Midnight salon

Pixar’s most recent movie, Elemental, initially reminded me of my childhood favorite Shark boy and Lava girl from its illustrations. Elemental is a movie about appreciating sacrifice while finding the courage to stand on your own. Element City is inhabited by residents of anthropomorphic elements: water, fire, earth, or air. Ember grew up under first generation immigrant parents who

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Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut. I find myself coming back to this movies 6 years after graduating high school. Set in 2002- 2003, Lady Bird is a partially autobiographical film based on director Greta Gerwig’s coming of age story her senior year of high school. Instead of a dramatic plot development, Greta Gerwig’s movies use dialogue

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My mom, sister, and I huddled around the couch with our rosé in our hands and a bowl of Goodles in our lap. Leo was pacing around the living room to distract himself from the fireworks going off in the distance. I decided to celebrate the new year in Georgia this year instead of NYC.

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The multi-verse is now a familiar concept to movie goers and a continuously explored theme in cinema. From Oscar winning films such as Everything Everywhere All at Once, animation movies such as Coraline, and blockbuster movies from The Marvel Cinematic Universe (better known as the MCU) are all set in the multi-verse. In the multi-verse, multiple realities exist

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