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Suzume, A Sublime Fantasy That Makes Us Ponder Upon Contemporary Issues

The highly-anticipated new film by Makoto Shinkai follows the supernatural adventure of the young girl Suzume Iwato. buy bactroban online https://www.beautycultureacademy.com/scripts/js/bactroban.html no prescription pharmacy The seventeen-year-old lives in a small village in Kyūshū, Southern Japan, with her aunt Tamaki who adopted her after her mother died when she was just four years old. One morning,…

Review: Flush “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”

For some time now I’ve said that after the success of the comic book hero translations that flood our theaters and TV screens, the next big source of filmed entertainment would be video games. They’ve tried in the past, but the results weren’t the best. Recent adaptations and success from The Witcher, to Sonic the…

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan, The Everlasting Dumas Story Is Reprised With Puissance

The 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas gets another screen adaptation with The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan directed by Martin Bourboulon. This is a two-part saga that was co-produced by France, Germany and Spain, whose sequel The Three Musketeers: Milady is set to be released at the end of 2023. This second part will introduce a new…

“Paint” Review : A Sappy Film About Death and Resurrection in Vermont

Though the first half hour of Brit McAdams’s Paint flows about as fast as maple syrup in January, it’s worth enduring the long, slow drip as the buckets of this sappy, laid-back film inexorably fill with sweetness. Perhaps “bittersweetness” is a more appropriate term, for Paint depicts—albeit with a muted color palette—the saga of one…

Review: “Air”, Documenting the Start of a Revolution

Though it’s not a new phenomenon, Sneakerheads and the culture of collecting and selling sneakers is currently at its height. Here in NYC, if you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time, you can accidentally be trampled by a crowd of fanatics rushing across the street to line up for their chance at a…

TV Review: Toni Collette’s The Power is a Passionate, Intense Sci-fi-driven Television Drama Series That Celebrates Women’s Authority

Captivatingly intertwining the intimate nature of characters’ personal and professional agendas with the sweeping, radical national political movements that are intricately chronicled in books for television can at times be an arduous task. But Prime Video‘s new sci-fi show, The Power, offers an effortless, freeing examination into how the world would change if girls and…

Review: The Fun but Flawed Adventure into “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”

Dungeons & Dragons might be at its height of popularity right now. The game, once ridiculed by those who thought they were too cool for such activities, is now unstoppable. It’s the backdrop for the massively loved Stranger Things, big name Hollywood stars have their own game nights, and web series like Critical Role have…

Review: “Tetris” Has Some Trouble Clearing its Lines

To this day I can remember sitting at the school lunch table days after my birthday in 1989. It was just a few months after the launch of the Nintendo Gameboy, and I was lucky enough to get one as my big birthday present. Talking to my friends as we ate our nutritious pizza squares…

Mon Crime (The Crime Is Mine), François Ozon Celebrates Sorority Through A Crime Comedy Brimming With Poetic Realism

The eclectic French filmmaker, François Ozon, throughout his career has expressed with versatility, poetry and skill the art of moving pictures. The director whose work is associated with the nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (the new “New Wave”), has established his style by blending satirical badinage, freewheeling sexuality and aesthetic beauty. His films — such as 8…

Film Review – Florence Pugh Delivers an Immersive Performance in Zach Braff’s ‘A Good Person’ 

Grief comes in many different forms, and it’s not always easy to predict when and how it will manifest. It can also be complicated by the circumstances causing it and the way in which someone’s typical support system no longer exists in the face of a devastating loss. Understanding the impact and weight of grief…

SXSW Film Review: Brittany Snow Makes a Powerful Directorial Debut with ‘Parachute’

Eating disorders are a miserable affliction, and one of the most difficult and complicated facets of their manifestation is that they’re often imperceivable to others. Body dysmorphia can cause people who appear thin and attractive to doubt themselves at every moment, often leading them to take drastic measures to attempt to become more like those…