Film Review
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Why the Light Fury is Infuriating (and Other Problems with How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)
Disclaimer: this review solely discusses the three main HTTYD movies and the information provided in them. It does not include things from the books, shows,…
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Kimi no Na wa
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost something and won’t ever be able to find it? That’s the feeling I had when I watched Kimi…
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Equals
With a wealth of sci-fi movies about the future, the trope of a society which suppresses the emotions of its citizens has become so frequent…
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The Wrath of Khan
“How do you feel, Jim?” Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…
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Mulan Takes The Bechdel Test
Did I love Disney princesses? Of course I did. We all did. Don’t even try to lie. Everyone is an 8-year-old at some point in…
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Anna Biller’s The Love Witch: A Feminist Approach to the Alternative Horror Genre
Anna Biller’s faux-1960s alternative horror film, The Love Witch (2016), follows the narcissistic and eyeshadow obsessed Elaine in her search for the perfect fairy-tale romance.…
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The Ship Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us: A Review of Passengers
This review contains spoilers! In the realm of inferior movies there is a special category reserved for movies that are unsatisfactory despite their captivating and…
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Arrival – A Case of Déjà vu
Walking into Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, I only knew a little about the movie. I knew that it was based…
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: A Charming New Chapter of the Wizarding World
Some people may understand I say that the first time I saw the commercial for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it felt very…
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A Step in the Right Direction: A Review of Disney’s “Moana”
We are slowly entering the age of the reinvention of Disney. Disney has boasted about including diversity in their films for a few years now,…
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