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Tag: Review

  • Movies & TV

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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  • Movies & TV

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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  • Movies & TV

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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  • Movies

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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  • On Writing

Now Welcoming Contributors

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

If you’re interested in writing for Optional Irony, contact me through Twitter (@optional_irony) or by email: optional.irony@gmail.com.

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  • Music

The Only Answer That Matters – Kali Kazoo, Zebulon Show Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on July 2, 2019July 3, 2019

Who is she?

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  • Music

Rock Steady – Nigel Walsh & The Last Band on Earth Show

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on June 19, 2019June 19, 2019

That’s what Walsh filled the stage with that night, all six foot four of him: he’s a superlative country-rock musician, through and through.

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  • Movies

Always Be My Maybe & The Law of Rom-Coms vs Musicals

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on June 18, 2019June 19, 2019

If you’re rich you get fancy candlelit dinners and grand speeches, if you’re poor you get to sing and dance.

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  • Movies

Cinema Cage Match – Booksmart Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on June 3, 2019June 20, 2019

Want the quick and dirty? This movie is fantastic. Go see it. Bring your friends. Those of you sticking around are going to get the treat of a one on one cage match between Booksmart and its spiritual predecessor, Superbad (2007). 

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  • Movies & TV

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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