Tag: Adventure
REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
In film discourse, you hear a lot about creativity and the overuse of certain tropes and plot points. However, it’s always interested me that a lot of the most famous and beloved movies contain these tropes and archetypes, and are even celebrated for them. As for me, some of my favorite movies...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 17 “The Core Problem”
*SPOILERS* In “The Core Problem,” Yeager finds Kaz trying to build a transmitter to send messages to the Resistance. He fails just as Poe shows up to collect BB-8 for his mission to Jakku. Kaz fills Poe in on all the intel he’s gathered. Intrigued, Poe decides to investigate with Kaz befor...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Dragon Prince – Book 2: Sky (2019)
On Friday, Netflix dropped season two of their hit original animated series The Dragon Prince. I was initially interested in The Dragon Prince because of the involvement of Aaron Ehasz and Giancarlo Volpe, the head writer and producer, respectively, of Avatar: the Last Airbender. Book 1: Moon of The...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 7 “Deflectors”
After taking a week off (during sweeps!), The Orville returns this week with “Deflectors,” which begins as another relationship episode – which, despite the excellent “A Happy Refrain,” gave me some consternation – but becomes something much more interesting. Talla takes center stage, li...
Read MoreFor the First Time in Forever, Disney Releases Frozen 2 Teaser Trailer
This morning, Disney released the first teaser for Frozen 2 to various social media platforms. Fans have been clamoring for details on the highly-anticipated sequel since March 15, 2015, when the production was announced at a Disney shareholder meeting. You can see the trailer here: Personally, I’...
Read MoreYou Should be Watching: Captain Horatio Hornblower, R. N. (1951)
Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, the home of forgotten and underappreciated movies and series. This week, we’re sailing the high seas with Gregory Peck in 1951’s Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N. The Hornblower character originated from several novels by C. S. Forester published between 19...
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