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REview – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) | WCKD Irritating

I could not stand 2014’s The Maze Runner because I grew up on Young Adult novels and it felt as if it looked at the subject matter somewhat contemptuously. The Scorch Trials is as irritating, though in a slightly different way. It still looks at the YA genre somewhat contemptuously, but is so weirdly edited […]

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure – Teaser Trailer

I saw The Maze Runner in theaters, and DESPISED it.   It wasn’t a bad movie, was visually attractive and for the most part competently-made. So what’s the problem? I found it terribly insulting at times–the glade the characters were in was surrounded by a huge wall, but in the very same scene you see […]