When I heard that Disney was making a movie based on The Nutcracker, I was a little worried. I’m no expert on the original story, but I’ve seen the ballet in person, and I willingly admit that I might still occasionally watch Barbie in the Nutcracker at Christmastime. Disney is my favorite thing...
Read MoreGrowing up is hard. As a teenager, emotions can be difficult to deal with; you’re trying to find your place in the world, and that can seem impossible at times. Maybe that’s why I appreciated Mid90s so much. It’s a movie that doesn’t bother telling some grand story, but ins...
Read MoreBig Mouth’s second season premiered earlier this month on Netflix, and at first I wasn’t sure if I was going to watch it. I thought season one was alright; I hated the animation style and, for the most part, the humor didn’t do much for me, but they did broach some difficult topics, and some &...
Read More“Do you know why Icarus plunged to his doom?” “Because he flew too high.” “Because he needed better wings.” *Spoilers* “Countdown to Catastrophe” begins with Hiro and Baymax fighting Globby; their fight is interrupted when Baymax tells Hiro he has a meeting with Granville he has to g...
Read MoreBenedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman can take all the vacation time they need because we’ve just gotten our first glimpse of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as perhaps literature’s most celebrated dynamic duo in the Holmes & Watson trailer. Directed by Etan Cohen (of Ferrell’s Get Hard)...
Read More“It’s not how big your feet are, it’s how big your heart is. And you are going to be awesome.” *Spoilers* In “Steamer’s Wall,” the story is set in motion by a wall Hiro has put together with clues and evidence relating to Obake, and a similar wall Fred has done for Wasabi...
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