Category: Fantasy
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“A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” (2025) Film Review-Taking a risk to love and trust again via fantastical, shared paths
Strangers in a crowd, exchanging glances, looking away, continually managing to run into each other then part ways, end up at the same diner, find they’ve rented the exact same vehicles, and are then made to travel together to learn once more whether they can both find genuine adoration and companionship again. This really does,…
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Ne Zha 2—The Chinese Blockbuster that you’ve probably never heard of
I hadn’t heard of it either until recently—and yet, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
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“Together”: Love Hurts, Sticks, and Sometimes Chainsaws
Michael Shanks’ Together is a queasy, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt body-horror trip that fuses love and terror in the most literal sense. Starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, this midnight gem twists Plato’s soulmate myth into a gory, darkly funny tale of codependency, cults, and chainsaws — equal parts romance and nightmare.
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“Superman” (2025) Film Review-Up, Up, and, sadly, mostly falls away
If I had truly wished to witness “Guardians of the Galaxy”, I would have stayed home to do so. Instead, I went to the IMAX and took in this newest incarnation of one of the most recognized and adapted superheroes in the DC Universe. **Sigh** Let me be clear here. I am NOT saying this…
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Weapons: Smartly Entertaining, Deeply Disturbing
At 2:17 a.m., every child in a third-grade class wakes up, leaves their home, and disappears into the darkness—except one. The next day, teacher Justine Gandy discovers that Alex Lily is the only student left, while the rest have vanished without a trace. Did Justine have something to do with it, or is a far…
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From Flags to Costumes—the Diversity in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Looking back at the representation of different cultures in the magical world of Harry Potter
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KPop Demon Hunters—A Battle of Heart and Soul
KPop Demon Hunters took social media by storm recently—is it truly as good as people have hyped it up to be?
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How To Train Your Dragon: An Endearing Story of Fortitude, Forgiveness, and Friendship
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.
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A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
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‘The Marvels’ is Actually One of the Best Marvel Movies, No Matter What the Critical Majority Says
This may be controversial… but ‘The Marvels’ is actually one of the best movies in the MCU. 10 reasons why ‘The Marvels’ killed it.