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REVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 14 “The Doza Dilemma”
*Spoilers* In “The Doza Dilemma,” the First Order’s pirates on the Colossus demand more pay in exchange for getting Doza’s cooperation. The First Order agent agrees and tells them they’ll have to steal something close to Doza, something precious to him. Meanwhile, Synara rendez...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Episodes 12 and 13 “Bibo” and “Dangerous Business”
*Spoilers* In “Bibo,” Synara brings in a scavenged ship. On it, they find an aquatic creature that Neeku decides to adopt and name Bibo. Within the Colossus, Bibo soon begins trying to eat everything, as well as stinking the place up. Synara asks Kaz to go on a salvaging run with her; there, she...
Read MoreLive-Action Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie in Works at Disney
This week Disney, via Deadline, announced plans for a live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, written by David Henry Hwang and featuring music by the original film’s composers, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. Josh Gad is also attached as a producer, with some unconfirmed speculation t...
Read MoreGenre Tropes Vs. Homage Vs. Plagiarism
The films of 2018, and various debates surrounding them, have been increasingly making me wonder about the difference between genre tropes, homage, and just uninspired laziness. I definitely think there’s a defined difference, and I think this past year, in particular, we’ve gotten a lot of the ...
Read MoreMarvel Could Start Planning X-Men and Fantastic Four Stories Very Soon
Marvel’s First Family and Mutant misfits may be back home a little sooner than we thought. On Variety’s iHeartRadio podcast “Playback,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed that he might get the go-ahead from the Disney brass to start developing stories that incorporate the newly ac...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
When Disney announced that Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to 1964’s Mary Poppins, was in the works, I was intrigued but incredibly nervous. I find myself saying that more and more about Disney projects, especially sequels, reboots, or pretty much continuations of any kind. I say all the time that ...
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