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The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

The independent student news site of San Marcos, California

The Cougar Chronicle

All content by Fran Partlett

REVIEW: Where the ‘What If’ game falls flat: Maniac

Fran Partlett, Film Analyst December 7, 2018

If you’ve ever seen World on a Wire, you’ve seen Maniac.   Netflix’s highly anticipated series, loosely based on Espen Lervaag’s Norweigan show of the same name, has plenty of nods to...

Review: Adoption documentary highlights current migrant separation issue

Fran Partlett, Film Analyst November 29, 2018

Approved For Adoption (Couleur de peau: miel), a 2012 French-Belgian-Korean animation based on Jung Sik-jun’s cartoon autobiographical novel, is the fish you never reel out of the water.   The...

The original Netfl ix horror series premiered on Oct.12.

Hollywood lacks creativity, needs improvement

Fran Partlett, Film Analyst November 7, 2018

Let’s talk about Halloween. Let’s talk about real fear, hm?   As we approach the end of hearing ‘spooky scary skeletons’ blast from everyone’s Instagram feeds, we can take a moment...

Resistance is Life offers Western perspective and the reality of war

Fran Partlett, Film Analyst October 13, 2018

There’s something so visceral about a documentary, isn’t there? With Apo W. Bazidi’s Resistance is Life (shown in the USU Ballroom Sept. 25), I am presented a documentary that offers a reflective...

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