Category: Culture watch
Frozen II: Knee-Deep in a Religious Blizzard
by Ted Giese Frozen II, the sequel to Disney’s massive 2013 hit Frozen, sees sisters Queen Elsa and Princess Anna continue to grapple with Elsa’s growing magical powers. Set in the fictional mid-19th century Norwegian kingdom of Arendelle, the animated film solves the mystery of…
Doctor Sleep: Adequate adaptation raises questions of faith
by Ted Giese In Doctor Sleep, Dan Torrance, a hospice orderly and recovering alcoholic, has a psychic connection with a young teen girl, Abra Stone, that escalates when a nomadic group of gypsy-like psychic vampires called the True Knot led by matriarch Rose the Hat,…
Joker: Dark and Distressing
by Ted Giese It’s the early 1980s. A garbage strike fills the city with ‘super’ rats. A general economic downturn breeds civil unrest. This is where we meet Arthur Fleck. Joker chronicles his personal psychological disintegration as he simultaneously achieves notoriety and infamy from a…
Downton Abbey: Thick with plots but out of character
by Ted Giese A 1927 overnight visit from King George V and his wife Queen Mary of Teck to the household of Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham throws Downton Abbey into turmoil when the downstairs staffs discovers their services aren’t needed. Upstairs, the family has…
Hair-raising horror: It Chapter Two
by Ted Giese It Chapter Two continues the story of 2017’s It, based on the 1986 Stephen King novel. In the sequel, a group of adults—Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Richie Tozier, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, Eddie Kaspbrak, Stanley Uris—band together to keep a promise and return to…
Spider-Man Fights a Web of Lies
by Ted Giese Following the events of Avengers Endgame and the death of his mentor Iron Man, Peter Parker (Spider-Man) faces uncertainties and personal doubts. While trying to be a normal teenager focused on his crush, MJ, Parker’s high school science trip to Europe is…
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