Blogs where I talk about movies, plays, books, etc.
Hello. My name is LG Alfonso. We’re talking about The Princess Bride. Prepare for spoilers. Is The Princess Bride still as good as it was in 1987? I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for even asking that question. Most who’ve seen the cult classic at least once …
There are two things that always unite my family: game night and old school Muppet movies. When I was growing up, Muppet Christmas Carol was one of the Christmas movies we watched every year. The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper were also favorites to pop in once in …
Author Gail Carson Levine is best known for her 1997 novel Ella Enchanted, which won a Newbery Honor in 1998. Even today, critics praise this book for the way it retells the Cinderella story. It has also cemented Levine’s legacy as a fairy tale author for audiences of all ages. …
So…I have Shrek fever. Since the movie’s release in 2001, Shrek has become something of a cultural phenomenon. Loosely based on the book of the same name by William Steig, it takes place in a fairy tale world and satirizes tropes we’ve come to know from Disney movies. And in …
In the beginning of Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, the narrator asks the audience a key question that shapes the entire story: “Who is the monster and who is the man?” At the end of the movie, the same character re-words the question: “What makes a monster and what makes …
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called “Did Shadowland Have A Secret Meaning?” One of my favorite songs from Broadway’s Lion King is “Shadowland,” and I was intrigued by how the chorus line is used as a musical motif in Disney’s animated film The Lion King. What …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
