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'Elemental' REVIEW: Formulaic but pretty new addition to Pixar's credits (Spoilers)
Movie review of Disney/Pixar's 2023 animated film "Elemental" starring Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, and Catherine O'Hara.
Madeline Dulabaum
Jun 25, 20238 min read
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'You Hurt My Feelings' REVIEW: Small worlds and big wins for Holofcener and Louis-Dreyfus (Spoilers)
You Hurt My Feelings marks Nicole Holofcener's return to writing and directing heavy-hitting smaller films centered around average people...
Madeline Dulabaum
May 29, 20235 min read
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'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' REVIEW: A film that stretches light-years
Imagine I tell you that I just got out of a movie where a villain goes to great lengths to retrieve missing intellectual property in the...
Madeline Dulabaum
May 28, 20237 min read
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'The Little Mermaid' REVIEW: Remake stands on its own two legs (Spoilers)
I had my title all ready to go if I really didn't like this movie: 'The Little Mermaid' REVIEW: The human world, it's a mess. Alas, it...
Madeline Dulabaum
May 27, 20239 min read
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'Book Club: The Next Chapter' REVIEW: Not all stories ~need~ chapters. . . (Spoilers)
In an unexpected start, the first few minutes of Book Club: The Next Chapter is spent watching Zoom calls as the four main characters...
Madeline Dulabaum
May 26, 20236 min read
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'Polite Society' REVIEW: This film packs a punch (Spoilers)
A tribute to sisterhood, particularly sisterhood among children of immigrants, Polite Society blends the emotional journey of the March...
Madeline Dulabaum
May 24, 20237 min read
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'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' REVIEW: It's-a Me-diocre (Spoilers)
The movie opens with Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day), two down-on-their-luck brothers trying to make a name for themselves as...
Madeline Dulabaum
Apr 27, 20237 min read
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'Renfield' REVIEW: It may have Dracula, but it doesn't suck! (Spoilers)
The newest flick to star the blood-sucking Count, directed by Chris McKay and written by Ryan Ridley and Robert Kirkman, delegates the...
Madeline Dulabaum
Apr 23, 20237 min read
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'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.' REVIEW: Prayers answered with this adaptation
Just as the titular character Margaret Simon asks God over and over again if her period will ever come, fans of the beloved Judy Blume...
Madeline Dulabaum
Apr 21, 20237 min read
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REVIEW: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Mild Spoilers)
Chris Pine (with teeth far too white and straight for this movie) leads the cast of 2023's latest fantasy adventure as Edgin, a former...
Madeline Dulabaum
Apr 8, 20235 min read
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Movie Review: Passengers (2016), or Titanic in Space!
~Four years after release~
Passengers' creative team: This ship can't sink!
Me: I assure you, she can.
Madeline Dulabaum
May 16, 20206 min read
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