Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 provides an amazing new look on Bo Peep (she is my favorite character in this film), an update of the Toy Story animation, and another insight on what it means to love others more than you love yourself.

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Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

In Pacific Rim (2013), the Kaiju arise from The Breach, a crevice in the Pacific Ocean, and lay waste to coastal cities like San Francisco and Tokyo. Nobody knows who they are or where they came from or what they want (and neither does the audience by time the credits roll), but everyone realizes that this isn’t pest control—this is extermination…

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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Most of the plot and dialogue are transposed from the 1991 animated version. For everyone who fell in love with the “tale as old as time,” they can find comfort in familiarity. But it’s a mistake to expect Disney to deviate from the formula that made Beauty and the Beast the first animated feature ever nominated for Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards…

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Interstellar

Interstellar

Nolan certainly pays homage to space travel productions before him like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but the film explores both the beauty and peril of outer space with an artistry that I have not witnessed before…

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them takes a step back in time and across the pond to New York City in 1926. Newt Scamander, an avid Magizoologist, is in the midst of compiling a book collection about magical creatures…

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

But like I said before, Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of the few films that I’m willing to overlook its many negatives and purely enjoy the positives. It’s a fast-paced, thrilling adventure with spectacular stunts and action sequences…

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Finding Dory

Finding Dory

Unlike some of Pixar’s previous attempts, Finding Dory (2016) manages to stay true to its original predecessor. While I’m not rushing to place it among Pixar’s elite, it is a strong movie with a powerful message…

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