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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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  • Movies

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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  • Movies

Love, Death + Robots – You Should Be Watching Review

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

Each vignette has not only its own unique style, but its own philosophy, its own universe or corner of the world.

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  • Movies

The Terror From Beneath – Us Review

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Watson has set the bar for all of next year’s awards here and now.

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  • Movies

Captain Marvel Review – The Evolution of Villainy and Heroics

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 11, 2019March 12, 2019

The movie is saying not only is a female hero here, it’s saying that they’ve been here all along.

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  • On Writing

The Things I’ve Cast Aside

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 21, 2019February 25, 2019

I want to thank each and every person for every bit of it because I’m going to do my best to weave all those strands of emotion and experience into something wonderful. 

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  • Essay

Suspiria – I Done Goofed

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 3, 2018November 3, 2018

In searching for where to begin this review, I can think of no better way…

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  • Essay

The Uncommon Goodness of The Good Place

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018

Filled with positivity, heart, and goodness throughout every fiber of its beautiful tapestry that has thus far been woven for us.

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