In response to a swift and all too predictable wave of racist backlash from Star Wars “fans” dismayed by the idea of Black people existing in space, Disney has issued a statement supporting Obi-Wan...
Besides producing one of everyone’s favorite shows, The Simpsons, James L. Brooks’ work has remained quite prolific, but his projects have been sort of a blind spot for me, having only seen Broadcast...
Percy Jackson author Rick Riordan put ‘racist’ trolls on blast in a scathing statement following the online harassment of 12-year-old Leah Jeffries, a black actress, who was recently cast in...
Robert Eggers’ The Northman, a retelling of the medieval Scandinavian legend of Amleth, is a masterful tribute to the Viking era. Eggers recreates the world of the Vikings with painstaking attention...
Kung Fu Panda 3
The film begins with Master Oogway in the spirit world. Kai, an old friend of Oogway, who wants to become more powerful by taking the life force, or chi, from every Kung Fu master....
Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison.
— Hamlet, Act II, Scene II.
Overthinking is a plague to the senses when trying...
At the London premiere of The Northman in early April, the director, Robert Eggers, explained on stage how he was seeking to reclaim Viking history from rightwing groups. Many of these groups thrive on...
Finally, a watchable French film! Jacques Deray understands that the magic of genre mechanics comes from the actual mechanics, and not a bunch of people walking and talking. I’m not sure when the...
I’ve gotten very tired of the Michael Bay discourse, and being a a real fan of his sometimes means just stepping outside of all the debating and arguing, since the man himself seems to do that anyway....
Father Leone: What's on your mind?
Clark: I don't know where to start.
Father Leone: Wherever you want.
Clark: That ship that appeared last night, I'm the one they're looking for.
Father Leone:...
Since its founding in 1923, Disney has stood alone in Hollywood in one fundamental way: Its family-friendly movies, television shows and theme park rides, at least in theory, have always been aimed at...
Kung Fu Panda 2
This film was Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s directorial debut. For the first film, Nelson worked in the art department, directed the dream scenes, she was head of story and a supervisor for...
Rewatching Lethal Weapon for the first time made me consider where the line is between “seriousness” and silliness with movies. There are a lot of silly movies that we criticize for being silly,...
Bruce Willis used to be one of the absolute best, so it’s sad to hear the news of his illness and retirement. Seeing him power through these movies, running, fighting, shooting, and most of all joking...
Hans isn’t wrong when he says that the culture is bankrupt. But he is wrong in the assumption that culture is bankrupt because of its adherence to this masculine, “cowboy” archetype. In reality,...
Kung Fu Panda
Change Yourself, Change Your World
Kung Fu Panda was a turning point for Dreamworks, a studio which had historically created lackluster animated films. Kung Fu Panda is notably different...
Professor Kantorek: A lad who sat before me on these very benches, who gave up all to serve in the first year of the war. One of the iron youth who have made Germany invincible in the field! Look at...
Unlike The Matrix Reloaded, it’s a bit easier for me to understand the derision against this film, but I’m too forgiving of unbridled artistic sensibilities to really deduct points for technical...
Almost everyone hated the Matrix sequels a while ago, but now they’re enjoying some reclamation and reevaluation. Why did people dislike these so much initially? Also, isn’t it a shame that movies...
In a serene chapel, Father James sits with and consoles a woman who had just lost her husband in a fatal car accident.
Teresa: Have you performed the Last Rites many times?
Fr. James: Yes. Usually...
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