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Review: Project Hail Mary – If Pixar was Live-Action
Project Hail Mary came out earlier this year and quickly proved that Hollywood can make good stories, given they actually have the dedication to do so. Starring Ryan Gosling, Project Hail Mary follows Dr. Grace, a 6th-grade science teacher who is chosen by the government to help figure out what is eating the sun. He... Continue Reading →
Review: Christopher Nolan’s Adaptation of The Odessey…I Have Questions.
One of the biggest movies that is supposed to come out this year is Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odessey, the classic Greek epic that we (hopefully) all had to read in middle/high school. Unfortunately, however, the trailer for this is already making me want to hate watch the movie because it already looks terrible.... Continue Reading →
Review: BBC Adaptations of Jane Austen are Everywhere.
By everywhere, I mean that they range from being amazing, super period accurate, and (for the most part) true to the book, or they are cringe and almost unwatchable. When I was on winter break back in December, Mom and I decided that it was a good time to binge watch the BBC adaptations of... Continue Reading →
Review: The Anaconda Remake…the Heck did I Just Watch? (Spoilers)
For those of you who didn't know, the 1997 movie Anaconda got a reboot last year starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd. Why this was necessary given the hilarious absurdity of the original movie, I don't know, but it's a thing. It's obviously supposed to be a comedy paying homage to the original by making... Continue Reading →
Review: The Space Trilogy is an Interesting Look at How Temptation Works…(Spoilers)
Maybe I'm writing this a little prematurely since I'm only halfway through C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy, but I needed something to write about this week, so here we are. For those of you who didn't know, The Space Trilogy is a series that C.S. Lewis wrote after coming to an agreement with Tolkien that science... Continue Reading →
Blog/Review: Contemporary Stories are Failing Kids (And Adults)
One of the little-known facts about J.R.R. Tolkien was that he absolutely despised Disney. So great was his hatred of Disney that he described it as "vulgar," said that Walt Disney was "a cheat," and even said that, at times, the animation gave him nausea. The reason for this wasn't because he had an arbitrary... Continue Reading →
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