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Spirit Untamed: A perfect first post-pandemic movie for families to see in theaters

June 4, 2021 By: Lauren Ivy Chiongcomment

(from left) Abigail Stone (Mckenna Grace) riding Boomerang, Lucky Prescott (Isabela Merced) riding Spirit and Pru Granger (Marsai Martin) riding Chica Linda in DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed, directed by Elaine Bogan.

Back to the movies The long year of virtual school is winding down. Suddenly it’s as if the world has hit “unpause.” We are thinking again of activities that used to be so mundane but now fill us with all kinds of emotions: one of those is going to the movies. Personally, I feel unbridled […]

Geetha’s What To Watch: Concrete Cowboy, Thunder Force, and more!

April 24, 2021 By: Geetha Stachowiakcomment

Hello! How is everyone? It’s so great to be back! I hope you’re all doing fabulously as only my smart, brilliant audience can 😊 So… theaters are coming back into fashion! Yaayy! I totally knew they would. Streaming is fun, but you simply can’t duplicate the feeling of community you get in a theater. We […]

Tom and Jerry 2021 movie review: Filmmakers need a better mouse trap

March 6, 2021 By: Lauren Ivy Chiongcomment

Tom and Jerry movie poster

Big-screen adaptations of iconic movie characters are a risky business. Doing justice to characters that generations of audiences know and love is tricky. There are far more misses than there are hits. Successes like The Peanuts Movie are few and far between. Tom and Jerry is a miss. Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse are beloved […]

Flora and Ulysses movie review: That’s no ordinary squirrel

February 24, 2021 By: Lauren Ivy Chiongcomment

Flora and Ulysses hits the small screen on Disney Plus Everybody needs a hero. Especially girls like Flora (Matilda Lawler). A self-proclaimed cynic, Flora is wise beyond her years at 10. But her heart hurts like any kid’s would, feeling helpless as she watches her parents’ separation and the pain they endure as a result. […]

Geetha’s Picks on Netflix: Bridgerton, Malcolm & Marie, and more!

February 10, 2021 By: Geetha Stachowiakcomment

Hey there, folks! How’s life these days? Did you get the vaccine yet? And what are you spending your precious free moments on? Here’s a small sliver of what’s hot in the world of internet shows. Well… what’s garnering the most views, anyhow. Check it out, and give me your thoughts! BRIDGERTON A beautiful if […]

The Croods A New Age review: The family evolves

November 26, 2020 By: Lauren Ivy Chiongcomment

The Croods A New Age movie poster

The Croods A New Age is new in theaters. It’s the first animated movie for kids to hit the big screen in quite some time. In the original The Croods, overprotective father Grug (the voice of Nicholas Cage) strives to keep his family safe at all costs. The last thing he wants is for his […]

Geetha’s Picks On Netflix! Enola Holmes, The Queen’s Gambit, The Crown, and more!

November 23, 2020 By: Geetha Stachowiakcomment

Hey there, everyone! Is life getting better for you now that you’ve gotten used to living in a bad sci fi flick? Or are you happier for coming that close to the underlying misery of day-to-day living? Yeah, I don’t know either. Honestly, I don’t know which version was worse—life before the pandemic, or present […]

Make your own homemade taffy recipe

August 11, 2020 By: Lauren Ivy Chiong1 Comment

homemade taffy recipe

It’s a long, hot summer. Are you running out of things to do? How about homemade taffy? This is a super fun (safe-at-home) party activity, or just a nice change from baking bread. Making taffy is featured as a fun birthday theme in The Secret Dare to Dream. Instead of a fancy party with food […]

The Secret Dare to Dream review

August 10, 2020 By: Lauren Ivy Chiongcomment

The Secret: Dare to Dream seems to present itself as an inspirational film, but it doesn’t try very hard to inspire. Yet the minimal effort the filmmakers put into character and plot development are the least of its problems. We are at an important historical crossroads for moms and people of color. We are experiencing […]

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