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On: Inside Out 2
March 21, 2025
Joy is wrong. Just because she begins to feel sadness doesn’t mean that there is less joy to go around: Disgust decides to unleash the avalanche of bad memories in order to ride it back to Headquarters in a courageous display of optimism. Fear gets ready to jump in the middle of a Brainstorm, shouting to Joy that ‘the only way out is up!’ Anger proudly shows off his new friend, Pouchy, and promises confetti regardless of whether Riley makes the hockey team. No, indeed. We don’t feel less joy as we grow up: we just become more complex.
On: The Hunger Games
November 30, 2024
It’s been written into the status quo by now: villainous guns are set up to miss the heroes by a thousand shots, the one critical weapon flies into the hands of the pre-teen protagonist in the nick of time, the underdog unexpectedly escapes their demise and plays the most crucial role before the end. These are mere plot shieldss. But Suzanne Collins shows us that plot armor can come in the offensive.
On: Crazy Rich Asians
October 3, 2024
It is such a shame that this movie was ever branded as a romantic comedy.
No, it goes much further than that. It is about reconciling ethnic pride with internalized racism. It shows how the hope of using pretense to preserve the status quo, is an illusion in itself. And with the recurring theme of authenticity to the self, it illustrates what it takes to make things last, revealing the true meaning of tradition.
On: The Catcher in the Rye
September 7, 2024
What a strange and innovating writing style, Mr. J.D. Salinger! The Catcher in the Rye does not follow the chronological order of your typical novel. Rather, it tracks the thoughts and aimless wanderings of a boy caught between his longing for innocence and his irreversible entry into the real and corrupt world.
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