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Nov 21 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
The cultural impact of 2013’s Frozen still resonates six years after its release. Children can be seen dressed up as the film’s heroic sisters on Halloween; its insta-hit song “Let It Go” is performed...
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Oct 18 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
To be honest, 2014’s Maleficent was off-putting to me, but not in a bad way; that it made me feel uncomfortable was one of the film’s strong points. Here was a movie which had the balls to make its bones with metaphors for...
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Mar 28 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
What happens when you take all the magic and fun out of a children’s movie? If you’ve ever wanted to experience the answer to that, look no further than the live-action remake of Dumbo, which is fake to its very core, from...
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Nov 19 |
INTERVIEWS, MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
On November 7, 2018, I sat down with directors Phil Johnston and Rich Moore to talk about their new film, Ralph Breaks The internet, a sequel to 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph. Also sitting down with us were Leslie Combemale of...
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Nov 19 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
(News broke of Stan Lee’s passing as I sat down to write this. RIP, good sir. “Excelsior” forever and always.) Revisiting 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph prior to viewing its sequel Ralph Breaks The Internet (in theaters November...
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Aug 2 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
We’ve seen the themes of Christopher Robin before in countless films about parents who just don’t have the time – or the soul – to share with their families. They’re breaking their backs at work, tasked with important...
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Mar 8 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
Director Ava DuVernay’s adapation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time can be likened to a Maypole. At its center is a very solid adventure featuring two loveable, precocious children looking for their father under the...
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Jun 15 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with No Comments
Not gonna lie: Cars 3 caught me off-guard with how unexpectedly touching some parts of it could be. But in that same not-gonna-lie vein, it’s almost a total rehash of the first film, from the opening “Speed… I am...
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Dec 31 |
COMMENTARY |
Michael Parsons |
with No Comments
Jon Favreau has his passion projects, and then he has his passion projects. Take his last film, “Chef”, a fairly light under-the-radar dramedy with the writer/director in the starring role as a sought after culinary wizard...
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Dec 9 |
MOVIE REVIEWS |
Eddie Pasa |
with 1 Comment
There’s a running theme throughout all of the latter-day Walt Disney Animation Studios films which binds them all together: empowerment, be it of the female variety, the disenfranchised, or the shunned. Moana is no different,...
