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One Marvelous Scene: Enter Thanos

One Marvelous Scene: Enter Thanos

leahgalfonso April 12, 2020 EntertainmentLeave a comment

About a year ago, Marvel Studios released Avengers: Endgame, which would become the highest grossing film to date. In anticipation of this film’s release, many YouTube film critics made videos dissecting their favorite scenes in the MCU and what made them so effective. These videos (brought together by the phrase …

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Misogyny in Female Entertainment

Misogyny in Female Entertainment

leahgalfonso March 12, 2020 EntertainmentLeave a comment

I have a complicated relationship with stories made specifically for girls and women. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Disney Princesses and romantic fairy tales when I was little, and at first I wasn’t ashamed of it. But then when most of the girls my age gravitated towards the tomboy …

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Brandy’s Cinderella is Better Than We Remember

Brandy’s Cinderella is Better Than We Remember

leahgalfonso February 14, 2020 EntertainmentLeave a comment

Cinderella. A fairy tale passed through generations for centuries. Some ancient cultures have their own version of a rags to riches folktale, from Rhodopis to Ye Xian to Queen Esther. The story we know as Cinderella was published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. …

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Mabutay’s Lyric has been launched!

Mabutay’s Lyric has been launched!

leahgalfonso November 3, 2018 Entertainment / Short StoryLeave a comment

    After three years of writing and rewriting, I’m pleased to announce the release of my first book, Mabutay’s Lyric. It’s the first part of a five book series called Tales of Anino, a YA portal fantasy series. The story centers around fifteen-year-old Chloe Shepherd as she leaves Earth …

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Recipe for Bad Remakes

Recipe for Bad Remakes

leahgalfonso May 12, 2018 EntertainmentLeave a comment

Disney has been trending on reboots for a while, hasn’t it? From Sleeping Beauty to Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast, they insist on translating their animated features to live-action remakes, whether we asked for them or not. Most of the time, they range from passable (101 Dalmatians, Cinderella) to …

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Ten Random Facts: Avengers

Ten Random Facts: Avengers

leahgalfonso April 12, 2018 EntertainmentLeave a comment

So apparently Marvel decided to bump its release date for Avengers: Infinity Wars from early May to April 27 (only fifteen days from the release of this blogpost). To celebrate its early arrival, I’ll be sharing some trivia about the heroes we know, love, and in some cases laugh with. …

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Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Editorials

leahgalfonso November 12, 2017 EntertainmentLeave a comment

When you think of online personalities, who comes to mind? For me, it’s the Nostalgia Critic. Since 2008, he’s posted reviews of movies from the past. When he’s not losing his mind over bad screenplays, he’s losing his mind over bad comedy. If he isn’t going crazy about strange CGI …

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Ten Random Facts: Series of Unfortunate Events

Ten Random Facts: Series of Unfortunate Events

leahgalfonso October 12, 2017 EntertainmentLeave a comment

Of all the children’s books in the world, Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events is among the most intriguing. Even after thirteen books, two adaptations, and several spinoffs, much of SOUE is still filled with unsolved mysteries and unanswered questions. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything about what …

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When is a Story a Classic?

When is a Story a Classic?

leahgalfonso September 12, 2017 EntertainmentLeave a comment

Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. What do all these stories have in common? They’re all considered classics. But have you ever wondered when a story becomes a classic? Why is Pride and Prejudice considered a classic, but not …

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