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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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Jul 24, 20214 min read
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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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Jul 9, 20212 min read
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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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Jul 8, 20213 min read
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'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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Jul 1, 20215 min read
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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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Jun 18, 20216 min read
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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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Jun 5, 20214 min read
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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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Dec 25, 20203 min read
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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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Dec 22, 20204 min read
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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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Dec 1, 20203 min read
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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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Nov 27, 20203 min read
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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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Nov 24, 20205 min read
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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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Nov 13, 20202 min read
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The Magic Kingdom
MOONEE: You know why this is my favorite tree? JANCEY: Why? ...
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Nov 10, 20202 min read
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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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Oct 30, 20202 min read
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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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Oct 23, 20207 min read
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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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Oct 16, 20203 min read
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'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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Oct 9, 20203 min read
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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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Oct 6, 20203 min read
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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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Oct 2, 20202 min read
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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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Sep 25, 20202 min read
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