Movie review
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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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The Magical Side Of The MCU: Doctor Strange’s Shift From The Page To The Screen
Spoiler Warning! You’ve never seen the magical side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) before, but after seeing Doctor Strange in theatres, I guarantee that…
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What Counts As ‘Good’ Sci-Fi? Looking At Don Hertzfeldt’s “World of Tomorrow”
I’ve been wondering what it is that makes a movie ‘good’ ever since this year’s Oscar winners were announced back in February. This isn’t because I…
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Pretty, but Pointless: A Review of The Huntsman: Winter’s War.
This post contains spoilers! Sometimes you want to watch a movie or read a book just to see how bad it’ll be, especially if it’s…
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Trying to Be Happy – Exploring the Issue of Humanness in “Swiss Army Man”
Human bodies are weird and gross. They are scary, and we are often ashamed of them. Our bodies can make us feel alone. However, our…
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Doing What’s Right: A Review of Captain America – Civil War
“No. You move.” Captain America: Civil War needed to be a lot of things. As the introduction of both Black Panther and a new Spider-Man…
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Broadening Cultural Horizons in Animation
Only recently has the movie industry begun to move away from making yet another adaptation of Shakespeare or a classical European fairytale such as “Cinderella”.…
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