movie reviews
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Previously known as Let the Credits Roll, this is a semi-monthly feature in which I discuss the movies I’ve seen recently. Because I watched six (well, six and three quarters… I’ll explain later) movies in January, I figured now’s as a time as any to take a look back at them. Most of these movies
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Okay, so Promare isn’t technically my first experience with anime. I did grow up on Pokémon after all. I’ve also watched a few episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena. But this is the first anime production I’ve seen in full, so I say it counts. The only reason I went to see this movie is because
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The Lion King (1994) is the greatest movie of all time. I’m not being facetious— I genuinely believe it is a perfect film. I used to watch it on repeat when I was little, a story my father still regales us with over two decades later. At 26, I still regard it as my favorite
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So, it’s been a minute since I’ve last posted. Where have I been? Well, about two weeks ago I broke my ankle. Despite not needing my ankle to write, I just haven’t felt up to it. I’ve been pretty down (especially since I was supposed to go to a music festival this past weekend) and
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Daily Inkling is a meme run by Normal Happenings in which they post a new prompt every day. It’s a good way to help your readers get to know you a little better. What is a work of art (book, film, video game, written work, visual art, etc) that you liked when you were younger,
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You guys may not know this about me, but I keep a list of movies I want to watch. The problem is I watch movies so rarely that list just keeps growing. On the rare occasion I do knock a movie off the list, I just wind up adding two more in its place. It’s
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Out of all my lists, I’d say that this and my Worst Albums of 2018 are my most controversial. How can a best list cause controversy? Because, as someone who knows little about film, I tend to prefer movies experts either call guilty pleasures or outright hate. And the most frustrating part? My uneducated opinion
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I’ve been very transparent about the fact that I’m not well-versed in cinematography. I don’t know a lot about film theory. This stuff just isn’t my forte. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell a good movie from a bad one. I know what bad acting looks like. I took theater for a year. But,
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