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 …
If you’ve seen Broadway’s take on The Lion King (or you clicked on the video above), you might be familiar with a song called “Shadowland.” It appears in the second act, when the Pride Lands have turned into a desolate wasteland and Nala leaves home to look for anything that …
Last time, we observed Mother’s Day by taking a gander at 12 underrated fictional mothers. And since this is the month of Father’s Day, it only seems fair that we give 12 underrated fictional fathers the same treatment. Let’s not waste any time and dive right in. #12: Grandpa Joe …
When you think of great fictional mothers, who comes to mind? Marge Simpson from The Simpsons? Mrs. Weasley from Harry Potter? Mrs. March from Little Women? Well, this blog post isn’t about them. Instead, we’re celebrating Mother’s Day by looking at twelve mother figures that we don’t talk about for …
Spoilers! When most people think of jury drama, they think of Reginald Rose’s play 12 Angry Men. And when some people think of the play 12 Angry Men, they think of the 1957 movie of the same name directed by Sidney Lumet. High school English teachers pop this movie in …
In the fall of 2015, cartoon lovers and critics saw the debut of the French cartoon Miraculous Ladybug. Not only has it involved a team of international creators (made in Korea, takes place in France, redubbed in various languages), but it’s also been renewed for a 2nd and 3rd season. …
Hello, I’m Leah G. Alfonso. I write so that I may speak. I think it’s safe to say that there’s a little bit of OCD in all of us. We want everything to be perfect on the first try without having to change anything. As a result, the human race …
Hello, I’m Leah G. Alfonso. I write so that I may speak. A lot of us remember the 1971 movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Based on Roald Dahl’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket. The …
