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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Warning: Spoilers ahead! “No one can stand between me and home. Not even the gods.” Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026) is a film that I am definitely seeing a second time in theaters. Yep, I said it…this film is one I would happily see again. It is a definite cinematic masterpiece, from the storytelling to…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Note: Spoilers ahead! Toy Story 5 is an eye-opening film about what it really means to be a kid in today’s day and age…all while still having the special Disney magic that everyone loves. The film centers around Jessie, Buzz, and our classic crew as they notice that their kid, Bonnie, plays differently…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Hee Hee Hee! I could not stop dancing in my seat while watching Antoine Fuqua’s musical biopic Michael (2026) with my family. The film had such a stunning rendition of the world’s most famous singer, starring Michael Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson playing the lead role himself. Even my 88-year-old grandmother was crying…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Warning: Spoilers ahead! Hello NASA? Yes, I would like to please apply to be an astronaut and go to outer space. Just kidding…although 10-year-old Maria would have convinced you otherwise. I remember sitting in my advanced science courses and daydreaming of what it’d be like to see Earth from across an ocean…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk This is the first time in my life that I’d rank a horror film sequel above the original. Searchlight Pictures’ Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) combines complex sisterhood, quick wits, and goodhearted underdogs to create a fresh movie that builds off the suspenseful plot of its predecessor to expand the world (and…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Warner: Spoilers (but not dragons) ahead! Read at your own risk. If you’re an avid medieval fantasy lover like myself, hold onto your dragons because we are SO back, baby! George R.R. Martin’s special world of Westeros re-welcomes its die-hard fans with the prequel spin-off show, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Warning: Spoilers ahead! Read at your own discretion. Not that I regularly aspire to be a 9-foot tall blue alien residing on one of Jupiter’s moons, but the third installment of James Cameron’s global phenomenon sure did put the idea in my head. Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) is the latest film…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Spoiler alert: please read at your own discretion! Surprise! After many determined follow-ups from my loyal readers, friends, and coworkers… I finally watched KPOP Demon Hunters on Netflix. I know, I know…I’m a few months late to the bandwagon but hey – better late than never, right? And it only took traveling…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Warning: Spoilers ahead! Read at your own discretion. I’ve always loved monsters, both in film and beyond. The concept of a creature that does not belong; of an unnatural being that is one with its own darkness, imperfections, and blemishes; has always enchanted me. As much as I adore classic fairy tales…
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By: Maria Cieslarczyk Ready to be hounded about my new favorite horror film of the season? Although the ‘ber months do make me want to curl up as a human burrito under a cozy mountain of blankets, one thing that does wake me up is (you guessed it!) the reemergence of scary movies. Horror as…
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