Netflix’s Wednesday Review The Addams Family has seen a resurgence in pop culture recently with Illumination acquiring the rights to the iconic franchise, releasing The Addams Family and The Addams Family 2 in 2019 and 2021. The films sported less than positive reviews that worried fans of the classic films and comics that The Addams would …
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The Mayor’s Live At The Acropolis Delivers Rampaging Tracks and a Hell of a Good Time
Review of The Mayor’s Live At The Acropolis A follow-up to their Grammy-submitted and considered album There Will Be No Miracles Here, Live At The Acropolis is New York-based metal band The Mayor’s latest EP. Members Mike (Tyson) Abiuso, Kevin (Bacon) Otto, James (Bond) Ryan, and Joe (Pesci) Occhiuti have teamed up with Kill Iconic records …
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Strange World Makes History for Disney but was Barely Seen by or Heard of by Audiences
Strange World Review Following Encanto, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 61st animated feature, Strange World, had a lot to live up to. After the widespread success of Encanto as a vibrant musical and beautiful story, Disney fans were anticipating what was next. Despite initial excitement, it was soon clear Strange World wasn’t meant to ride the …
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Disenchanted Fails to Capture the Charm of the Original Film
Disenchanted Review In 2007, Disney’s unconventional fish-out-of-water fairytale film Enchanted soared its way into the hearts of fans with catchy songs, energetic performances, and an upheaval of overdone Disney tropes. Now, 15 years later, the original cast including Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Idina Menzel have reunited for Disenchanted, the highly-anticipated sequel …
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Season 6 of Big Mouth is All Over the Place, and That’s not Necessarily a Good Thing
Review of Season 6 of Big Mouth The raunchy, gross, and heartfelt Big Mouth is back on Netflix. After an emotionally volatile 5th season complete with the introduction of hate worms and love bugs as well as the release of the spin-off series Human Resources, season 6 is diving into an integral part of any growing, …
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Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” Illustrates Emotional Intensity but Delivers Musical Mediocrity
Review of Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” Swifties have been riled up since the announcement of “Midnights”, Taylor Swift’s 10th studio album. Swift also fueled the excitement with “Midnights Mayhem”, a series spanning across her social media accounts that featured her revealing a new title track out of the 13 songs on her latest project. Now, “Midnights” …
The School for Good and Evil Creates a Fantastical Atmosphere but Contains a Rushed, Oversaturated Story
Review of Netflix’s The School for Good and Evil Netflix’s latest fantasy thriller, The School for Good and Evil had a lot of expectations to live up to. Fans of the original book series by Soman Chainani were skeptical as most who have a previous attachment to a franchise are, hoping that the film version would …
Luckiest Girl Alive: The Book Changed my Life, The Film is an Insulting , Shallow Mess
Luckiest Girl Alive Review *Spoilers Below* *This review discusses sensitive topics that may be triggering to some readers. Over the summer, I decided I wanted to start reading again. Not that I hadn’t been reading for school and work, but the leisurely reading I engaged in as a kid slowly drifted into a forgotten activity …
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Blonde is Not Nearly as Cinematically Artistic as it May Claim-It’s Actually Quite Repulsive
Netflix’s Blonde Review Since her rise to fame in the early 50s, Marilyn Monroe has remained America’s most prominent sex symbol. From her luminous blonde hair to her memorable white dress that graced the screens in The Seven Year Itch, audiences, most notably men have not been able to get her out of their heads. Since her …
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Is Don’t Worry Darling’s Stellar Cast and Beautiful Cinematography Enough to Save it?
Don’t Worry Darling Movie Review After creating a modern teen classic with Booksmart, actress, and director, Olivia Wilde shifted her skillset to crafting a subversive, chilling, deconstructive psychological thriller…in theory. With the announcement of pop sensation Harry Styles as the male lead and the initial drop of the trailer last year, moviegoers were instantly entranced …
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Do Revenge Sets the Stage for Future Gen-Z Teen Movies to Come
Netflix’s Do Revenge Review The latest teen dark comedy to hit Netflix Do Revenge is a sunny, pastled conglomerate of cringeworthy writing, cliched tropes, and a rushed, contrived ending-that doesn’t mean it’s any less fun to watch. Combining the gen-z icon forces of Camila Mendes (Riverdale) and Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) along with a killer …
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If You Have to See One Show on Broadway This Year, See “The Kite Runner”
Broadway’s The Kite Runner Review When most people think of Broadway, they think of the glowing lights surrounding the rims of theaters. A crowded but quiet room that will soon erupt into energetic dance numbers accompanied by colorful, radiant costumes and of course, singing. Musicals have ruled Broadway for decades, and oftentimes, audiences forget the …
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