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Emma Review – Never Been Vexed

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 6, 2020March 6, 2020

Was it delightful, cute, and charming? Absolutely. Did it make me think very hard? Not at all, and that’s fine.

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The Four Best Films of the Year & Lessons In Storytelling

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 26, 2019December 26, 2019

2019 has felt like an incredibly long year, but in the case of cinema that’s been a very good thing.

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Leaving Behind the 2010s & Two Other Things

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 14, 2019December 19, 2019

Happy new year, Happy new decade. We move forward.

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Raising Dion – How to Raise a Hero

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on October 16, 2019

Raising Dion truly has its foundation firmly fixed in the right place, and is telling us the right story about how to raise a hero.

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IT Chapter Two Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2019

You might think to yourself, as I did, ‘wow, that’s a helluva of a message go out on a limb for but a big one: regular ol’ humans are monsters all their own.’ That thought is never going to be revisited or justified in any meaningful way.

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The Passing of the Age of Must See TV

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 9, 2019

You don’t owe Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ or any other company your subscription, time, or attention. There’s no cultural mandate anymore that you “have” to watch anything- if there ever was.

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Game of Thrones – The Long Night

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 30, 2019May 1, 2019

I’m sitting very comfortably tied for first place in my Thrones mortality pool, although I’m…

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Game of Thrones – What is the Cost of Redemption?

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 22, 2019April 30, 2019

Another week, another stalemate in the mortality pool. It’s a rare episode where no one…

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Game of Thrones – Return to Winterfell

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Now that I’ve had a couple days to digest the season premiere episode, and recover…

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Game of Thrones – The Predictions Post

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019

I participate in a Game of Thrones mortality pool every year. If the weekly upsets…

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