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REVIEW: Summer Wars (2009)
Mamoru Hosoda is one of the best anime directors working today. When I watch his films, I can understand the comparisons he gets to the great Hayao Miyazaki. His movies have a strong emotional core and oftentimes deal with family as the main theme. Of them all, Summer Wars is the movie to which I ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018)
Netflix should really be careful about what movies they greenlight. Continuing their series of romantic comedies in 2018 is Sierra Burgess is a Loser. The premise made me pause because I was scared that my immediate assumption about it would be correct: was this movie honestly going to tell me that...
Read MoreYou Should Be Watching: Extraordinary Tales (2015)
“Sometimes I think the only thing that kept me from you was my beating heart. Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend movies and TV series that deserve more recognition. This week we’re looking at Extraordinary Tales, an internationally produced anthology of Edgar Allan Poe ada...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Nun (2018)
Horror movies these days oftentimes rely too heavily on jump scares to tell their story effectively. Modern horror especially suffers from an oversaturation of these types of films. Back when The Conjuring came out, it became clear to a mainstream audience it was possible to mix in jump scares wit...
Read MoreREVIEW: Peppermint (2018)
After watching Peppermint, I made a new rule for myself: before getting excited for an upcoming action movie, I must close my eyes and remind myself it’s the current year (later years than this one won’t matter; let’s not pretend this problem will be getting better anytime soon). I...
Read MoreREVIEW: Zootopia (2016)
“Life isn’t some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true. So let it go.” Disney’s Zootopia went through a lot of versions and changes before making it to the big screen. Director Byron Howard (Bolt, Tangled) originally pitched six ...
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