As someone who was in love with Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a tween, absolutely.

That's fair! I do agree with your article, and I appreciate your inclusion of the contrast of now, when this whole thing is tired out, with when the Shrek approach seemed daring and "superior."

Sits here muttering about how I like Megamind, and the music choices fit a character who thinks he's totally cool and edgy but is really just silly.

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From some other reviews, I think the problem is a combination of the fact that the moral implications of his actions get brushed off (which they shouldn't, even if they're understandable in the circumstances) and that the movie just does a bad job at selling the psychology. The whole situation could be compelling, but…

I just want to say that you killed it with this review, Jesse. "It’s the cues they love, not the songs or performances" just nails it.

Oh my god I need this, thanks for telling us!

I am completely and genuinely excited by this news!

*Chinese: Hong Lou Meng

Always glad to see things like this reviewed here.

WAIT MICHELLE YEOH TURNS UP IN THIS? To netflix!

As a folklorist, I really, really, really despise Rothfuss and his facile understanding of folktales and folksongs that he learned by reading fantasy books instead of ever freaking interacting with an actual human being. There are a lot more reasons I can't stand these books, but the folksongs are mentioned in the…

I did the same.

Really good lawyers and outright sabotage, is my memory from Going Clear (the book).

She's still, however, worth defending in the books because she's NOT a muggle. She turned out to be special, and she wholeheartedly embraced everything about the wizarding world without so much as a pause to say "man, it would be easier to take notes with a ballpoint pen, wouldn't it?" We're told her parents are good…

I had no idea this was coming out- I'm thrilled to find out and I'll definitely be getting this.

I was just trying to remember the name of this the other day! I saw it in elementary school and it really stuck with me- I remember it having a sort of pervasive melancholy but ultimately affirming tone that really moved me even as a kid.

Nah we'll only get to strip the covers off the mass markets before sending them off to be recycled.

"the first live-action Mulan film"

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