If your son is the thief, I will send him to the depths of Tartarus. He must return the bolt to me in 14 days, by midnight on the summer solstice…. or there will be war” as Jason’s Movie Blog goes back to Greek Myths for the “cinematic flashback” review of 2010’s Percy Jack & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
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A FORGETFUL (AND UTTERLY DATED) FANTASY MESS Delaying a movie’s theatrical release can be a mixed bag of sorts. The hype and anticipation that has building for the feature’s release can be either continue to fuel the necessary excitement for the film’s inevitable future release or you cause a large determinant towards its premiere reveal, especially if the feature
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Get ready to uncover a mystery and find your magic as Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the official trailer for their upcoming animated film Encanto. View trailer below.
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Get ready to explore the magic of Casa Madrigal as Walt Disney Animation Studios releases the official teaser trailer for their upcoming animated film Encanto. View trailer below.
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Q10A new darker fantasy take on an Arthurian legend as A24 releases the official trailer for the upcoming fantasy epic The Green Knight. View trailer below.
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BLAND, BORING, AND UTTERLY FORGETFUL The premise of a video game film adaptation has been a somewhat “double-edged” sword and proven multiple times over that statement throughout the past thirty some odd years. The idea of translating a popular / bestselling video game into a cinematic tales has definitely has an alluring effect and can take viewers on a
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A MESSY AND BOTCHED YA FANTASY ADAPTATION The success of the J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels has indeed captured the hearts and minds of millions or readers around the world; sparking a massive wizarding world franchise, including a film saga that spanned 8 movies of the seven original Potter books as well as new prequel spin-off in the works.
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A DISAPPOINTING STEAMPUNK FANTASY Within the many genres of storytelling, the spectacle and fascination of steampunk has caught the attention of many viewers / readers across; providing a new landscape medium of backdrop settings, depictions of society, and of alternatives takes of imagination. In a nutshell, Steampunk is a retrofuturistic subgenres of sci-fi / fantasy that incorporates technology and
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WE’RE GOING ON A QUEST! Pixar Studios has become the premiere powerhouse animated studio for nearly the past twenty-five years; producing some of the more memorable and beloved animated feature films that have seeing a theatrical release. While other studios have indeed produced hits (i.e. DreamWorks, Illumination Entertainment, Blu Sky, Warner Bros Animation, etc.), Pixar, a subsidiary company underneath
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Learn the form, but seek the formless. Hear the soundless. Learn it all, then forget it all. Learn “The Way”, then find your own way. But do not name it, my friend, for it’s like water; nothing can overcome water, yet it can overcome rock. It does not fight; it moves around the opponent, boneless, nameless. The true master dwells
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