Writing about writing and reading
If you go to this movie expecting to see laser fights and explosions and space battles, you will be disappointed. If you want creepy aliens and jump-scares you will also be disappointed. But if you're after a movie that puts a lot of thought into the story, the science and the characters, then you will …
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I saw the new Harry Potter universe movie over the weekend, and although I'm not a big Harry Potter fan, my wife is, and she was literally asleep next to me in the theater. The problem with this movie is a lack of consequence. The characters, though likable, are not in any danger for over …
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Remember when the big movies coming out that everyone was excited about weren't remakes, or reboots, or based on a comic book or video game or brand name or fairy tale or popular book series? Well, maybe this is 80's nostalgia after all... Stranger Things not only has the refreshing attribute of being something new, despite …
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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Jonas David 