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keijimuramoto
Jul 24, 20214 min read
A Musical Biopic Double Feature
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) As a relatively new fan of Queen and their music, I had high hopes for a Queen biopic given the fascinating life...
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keijimuramoto
Jul 8, 20212 min read
In My Life
Director Danny Boyle's Yesterday (2019) is a scary movie. While this film looks, sounds, and acts as a light-hearted fantasy musical...
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keijimuramoto
Jul 7, 20213 min read
Meh in Black
As a fan of the first Men in Black film from 1997, I was initially excited to see what an in-continuity spin-off of the franchise would...
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keijimuramoto
Jun 30, 20215 min read
'New' Little, 'New' Late
I still remember the date when I saw the first trailer for The New Mutants (2020), 20th Century Fox's final installment in its...
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keijimuramoto
Jun 17, 20216 min read
A Phoenix-Sized Disappointment
For clarification's sake, I don't hate Dark Phoenix (2019). Rather, I am frustrated by the number of times a specific storyline or...
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keijimuramoto
Jun 4, 20214 min read
De Vil Wears Prada
First things first, Cruella (2021) is not a live-action prequel to Disney's animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). Nor is...
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keijimuramoto
Dec 25, 20203 min read
O Christmas Train
What makes Robert Zemeckis' big-screen adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg's classic book The Polar Express (2004) a modern Christmas...
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keijimuramoto
Dec 22, 20204 min read
The Love Bug
In June of 2018, I watched the first trailer for Bumblebee (2018), the Transformers spin-off film, and my first impressions for the movie...
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keijimuramoto
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Disneyfication: The Movie 2.0
When the Glade candle commercial promoting The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) plays in front of said movie and is more magical...
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keijimuramoto
Nov 27, 20203 min read
A Heart-Warming Spectacle
As someone who wasn't a massive fan of the first Frozen (2013), I enjoyed Frozen II (2019) very much—maybe loved. The animation is much...
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keijimuramoto
Nov 24, 20205 min read
Dreams to Dream: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective on Tangled (2010)
When I watched the first teaser trailer for Tangled (2010), Walt Disney Animation Studios' 50th official film, I was not impressed. The...
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keijimuramoto
Nov 13, 20202 min read
In a League of Her Own
Brooklynn Prince is a genuine powerhouse of talent and personality. For her directorial debut in Colours (2019), a short film uploaded to...
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keijimuramoto
Nov 10, 20202 min read
The Magic Kingdom
MOONEE: You know why this is my favorite tree? JANCEY: Why? ...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 29, 20202 min read
It Came from Outer Space
Much like science-fiction classics like Blade Runner (1982), Alex Garland's Annihilation (2018) tests our minds' capacity to understand...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 22, 20207 min read
A Kind of Magic: A 20th Anniversary Retrospective on Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
I have always admired Thomas the Tank Engine since I was a toddler, for my parents would buy me countless Thomas toys (specifically, the...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Somewhere Out There
While relatively realistic and mature in terms of direction, writing, tone, visuals, and dialogue, I love The Journey of Natty Gann...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 8, 20203 min read
'Holmes' is Where the Heart Is
Millie Bobby Brown stole the show as Eleven in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things. In Netflix's original film Enola Holmes...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 5, 20203 min read
Gotta Dance
Cats Don't Dance (1997) is nearly perfect in every aspect as an animated movie musical from the 1990s. The protagonists are amiable,...
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keijimuramoto
Oct 1, 20202 min read
An American Tragedy
During times of political turbulence like these, knowing our country's painful history of racial suppression is necessary to sympathize...
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keijimuramoto
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Disneyfication: The Movie
Upon leaving the theater after watching A Wrinkle in Time (2018), another installment in Disney's visual effects-laden family flick...
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