movies
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Picture this: you’re dating a superhero. You two are madly in love and see eye-to-eye on everything. You’d do anything for each other. Then one day a supervillain comes to town that’s a little savvier than your partner’s usual foes. They’re proving hard to beat and your partner is getting worried. You see, this supervillain…
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It’s Wednesday, my dudes! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! That means it’s time for Top 5 Wednesday! This week’s topic is in honor of April Fool’s Day (albeit a few days late) and is about your top five favorite jokesters, pranksters, and funny characters. As someone who is occasionally funny, I like funny characters. However, I can’t limit myself…
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I haven’t addressed this before (mostly because it just recently became true), but Heathers is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s a film dripping with black comedy, all to deliver social commentary on the average American high school. Over the years, it’s become a cult classic. This isn’t just because it’s funny…
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Even though I posted yesterday, I still want to say sorry for being AWOL. I mean, I skipped a whole week of posting. Why? Because I didn’t feel motivated and didn’t have anything new to say. But this week I’m feeling back up to posting and I’m continuing with Top 5 Wednesday. This week’s topic…
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Imagine you’re a monster— vampire, witch, werewolf, it doesn’t matter what. Imagine this is your life, either the only one you’ve ever known or one you’ve lived long enough that’s it’s all you really remember. Imagine the way you’d look at the world, the morals you’d have. They’d probably be a very different set than…
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One of the most overused tropes in young adult fantasy is the lost princess/queen trope. And yet, no matter how many times I read it, I never get sick of it. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s the lasting impression Anastasia, one of my childhood favorites, left on me. Maybe it’s part of that deep…
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Despite my track record of starting series for this blog and then barely keeping up with them, I’ve decided to start a new one. In this new series, I’m discussing the basis of every story: tropes. A trope, for anyone unfamiliar, is a commonly used theme or device in literature, film, and television. This includes…
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While I majored in creative writing, I took a lot of literature classes. This isn’t just because the courses are similar and I love to read— it’s because I love to analyze things. From books to movies to television, I love dissecting characters and their stories. I love picking apart symbolism. I love digging into…
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One morning many months ago, I woke up and did what I usually do: scroll passively through my Twitter feed. As I swam through boredom, hitting the retweet button every once in a while, a video came across my timeline that intrigued me. It was the trailer for The Greatest Showman. It was everything I…
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