Category: Reviews
REVIEW: BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Satire is one of the most potent weapons in film. Using humor as a vehicle to deliver social commentary is oftentimes an effective way to convey a message. A recent example of this would be the brilliant 2017 film Get Out, where racism was put under a microscope and presented in a way that was at ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 7 “Keeper of the Spire”
“Mom? I’m four years older than her!” “I just saw the crow’s feet and assumed.” *Spoilers* In “Keeper of the Spire,” Adira tells Rapunzel that she needs to find a missing piece of the scroll concerning the rocks. Rapunzel and her friends head to the Spire, a mountain with a museum of...
Read MoreREVIEW: Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th is one of the seminal horror franchises, among the ranks of Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Unlike those three, however, Friday’s first film differs from the rest of the series. First off, let’s talk about the story. In the 1950’s a boy drowns...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episode 15 “Rivalry Weak”
“This is a whole new side of Granville. A very disturbing side.” *Spoilers* “Rivalry Weak” takes place during Rivalry Week, an annual spirit week of sorts when SFIT and the local art college, SFAI, prank one another. The heroes plan on stealing a statue of Lenore Shimamoto from the art schoo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Meg (2018)
Jaws doesn’t have to worry; The Meg won’t be unseating it from atop the shark movie heap anytime soon. Not that anyone expected it to, of course, but a little fun would’ve been nice. Unfortunately, The Meg is the type of movie where it’s abundantly clear no one involved in th...
Read MoreREVIEW: Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Inspired by 5 of A. A. Milne’s original Pooh stories, Winnie the Pooh was marketed as a nostalgic return of the beloved characters. Particularly memorable was a trailer emphasizing the use of traditional animation set to “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane. While the film wasn’t a huge box off...
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