Review: ‘Wish’ is A Movie I Wished Was More

It has been a hundred years since the infamous Walt Disney Studios was established in 1923 and defined many of our childhoods. Whether it was a world with fairies and cursed spinning wheels, singing crabs, or cuddly aliens from outer space, audiences have been always amazed by the realm of possibility which gives Disney movies their magic. Ever since its official announcement in 2022, there has been a lot of hype generated for Disney’s latest film Wish, which is meant to act as a part of the studio’s centennial celebration and feature numerous easter eggs of the beloved past Disney films. But now, looking towards the future of animated cinema, we must ask ourselves where the boundary between appreciation and a lack of imagination is.

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Review: ‘West Side Story’ Re-Imagines the Classic Tale For a Modern Audience

Sixty years since the film last graced movie screens, West Side Story is back. This time around, legendary director Steven Spielberg takes his shot at the classic re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in 1957, The Upper West Side is divided between two teenage street gangs, the white Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. The two gangs have a bitter rivalry fighting for control of the neighborhood, but their quest seems futile as the neighborhood is set to be demolished to make room for Lincoln Center. One day, Tony (Ansel Elgort), a former Jet, locks eyes with María (Rachel Zegler), the younger sister of the Shark’s leader Bernando (David Alvarez). As the two gangs prepare for a rumble, the star-crossed lovers are caught in the middle, desperate to be together and also save the people they care about. 

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Review: ‘The Prom’ is a Superficial But Fun Way to End 2020

Hats off to Ryan Murphy: The man is consistently contradictory. Just a few weeks after his new show Ratched hit Netflix, his adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical The Prom arrives to the platform gussied up in a technicolor version of the same worshipful high school nostalgia as Glee, and riddled with the same condescension toward “average” people that defined Nip/Tuck and The Politician. Continue reading “Review: ‘The Prom’ is a Superficial But Fun Way to End 2020” →