by: Amanda Guarragi Trolls World Tour is a colourful and heartfelt sequel, which brings Queen Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) back together to discover the history of the Trolls Kingdom. They discover that there are six troll scribes that are scattered around the kingdom, devoted to six different genres of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom) from the … Continue reading Trolls World Tour Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Hunters on Amazon Prime is a drama web television series that will leave you speechless. Executive Producer Jordan Peele and series creator David Weil take the audience on a brutal journey involving Nazi Hunters. Everything about this show is relevant to current day politics, while still educating people on the hardships Jewish people went through in World War 2/Post WW2. Hunters takes place in … Continue reading Hunters TV: History Repeats Itself
By: Amanda Guarragi Onward the magical tale of two teenage elf brothers, Ian (Tom Holland) and Barley (Chris Pratt) Lightfoot, who embark on a journey to see if there is any magic left in their city, all while spending one last day with their late father. Ian finds out he has magical powers (like his father) and uses his father’s staff and a magical stone, to … Continue reading Onward Review
By: Amanda Guarragi “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” – Jane Austen The first line in the novel is also presented at the beginning of the film adaptation of Emma, which … Continue reading Emma (2020) Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Alive is written and directed by Jimmy Olsson, which was supposed to premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The short film is about a disabled woman named Viktoria (Eva Johansson), who yearns for intimacy. Her assistant Ida (Madeleine Martin) helps her by making her a Tinder profile, hoping it would raise her spirits. The concept of the film is something unique and … Continue reading CIFF Short Film: Alive Review
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