“Life is a winking light in the darkness.”
- Hayao Miyazaki
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023
James Gunn's singular vision of retro sci-fi, devilishly black humour, and pathos-filled character work all scored to his personal mixtapes has been the one thing to emerge from the MCU machine that truly excites me. I still remember seeing the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie in a packed theatre, and the giant grin that broke across my face when the title dropped to "Come and Get Your Love". With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, I feel that the…
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014
Like all great fantasy and science fiction, How To Train Your Dragon 2 uses the edges of imaginative worldbuilding to convey themes that are grounded in the here and now. Toothless and Hiccup's journey for pacifism, environmentalism and mutual-aid was needed in 2014 and nine years later, it has only become more relevant to the struggles we all face. This humanist messaging elevates the movie to the same profound stratosphere that Hiyao Miyazaki explores with his output, proving that "kids…
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The Red Pill 2016
In my humble opinion, there's two lens's through which we can critique a documentary; its presentation, and its actually content. The Red Pill is a documentary that fails in both categories.
On a purely technical level, TRP is a total snooze. Director Cassie Jaye uses a monotone voice over and repetitive, staged feeling video diaries to move her narrative forward and the result is a poorly paced mess that bores almost immediately. Metaphors are hammered at you with all the…
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Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
Mad Max Fury Road was my introduction to the Mad Max franchise when I caught it on a whim 7 years ago in theatres (I actually double featured it with Inside Out - oh what a beautiful day). Revisiting it all these years later is pretty mind blowing, and only deepened by all the context added by watching the prior entries. Building on what came before while still being perfectly accessible to newcomers, Fury Road feels like a culmination of…
