Writing about writing and reading
It's been a long while since I watched a kids movie, and it seems they've improved quite a bit during that time. Not only was the animation amazing and lovely to look at, but the ideas were thought provoking, interesting, and somewhat unsettling, even for me seeing it as an adult. The story of Inside Out follows …
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I am sick to death of super hero movies, which is one of the reasons I went to see Deadpool. Cause I'd heard it kinda takes the piss out of them. It does! But... it also is a super hero movie itself, enough so that the people who love super hero movies will still love …
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I'm not usually very interested in war movies. In fact war is the least interesting genre of any entertainment to me. But AV Club had this movie near the top of their best of 2015 list, so I checked it out on a whim. Phoenix is about a woman who escaped from a concentration camp …
I saw this family fun holiday film last week, and had a great time. I wasn't scared, I wasn't creeped out really, but it was a surprisingly well crafted movie, and I suspect it will be watched on the holidays by weirdos around the world for years to come. For whatever reason there have been …
I saw it. I had my doubts. After the prequels, we all did. After hearing it was sold to Disney, I got a bit excited, but then Abrams made 'Into Darkness' and... well, we know how that one went. I feared a senseless, impossible to follow plot. I feared endless battle and fight scenes that …
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Jonas David 