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The central character of Turning Red, Meilin Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), is a thirteen-year-old girl who loves math, is polite, enthusiastic, and obedient. Her family is of Chinese origin and every day, after school, she helps her mother Ming (Sandra Oh) organize a guided tour to the ancient family temple. Meilin enjoys cleaning and has a group of friends she
Read MoreMatt Reeves’ The Batman is one of my favorite movies that I’ve ever seen: point blank period. In a franchise with at least ten movies and a sub-genre as saturated as comic book movies, it’s hard to imagine reinventing the wheel to such a degree that The Batman achieves, but boy, do they ever achieve it. With a stunning visual style, unique take on a
Read MoreStar Trek: Picard season 2 is a love letter to fans that honors the 50 plus years of the source material while still creating a riveting and fresh story. Episode 201, “The Star Gazer,” is a shining example of why this show is now the science fiction crown jewel of Paramount Plus. The first episode of the season takes place a year or so
Read MoreAfter multiple difficulties with filming and delays involving the COVID-19 pandemic, The Batman will finally make its debut in theaters this coming Friday. The film, directed by Matt Reeves, stars Robert Pattinson as the titular character Batman, aka billionaire CEO Bruce Wayne. Usually, that sentence should be the other way around, but I’ll explain why it’s written that way in a moment. This film is set
Read MorePeacemaker has finally wrapped up with its season finale and I have to say: I am really happy with how this series turned out. The months between John Cena’s debut as the character in The Suicide Squad and his series’ premiere episodes were long and treacherous, but it lived up to expectations (and may have even exceeded them). [Warning: Spoilers for
Read MoreAfter the divisive season finale of the decades-long awaited The Book of Boba Fett series, key episodes have been a recurring topic across multiple social media platforms this past week. Many fans have spent time reveling in the glory of some surprise cameos, while other fans spent time debating the series’ flaws. I think it’s fair to say the season has
Read MoreDespite the campaign carried out at the time by Nathan Fillion who actually would have the closest physical resemblance to Nathan Drake, Uncharted preferred to rely on Tom Holland. The video game-based adventure film stars Holland, who is currently breaking box office records with Spider-Man: No Way Home, alongside Mark Wahlberg in the role of Victor “Sully” Sullivan, and Antonio Banderas
Read MoreThe season finale of The Book of Boba Fett is here, and it was not what I expected: but in a good way. I was very skeptical about how they would wrap the Disney+ show up. There were times it felt all over the place with long flashbacks, multiple cameos, and plenty of attention on Pedro Pascal’s Mandalorian throughout the last
Read MoreDeath on the Nile is the direct sequel to Murder on the Orient Express released in 2017, a film that proved to be a modest success at the time but enough to be considered the first step in the exploration of Agatha Christie’s cinematic universe. Below is my spoiler-free review of Death on The Nile directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh
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