Oh, Rian Johnson. Love him or hate him, he's been a polarizing figure ever since the release of The Last Jedi. And, while I have no wish to get bogged down in a big long debate about the merits or lack thereof in his contribution to the Star Wars universe, I was both curious and cautious in equal measure to hear the news of his next big movie project: a murder mystery in the vein of the old Agatha Christie novels, with a gentleman detective, a great big house and a whole cast of

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Raya and the Last Dragon - or Raya and her Trust Issues - is a decent but unexceptional CG animated movie from Disney. The movie features vibrant and striking visuals, but a cast of essentially two characters plus a bunch of character shaped props.

It is a movie whose moral is that it is only by extending trust can we expect trust in return wherein the ENTIRE PLOT is driven by people backstabbing those who were foolish enough to trust them.

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What’s up, Kemosabes? AMU in the house once again.

Today, I’ll be reviewing “Smurfs: The Lost Village”.

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Rewatched this earlier in the week, as I'd been in the mood to revisit the original TMNT movie after having seen "Mutant Mayhem."

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Have you ever met/been told about someone nearby who was different than you? Did somebody point/single out another person and tell you that they had something about them that would complicate talking to or working with them? Having Aspergers' Syndrome, I've asked that a lot about many people, including other folks on the autistic spectrum. I wondered how they perceive things, how they react, how they remember. Is life that much harder for them?

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Ah, M. Night Shyamalan...

What a director.

From his early smash success with The Sixth Sense, that had him labelled initially as the next Hitchcock or Spielberg...

To the appalling lows of films like Lady in the Water, The Happening... and yes, The Last Airbender.

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Been a loooong while since I did a movie review, huh?

Well, I finally got off my butt and managed to write one up. And it proved to be a big enough piece of text that I ended up posting it on my DeviantArt account, since I thought it'd be too long to post as a normal blog.

Appropriate, I suppose, given just *who* we're talking about here...

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What’s up, peoples! AMU in the house!

Today, I will be reviewing Disney's 2017 live-action "Beauty and the Beast".

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Hello again, guys. Mr. J here.

As the year is finally coming to a close and 2022 will officially begin in a couple more hours, I think it would be best to show you guys my upcoming movie reviews for January. Additionally, I am once again changing my review schedule for my own convenience; my movie reviews will now be posted only on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now on. Disney Fridays are likewise no more.

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Okay, so... a few days ago, I got introduced to this piece of madness...

Kung Fury is a short movie (30 minutes) funded through Kickstarter, and available on Youtube completely for free. And, my goodness, is it awesome.

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I'll come out and say it right now: out of the animated movies I've seen this year - Incredibles 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and Spider-Verse - this one might just be the very best of the lot.

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It took me a rather long time to catch up on the movies that made Arnold Schwarzenegger famous. I knew about The Terminator, though I only saw it after I'd graduated from college. I also knew about Conan the Barbarian (but, speaking as a fan of the original stories, I'm not at all interested in watching John Milius' film any time soon).

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It's been a good long while since I've written up my thoughts on any sort of movie. Sorry about that. But let's try to get back into the swing of things, and do so with a classic that I watched with my father at the very start of the year.

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I am not usually a fan of zombie movies or the like. They're a type of monster that's never quite appealed to me. I've never been tempted to see "Night of the Living Dead" or its imitators, and my enjoyment of games like Dead Rising and Resident Evil is about as far as I'm usually willing to go in regard to engaging with the genre of zombie horror.

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Caution: This review is something that is completely negative. If you wish to turn back, go ahead. But, if you wish to read, well...you can do that if you want. Feel free to comment, I appreciate that always.

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This was first shared with me by my father. One of his Facebook friends has his own website where he posts movie reviews, and as part of ranking of the various superhero movies, he covered "Batman vs. Superman".

I'm going to share the whole text of it here, because I just found it that priceless at points. But for anyone who's at all curious, the original link may be found here.

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Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.

This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here, once again giving you all another review.

And today, for my second "Thanksgiving Treat" to you all, I'm gonna review "Chicken Run".

Here's the rundown of it:

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