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Joshua Terry is an award-winning film critic and photographer who has taught English composition for Weber State since 2016. He appeared on the KJZZ Movie Show from 2013-2016, and spent seven years as the weekly film critic for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. With degrees in Mass Communication and American Studies, he has worked simultaneously in local media and academia for more than fifteen years.
Dani Hatch was in the first graduating class of Film Studies students from Weber State. She does most of her work independently, which is featured on her YouTube channel and her blog. She currently works with students, and she is passionate about collaborating with others.
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Moody ‘Hamnet’ offers a possible view into Shakespeare’s backstory
"Hamnet" - 3 1/2 stars out of 4 When I type "Hamnet" into my computer, the little red line appears, because it thinks I should be writing "Hamlet" instead. But according to the title card of Chloe Zhao's "Hamnet," the names were considered interchangeable in...
O’Connor performance highlights Johnson’s third ‘Knives Out’ mystery
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Frasier delivers a winner with heartfelt ‘Rental Family’
Rental Family (4 stars out of 4) Hikari's "Rental Family" is the kind of movie that makes me grateful to be a movie critic. "Rental Family" tells the story of a struggling American actor who is forced to reevaluate his life when an unconventional job challenges his...
Moody ‘Hamnet’ offers a possible view into Shakespeare’s backstory
"Hamnet" - 3 1/2 stars out of 4 When I type "Hamnet" into my computer, the little red line appears, because it thinks I should be writing "Hamlet" instead. But according to the title card of Chloe Zhao's "Hamnet," the names were considered interchangeable in...
O’Connor performance highlights Johnson’s third ‘Knives Out’ mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (3 stars out of 4) Starting with 2019's "Knives Out," director Rian Johnson's series of murder mysteries have taken on a sequence of safe targets. The first movie pointed the finger at the wealthy entrenched aristocracy, where...
Frasier delivers a winner with heartfelt ‘Rental Family’
Rental Family (4 stars out of 4) Hikari's "Rental Family" is the kind of movie that makes me grateful to be a movie critic. "Rental Family" tells the story of a struggling American actor who is forced to reevaluate his life when an unconventional job challenges his...