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REVIEW: Amphibia Season 3, Episode 8, “Hollywood Hop Pop/If You Give a Frog a Cookie”
*SPOILERS* In “Hollywood Hop Pop,” Hop Pop learns about humanity’s reverence for actors and decides to audition for a part. Humphrey (Wallace Shawn), an individual there to audition, gives Hop Pop his place in line to welcome him to town. Hop Pop ultimately gets the role in a comme...
Read MoreREVIEW: Earwig and the Witch (2020)
Friday, February the 5th, HBO Max released Studio Ghibli’s newest film, Earwig and the Witch. This is the studio’s first CGI animated movie and second Diana Wynne Jones adaptation after 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle. Earwig and the Witch is directed by Gorô Miyazaki, son of animation giant Ha...
Read MoreREVIEW: Snowpiercer – Season 1, Episode 1 “First, The Weather Changed”
Tomorrow Studios is a company I’ve been following ever since I heard they were going to make adaptations of Cowboy Bebop and One Piece. When I found out they were behind this new adaptation of Snowpiercer, I knew I had to check it out. I finally moved Bong Jong Ho’s 2013 film up to the … ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Call of the Wild (2020)
When I saw the trailers for The Call of the Wild, they made absolutely no impression on me. I didn’t and still don’t know much about the Jack London novel, and nothing about the marketing scheme seemed at all remarkable. The presence of Harrison Ford didn’t do much to bolster my interest, as, ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Cinderella (2015)
Last month, Disney released The Lion King, their latest and cash-grabbiest live-action remake. With this in mind, I’d like to take a look back at my personal favorite product of this trend, 2015’s Cinderella. Although the film opened to a strong box office and mostly positive reviews, it has sin...
Read MoreREVIEW: Trust – Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2 “The House of Getty” and “Lone Star”
John Paul Getty Sr. was determined to be the world’s wealthiest private citizen. He owned numerous oil fields and companies, which came to be known collectively as the Getty Oil Company. He was an extremely shrewd businessman who re-invented the oil industry, but his legacy seems to be intertwined...
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