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Articles by Meaghan Clohessy

About Meaghan Clohessy
Meaghan Clohessy was once told by her father that she would watch five hours of some guy sleeping as an excuse to go the movies. After finding such a film at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, she agreed he was right. Currently a senior Chatham University, she has spent the last two years writing movie reviews for the school newspaper "The Communique." This is Meaghan's first time taking her reviews to an online audience. She'll cover new releases, mainly horror and action/thriller.
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Till Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown: The Naturalization of Death in IT FOLLOWS

Nov 4, 2015 Meaghan Clohessy 0

Horror films are saturated with death. Their symbolism covers consumer capitalism, teenage sexuality, and pervading globalization. Death forms the endgame for these common genre fears, yet few films actually position death as the dominant fear. […]

Ex Machina
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“What Happens if I Fail Your Test”: Feminine Agency in EX MACHINA

Jun 23, 2015 Meaghan Clohessy 0

Editor’s note:  Review contains major spoilers. Tread lightly. Alex Garland’s Ex Machina initially paints coder Caleb (Domhall Gleeson) as the film’s protagonist. He wins the opportunity to research with his employer, the self-isolated scientist Nathan (Oscar […]

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Silence in Death and Home: Controlled Female Narrative in TRUE STORY

Apr 29, 2015 Meaghan Clohessy 0

True Story follows journalist Mike Finkel (Jonah Hill), fired from The New York Times after falsifying one of his reports. He finds redemption with Christian Longo (James Franco), accused of murdering his wife and three […]

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Reality over Relevance: A Post-Modern Review of BIRDMAN

Dec 22, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

During Alejandro González  Iñárritu’s film Birdman (or the Unexpected Virture of Ignorance), Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) confronts actor Mike Shriner (Edward Norton) following a disastrous performance of “What We Talk About When We Talk About […]

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Standing Offside: A Review of St. Vincent

Dec 4, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

From November to January, audiences become saturated with a slew of films destined for the red carpet. Formulaic trailers of complicated protagonists framed by big name directors have spawned endless online parodies. While those films […]

The Ring
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The Strange Movies that Grow with You: Review of The Ring

Oct 28, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

Everyone has that one film that can quote entirety. For some, that film is The Princess Bride. For others, that film is Pulp Fiction. For me, that title belongs to Gore Verbinski’s 2002 film The […]

Code Unknown
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Pursuit of Connection: Michael Haneke’s CODE UNKNOWN: THE INCOMPLETE TALE OF SEVERAL JOURNEYS

Oct 7, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

A little over a week ago, I had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Milwaukee Film Festival. Hidden in the antique stores, microbreweries, and cramped street parking of the city’s East Side, over 100 films were shown […]

No Good Deed
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Caution Before Viewing: A Review of No Good Deed

Sep 29, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

The purpose of Sam Miller’s No Good Deed is consumption. The home invasion thriller where an exhausted mother Terri (Taraji P. Henson) battles escaped convict Colin Evans (Idris Elba) stretches into 90 minutes of unearned retribution. […]

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Wait, Haven’t I Seen This Somewhere Else? A Review of AS ABOVE, SO BELOW

Sep 8, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

By MEAGHAN CLOHESSY The failure of John Erik Dowdle’s horror flick As Above, So Below can be told through trailers. The first trailer, shown in theaters, depicts a psychological thriller, each character facing nightmarish vestiges […]

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Foreign Policy and the Tragedy of Redemption: “A Most Wanted Man”

Aug 26, 2014 Meaghan Clohessy 0

By MEAGHAN CLOHESSY It is nearly impossible to review Anton Corbijin’s A Most Wanted Man without the reminder of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death. The final two-hour performance (not counting his supporting role in the upcoming […]

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