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In The Heights - A Movie Review
Finding your dream is difficult, but it is worth it. In The Heights is a 2021 film adaptation based on the musical of the same name. Taking place in a course of three days during a heatwave in New York City, residents dream about a new and better life. During this time, they learn an impactful lesson about the meaning of home.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Songs for a Sloth' is a Sweet Comedy About Grief and a Sloth Puppet
Songs for a Sloth is a sneaky little movie. Written and directed by Bradley Hasse, the film may appear to be an otherworldly comedy about Jack McBrayer as the voice of a sloth puppet. Secretly however, Songs for a Sloth is about grief and the odd ways grief manifests following a loss. In this case, Maxwell, played by Richard Hollman, has lost his father. Richard feels obligated to follow through on a strange aspect of his father’s life that he wasn’t aware of and his grief manifests in the form of a talking sloth.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
My Complicated Feelings on the Sailor Moon Eternal Movie
I never apologized so much than when my stepdaughter and I watched Sailor Moon Eternal. There was something about watching the two-part retelling of the Dark Moon Circus arc that felt so monumentally…rushed. Undercooked. Underdeveloped.
By Shamona Pretz5 years ago in Geeks
15 Best Quotes from The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019). Top Story - June 2021.
Zak, a 22-year-old man with Down Syndrome, lives in an aged-care facility because the state has nowhere else to send him. He's close with one of his carers, Eleanor, who discourages Zak's obsession with wrestling. When Zak escapes the facility, he meets up with Tyler, a fugitive, who becomes his mentor and friend. Together, the two train themselves to be fighters while fleeing Eleanor's pursuit - and the men after Tyler's money.
By Svetlana Sterlin5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'The Serpent' is 'The Room' of Action Movies
One thing I refuse to do in this review is dismiss Gia Skova because she is a model. That’s a desperately outmoded notion that all models are idiots, it was a jealous and uninspired stereotype when it was invented and it is far too simplistic and nasty to remain in our culture. I am not going to dismiss Gia Skova just because she used to be a model. I am going to judge her solely as a filmmaker and as a filmmaker, she’s… not a good filmmaker.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Akilla's Escape'
Saul Williams is a man with presence. The musician and poet carries himself with gravitas and credibility. The presence of Saul Williams, his aura of calm and cool is the most important aspect of the new movie Akilla’s Escape. Williams plays the lead role of a drug dealer looking to escape the business. He’s not conflicted about selling drugs, nor should he be, he sells weed, that least of dangerous of plants. No, Akilla wants out because marijuana has been legalized and he sees the writing on the wall, the government is too big of a competitor for him to maintain his profit margin. So, he’s going to get out.
By Sean Patrick5 years ago in Geeks
Hamilton Review
This review comes from my Letterboxd profile, where I review the movies I watch frequently. Yeah, I know, I'm basic. Honestly, that's a fair call at this point. Hamilton is one of my favorite musicals at this point, which would make me pretty basic. That being said, I really don't care at this point. This musical has been in my life for the better part of four years. I remember I had actually NEVER heard of Lin-Manuel Miranda until everyone got excited at his name being dropped as the writer for the music of Moana, and of course, after getting excited about that movie and loving the music, I decided to finally give this show a shot. I was one of those people that had absolutely no idea how a hip-hop musical about a founding father could be any good before listening to the soundtrack and finding myself completely captured by it. I bought the official book and kept it with me as I stayed backstage for my school's production of The Addams Family, skimming through it before the shows started. Looking back, this musical was one of the big sparks that kept my passion for musical theater strong. It wasn't the only spark (the first musical I ever acted in, Shrek Jr., and what is probably my favorite musical at this point because of how much I connect to it, Dear Evan Hansen, are also incredibly important to me), but it was probably one of the bigger ones, and I've loved Lin-Manuel Miranda ever since.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Geeks
The One and Only Ivan Review
This review, in which I gave this movie two stars, comes from my Letterboxd profile, where I review every movie I see. This is another one of those times where I actually don't feel like this movie quite deserves this low of a rating, but based on how I want to grade the film, I have no choice. The One and Only Ivan is, to me, the definition of a crowdpleasing film. It's a film that is made solely to bring audiences in and put a smile on their face for an hour and a half. In my opinion, there's nothing necessarily wrong with that in theory, heck, I've absolutely enjoyed crowdpleasers from time to time. Where I start having a problem with crowdpleasers is when their cliches and predictable character beats become so familiar that I just can't get invested in the particular way they're telling this story. It feels like the exact same kind of motivational crowdpleaser that people have been enticed with for decades -- a new animal comes into this circus, the main character is annoyed by this new animal but eventually befriends it, they realize they want to accomplish something bigger, and they work to achieve it. That's it. That's pretty much all this movie has to offer, which is a shame because the original novel actually sounds like a really heartwarming and potentially fascinating read. This just felt like the same old kind of animal escape film I've seen a dozen times.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Geeks
