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The Lion King (2019) – Film Review

You either hate them or love them, but the Disney live action film remakes are here to stay, and Jon Favreau’s 2019 adaptation of The Lion King is the newest in the bunch. Simba (voice of JD McCrary and Donald Glover) idolizes his father, King Mufasa (voice of James Earl Jones), and takes to heart his own royal…

  • 2026

The Farewell – Film Review

Billi (Awkwafina) and her family return to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen) — the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live. Concepts like these are always heavily intriguing to me, because they are wholly…

  • 2026

Crawl – Film Review

Alexandre Aja’s latest film Crawl is a delightfully entertaining creature feature that boasts a terrific performance from Kaya Scodelario and truly great tension. When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, young Haley Keller (Kaya Scodelario) ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father, Dave (Barry Pepper). After finding him gravely injured in their family…

  • 2026

Midsommar – Film Review

Ari Aster is a filmmaker that should be celebrated for decades to come, especially because he is someone who is not afraid to take risks when it comes to crafting his art. Instead of following the traditional filmmaking techniques that many other filmmakers use, Aster uses his own methods in an effort to create something…

  • 2026

Yesterday – Film Review

Highly acclaimed director Danny Boyle teams up with screenwriter Richard Curtis on their latest film Yesterday – an amusing although somewhat underwhelming picture. Musician Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) wants to make it big in the music industry and become the next big sensation with the help of his lifelong manager Ellie Appleton (Lily James) but it…

  • 2026

Spider-Man: Far From Home – Film Review

To say that the twenty-third installment in the long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man: Far From Home had some pretty big shoes to fill after the masterpiece that was Avengers: Endgame would be a massive understatement. Many fans all around the world were worried that Far From Home would be too similar to 2017’s Homecoming in that it would feel too small in scale…

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