The Greatest Showman:an original musical loosely based on the life of P.T. Barnum and his “abnormals assemble” crew. You have two choices with this film: enjoy it as a (very)lightweightpiece ofentertainment, or thumb through the catalogue of issues with its presentation as an actual ‘mo...
The former film, eternally iconic its expression of patriotic faith, is nonetheless couched in a fuming sense of corruption and the inherent awfulness of defying vested interests and plutocrats, building to scenes of plucky kids trying to help the hero and getting beaten up by goons for their...
The former film, eternally iconic its expression of patriotic faith, is nonetheless couched in a fuming sense of corruption and the inherent awfulness of defying vested interests and plutocrats, building to scenes of plucky kids trying to help the hero and getting beaten up by goons for their...
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The kids are homeschooled and all of them love the excitement of making a rocket and launching it. Our daughter won a $15 prize in a competition using these canisters to build her rocket. Lots of fun and learning for a low price! Melanie Was this review helpful? 0 0 ...
Sometimes it’s small, like Bruce Wayne just sitting there, quietly watching and waiting while Clark Kent yells at some kids who are bullying another kid in a playground at the beginning of “Batman/Superman.” But in some way that initial action encapsulates the big emotional journey the ...
Review (Disney Boy) It was with great anticipation and joy that I sat down to watch DC's latest animated film,Wonder Woman. For far too long, comicbookdom's original heroine has been left warming the bench as Batman, Superman and Spider-Man get to have all the animated and live-action...
OK, that’s just stupid for any kind of film. Then there is the whole matter of lassoing Godzilla with slow-moving destroyers; fine for an animated kids show, but ridiculous in anything this po-faced. Skikishima character is another problem, but of the same kind. He’s overdone. Yes,...
Plinkett of Red Letter Media in his Star Trek: Generations review.) Later, Murdock is confronted with "lights that are blinking out of sequence", a reference to the computer displays on the bridge of the Enterprise in TOS. Murdock orders "a complete file on everyone who's seen The Sound ...
“Cargo” becomes a metaphor for the world we’re leaving behind for our kids as much as a horror movie. However, it’s something of a muddled metaphor. I kept waiting for “Cargo” to feel like it had something more confidently to say, but it gets lost in the mid-section when meets...