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Turning Red - Movie Review

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Turning Red - Movie Review Critics Score - 8 of 10 General Audience Score - 8 of 10 The latest film from Disney/Pixar, Turning Red, just dropped onto Disney+ yesterday and even though the years of Pixar’s “golden age” have passed us by, the quality of content they produce is still fantastically high. Even though this film doesn’t quite get back to level of storytelling from the glory days of Wall-E, Ratatouille and Cars, we’re given a very good coming of age film with humor and a surprising amount of sexually related content for a Pixar film. The topics of lusting after teen boys and needing tampons are recurring bits and it was honestly a bit of a shock to hear anything like that mentioned. But overall Turning Red is an enjoyable little film that’s fun for the whole family. SUMMARY - Our deep dive into the world of red pandas begins with an introduction to Meilin Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) or Mei as we watch photos of her life as she hangs out with her parents. We hear her narrate

The Batman - Movie Review

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The Batman - Movie Review Critics Score - 7 of 10 General Audience Score - 8 of 10 Robert Pattinson has been one of the premier Hollywood heartthrobs since he sank his teeth into audiences everywhere back in the days of the Twilight saga. Since then he’s put out plenty of good to great performances, but now he’s donned the bat suit as our latest version of the Dark Knight. Some are taking issue with Pattinson’s portrayal but I was impressed and thought he embodied the character well, his anger and sullen demeanor shone through the mask. The Batman is ambitious and different from any anything we’ve seen before but Bruce Wayne and all his money couldn’t make this a perfect movie experience. SYNOPSIS - Our costume dress up party begins on Halloween, we watch as someone is doing surveillance on a politician and we can smell it, there’s murder in the air. We then switch over to and follow Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) as he wanders the city streets looking for ne’er-do-wells and putting th