Movie Review: Doctor Strange

Last weekend I went and saw Doctor Strange with my dad. I have to say that I highly enjoyed the film, and it gave the scyfy nerd in me great satisfaction with the dimensional aspects of the world. I didn’t like how things were changed in the film of course, but I did like Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange and Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One. I still would’ve preferred the Ancient One to be Asian like he is in the comics.

The film is about Stephen Strange, a highly skilled and popular neurosurgeon who loses the use of his hands in a car accident. Strange, not knowing what to do with himself after the fact, does everything he can to fix his hands so he could still practice his life’s work. In a desperate attempt to do so he travels to Nepal to the Kamar-Taj (a temple of sorts) where he meets the Ancient One. The Ancient One teaches Strange about astral planes and the other dimensions in the world- or sorcery as they call it. She does this despite Strange’s arrogance and selfishness. The film essentially shares the journey of how Doctor Strange became Doctor Strange, the comic book hero.

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Book to movie review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I recently went to see Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children at the Cinema and, although I really enjoyed it, I couldn’t help but notice the differences from the book and the movie.

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I thought it might be fun to compare the movie to the book because the nerd in me really wants to, and I’ve never done something like this before. I also recently read the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children trilogy by Ransom Riggs over the summer so it’s all pretty fresh in my mind. (You can check out my reviews for the trilogy on my book blog here and here.)

But is Disney actually diverse? A book review

Over the past several decades, scholars from all over the world have questioned the lack of diversity in Disney films. The anthology Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, and Disability consists of eighteen essays, all edited by Johnson Cheu. The essays question the hidden lack of diversity in what are considered Disney’s most diverse films. It is divided into four sections that centre on the four different topics being discussed: “Beyond the Fairest: Essays on Race and Ethnicity,” “Traditions and Transformations: Essays on Gender and Sexuality,” “Of Beasts and Innocents: Essays on Disability,” and “Up and Out: Essays on Reimagining’s and New Visions” (which talks about where Disney is headed in terms of diversity).

Babies, birds, and human girls: A movie review

On Sunday I took my five-year-old cousin to see a newly released movie called Storks (2016). I do have to say that it was good despite the fact that I spent majority of the movie telling my little cousin to stop talking after she kept asking, “is it over yet?” every ten minutes. Often she would ask me questions or comment on the movie (really loudly) making the whole theatre chuckle and stare at us (which was actually pretty cute, even though it was probably distracting for some of the movie watchers). Thank goodness no one complained.

But anyways, on to the movie!

Storks used to deliver babies to humans. They now deliver packages for the global internet company called Cornerstore.com because the CEO of the company, Hunter, sees more profit in that line of work. Junior, who is about to be promoted as the new boss, is told to fire Tulip, the only human working at Cornerstore.com. In an attempt to try and prevent Tulip from getting hurt, Junior tells her to work in the mailing room and not to leave.