generates tension, but no heat

Conner Reed November 27, 2016

The first shot of “Allied,” Robert Zemeckis’ new romantic thriller, is one of its best. What seems like a panorama of the Moroccan desert suddenly becomes a tracking shot: our hero Max (Brad...

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