Review: ‘Kong’ thrills and rumbles back on to the screen
Stop waiting for the summer to roll around. The most exciting blockbuster of the year is already here. “Kong: Skull Island” is the fifth movie since 1933 to feature the…
Ryan Bordow is a lifelong art enthusiast whose biggest passions include writing movies and writing about movies. He studied both film production and media analysis at Arizona State University. Visit his personal website sittinginthecinema.com for more of his thoughts on film. When he’s not writing, he enjoys the study of theology and philosophy, and traveling the world whenever he can afford it.
Stop waiting for the summer to roll around. The most exciting blockbuster of the year is already here. “Kong: Skull Island” is the fifth movie since 1933 to feature the…
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