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“No More FoX-Men”: A Moratorium

I was 10 when the original X-Men came out in cinemas. Going to the now-closed Douglas Cinema, I was told to lie to the ticket guy and say I was 12 because the film was 12s. Lining up with my cousin, the lad asks what our age is. I pause and hesitate.

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Reflections: Mulan, Sexuality and Gender

Disney recently revealed why they’re dropping Li Shang, the love interest of 1998’s Mulan, out of their live-action adaptation of the film. And it’s, like, really dumb.

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Movie Reviews

How The Lion King (2019) Broke Me

So I haven’t done a rant in quite a while on this blog. And no time like the present; I mean there’s a remake of one of the seminal movies of my childhood out now! 

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Movie Reviews

Review-The Incredibles 2

Shortly after their takedown of the Underminer (John Ratzenberger), The Parr family are arrested and their relocation programme is shut down.

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Movie Reviews

Avengers: Infinity War-A Rant. Mostly

This will be split down into non-spoiler discussion and then spoiler discussion. The split will be clearly marked in the text. Moving on:

Truth be told, it’s kind of hard to bring up a lot of things I want to say about Infinity War without just being redundant.

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What I Like About

What I Like About: Moana and Climate Change

SPOILERS!!!!!!!! I spoil goddamn everything in Moana, consider yourselves warned.

Moana is about climate change, and I can prove it!

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What I Like About: The Lion King and Grief

SPOILER…warning? I guess? I mean, I’m giving away one of the most known Disney ‘twists’ of all Disney ‘twists’, and the movie’s nearing a quarter of a century old, so….yeah. I dunno, I reveal everything in The Lion King below. There’s your warning. I s’pose.

There’s this review of The Lion King made by a guy on YouTube called Confused Matthew.

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Quick Critique

Quick-ish Critique: Coco

Miguel Rivera (Anthony Gonzalez) is a young boy from Mexico who dreams of being a musician.

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My Problems with

My Problems With: The Changes in Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Adaptations are hard.

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My Problems With: Belle and Character Motivation in Beauty and the Beast (1991)

WARNING: Spoilers for pretty much every major Disney animated musical released from 1989-1999. Also Beauty and the Beast 2017. Also Shrek.

So I initially wanted to make this about the total bullshit about Belle having Stockholm Syndrome,