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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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One Man’s Fairy Tale Ending – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

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

The issue is what Once Upon a Time in Hollywood culminates to in terms of a message and moral. Certainly, Inglourious Basterds culminates to a message we can all agree on: Nazis fucking suck.

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Splinters & Scars – Evan James Clark, Author

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 25, 2019June 20, 2019

Art is what we need to make the world valuable. I think the world might exist for the sake of art. I’m going to go with, ‘joy.’

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Chance Calloway, Storyteller

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 22, 2019June 20, 2019

It’s something I’m still aspiring to, that I’m really hoping I can achieve. I want my characters to be happy. I want them to have peace.

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The Halloween Club Preview

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

Gerry Maravilla doesn’t waste time. Not his own, and not his viewers’.

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  • Essay

Dear Ms. Rowling

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018

Dear Ms. Rowling,

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  • Essay

Crazy Rich Asians and the Question of What Wealth Means

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on August 20, 2018August 21, 2018

Hollywood can either welcome the new lady of the manor, or get the mop.

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Black Panther Review – Step Into the Spotlight

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 18, 2018February 23, 2019

The beauty and achievement of Black Panther, and why I cried like a baby at the end of it.

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