Property of Netflix Welcome back! Last time, I broke down the first ten episodes of LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS, Netflix’s hot new anthology series. Each episode presents different ideas, concepts, and themes ranging from the philosophical to the metaphysical. If you haven’t read that yet, click here. Then once you’re done with that come back… Continue reading LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: An Analysis of Every Episode (Part Two) – Learning with Pop Culture
Property of Netflix LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS is an anthology series that features short animated films directed by multiple people and produced by multiple animation studios. Most episodes tackle a wide range of varying issues, topics, concepts, and ideas, while some are just genuine love letters to the genre that is animation. Regardless, every single… Continue reading LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: An Analysis of Every Episode (Part One) – Learning with Pop Culture
The world loves horror movies. God bless them, I say. When they’re good, we get treated to an enthralling story that just might even give us a decent scare here and there. The better of the batch allows us to escape into a world of suspense and often times, even mystery. And when they’re bad…… Continue reading 10 Horror Films Coming in 2019
Property of Marvel Studios Marvel dropped the new trailer for Avengers: Endgame and it set the internet on fire. The Superbowl trailer that dropped last month was reportedly from the first 20 minutes of the film and showed the Avengers right after the snap, dealing with their failure and how the snappening changed the world.… Continue reading 10 Details from the Avengers: Endgame Trailer
Property of Viva Films THIS POST WILL HAVE SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE I can’t remember the last time I watched a movie that had me asking “What?” every ten minutes up ‘til the very end and even after I left the theater. Ulan is a strange yet curious tale that speaks of love and loss… Continue reading ULAN (2019) Review
Disney has been on a trend in recent years with the live-action remakes of their more classic films like Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and now Aladdin. I was just as excited as everyone else when the new Aladdin trailer dropped the other month because I enjoyed The Jungle Book. But the last thing we all expected to see was a swole Smurf with Will Smith's face awkwardly plastered right on it. It was unnerving, to say the least, and netizens were quick to voice out their revulsion through internet memes. Now, you've probably asked yourself, "Why does Will Smith's genie freak me out so much?" Well, it's because of a little concept called the Uncanny Valley.
The film religiously follows the MCU formula, a formula that has worked for the franchise since the very beginning. It brings together an unlikely cast of characters led by the main character to stop the generic baddie from getting to the undeveloped, overtly powerful Macguffin-type thingy. The baddie is always some sort of dark reflection of the protagonist. And they always seem to be able to throw in some light, family-friendly humor and some heart-felt drama into the mix as well.
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