i was invited out to see this film by a friend who felt very passionate about it, and nearly everyone i'd heard from who'd seen the film seemed to describe it like some sort of religious experience, so i went into it with rather high expectations.

however, for a while after the film began, i wasn't sure if i was going to enjoy project hail mary at all. the film struggled to balance its comedic and dramatic aspects in its…

anyone who knows me knows the devil wears prada is my ultimate comfort movie, and the months of promo leading up to the release of its sequel had me on the edge of my seat waiting to see whether it would be a worthy successor. this was due mostly to the fact that legacy sequels in general are faced with a rather difficult task, given the amount of years that have passed since their original film was released, of striking…

persepolis is both a haunting encapsulation of the tumultuous history of iran in the years following the 1979 revolution and a moving personal account of marjane, an immigrant woman finding herself displaced, both physically and socially, from the country she once knew. i have to give particular praise to the animation, which was not only visually appealing but served the mood of each scene expertly. (a particular scene that stood out to me in this way was when a teenage…