From pages to screen, how do Jane Austen’s classics hold up? PHOTO CREDIT: Yale Daily News While 2020 was a particularly sparse year for movies, a few still managed to make their way into theaters before COVID shut everything down. One of the movies I found particularly surprising and enjoyable was the Jane Austen adaptation…
How fictional female characters define dynamic duo friendships. Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor While I’ve exclusively reviewed films that are currently out in cinemas, I’ve decided to make a special exception this time and review a classic, so to change things up but more importantly because March is Women’s History Month. “Thelma and…
Michelle Yeoh makes history as the first Asian woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress in her performance for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Michelle Yeoh is probably one of my favorite Asian actresses. As an Asian American, I love seeing Asian women in the TV and…
How Disney has defined 2010’s and 2020’s through their live-action remakes. PHOTO CREDIT: metacritic.com In the same way that Disney’s animated films defined the 1900’s, and especially the 1990’s and the way that Pixar’s CGI films defined the 2000’s, Disney’s live action remakes are quickly defining the 2010’s and 2020’s. However, while films like “Snow…
Wattpad shaping expectation, while setting a standard of storytelling. PHOTO CREDIT: Wattpad One of the most foundational, defining facts about me is that I was obsessed with Wattpad, an online storytelling platform where anyone can publish their writing, when I was younger. Did it severely, negatively impact the way I looked at love, intimacy and…
Latest installment falls flat PHOTO CREDIT: screammovie.com With 2022’s “Scream” being an unsurprising success both financially and critically, no one was surprised to hear that a sequel was in the works. Just as I am sure that no one is surprised to hear that “Scream 7” has already been confirmed. But where do you take…
Outer Banks season three stays true to its roots in drama. PHOTO CREDIT: The News House Season 3 of the popular Netflix show “Outer Banks” was released on Friday, Feb. 24 and I watched the whole thing in the span of 72 hours. This season had 10 action-packed episodes, picking up one month after where…
Rewatch: Mulan: PHOTO CREDIT: Disney Plus Mulan is my favorite Disney Princess and my all time favorite Disney movie. I love both the animated and live action versions, but I prefer the animated one because of Mushu. Mulan is one of the most powerful and coolest princesses in Disney, and her storyline is so interesting….
“Everything Everywhere all at once” was an experience which should not be missed. PHOTO CREDIT: IMDB Taxes, karate, bagels, googly eyes, hot dog fingers. What do these things have in common? Absolutely nothing. And nothing is what the film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is all about. Directed by duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,…
New to the Marvel universe, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is ‘perfectly average.’ PHOTO CREDIT: Entertainment Weekly The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest blockbuster, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was the introduction of one of the franchise’s most interesting villains: Kang the Conqueror. Before getting into this review, let it be understood that in my opinion,…