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REVIEW: The Wind Rises (2013)
The Wind Rises is in the later batch of Studio Ghibli movies I never saw for one reason or another. I was always curious about this one because it’s actually based on a true story, that being the life of Jiro Horikoshi, engineer of the Mitsubishi A6M “Zero” fighter. The Wind Rises ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 14, “War-Mantle”
*SPOILERS* “War-Mantle” shakes things up right out of the gate by opening on a chase sequence on the planet Daro. A Clone Trooper is being hunted by a battalion of Stormtroopers and is ultimately captured. Later, Hunter and the Batch receive a transmission from Rex, asking them to help h...
Read MoreIn the Heights Star Leslie Grace Cast as Batgirl
Deadline reports that Warner Bros. and DC films have cast Leslie Grace as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in her solo movie. Grace made waves as Nina Rosario in the film adaptation of In the Heights last month, and this could be just the role to push her into the mainstream. The film is set to be an …...
Read MoreA Word in Defense of Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lately, I’ve grown increasingly tired of something that seems utterly inescapable. It’s been heading in this direction for quite some time, but I’m exhausted by the constant barrage of film criticism that evaluates art in solely political terms. Both “sides” do this, an...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 6, “Decommissioned”
The Bad Batch had a particularly strong start, immediately followed by a couple of decent filler episodes. Let’s see if “Decommissioned” can kick things back into high gear. *SPOILERS* “Decommissioned” finds Echo training Omega with a bow and arrow while Cid’s associates make bets on her...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 5, “Rampage”
*SPOILERS* In “Rampage,” episode 5 of The Bad Batch, our titular weirdos find themselves reduced to accepting mercenary work. Echo tells the others he knows where they can find Cid, an old Jedi informant who may be able to help them. They find Cid’s shop, but the proprietor denies ...
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