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  After years of Pixar being shunned as Disney Plus releases, they return to the big screen with Elemental. Directed by a lesser-known Pixar veteran, this feature focuses on a story between polar opposites... literally. In a city where inanimate elements roam as sentient beings, Pixar introduces another original world that proves itself that it is still the animation studio to beat. They might have little competition with the ambitions of Spider-Verse and the juggernaut that is Super Mario Bros, but the one thing Pixar never loses, no matter the project, it is the ability to strum heartstrings.  Elemental was (barely) marketed as the romance between Ember, made of fire, and Wade, made of water. A kind of Romeo and Juliet-like story where the two are not meant to be together because they are not only different elements but elements that cancel each other out. Going past the surface of what audiences thought they were watching, Elemental is mostly an immigrant story, where the F...

  Is the DCU so far from saving that no matter how hard James Gunn attempts to, it sinks lower and lower to irrelevance even if a movie is good? Despite the new leadership at the new sub-studio at Warner Bros, The Flash was made almost 3 years ago when DC was at its most controversial and it finally gets its time on the silver screen after many delays and successful test screenings.  This iteration of the fastest man alive releases at a time when the Grant Gustin-led iconic show comes to an end with the hopes of this film being the Flash of a new generation. Despite Ezra Miller's abuse cases, this adaptation of one of DC Comics' most famous events lives up to its intention. Being a clear-cut play-by-play of the original comic with twists that pay homage to the SnyderVerse, we say goodbye to an unappreciated vision of the franchise. With that much pressure packed into a 2-and-a-half-hour movie, The Flash manages to still be compelling and relatable as we see Barry Allen deal wi...

You think that the meaning of Spider-Man is that he is a man with the abilities of a spider. But being Spider-Man is way more than just that and the new sequel to Into the Spider-Verse makes this a big theme within the narrative as it makes every spider person in the multiverse what they are. Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse is not only a revelation in animation but as well for superhero stories especially ones where characters like Peter Parker, Miles, and/or Gwen Stacy are at the center. The sequel brings back Miles Morales to the big screen on another adventure through the multiverse with a new threat that will have repercussions on characters we all care about and their subsequent worlds. Without revealing too much, this adventure is bigger and even better than the last. Not only does it cater to fans of the Spidey-esque movies and tv shows in the past but video games and comics as well. The amount of Easter Eggs and references to this part of the Marvel universe is abundant and ...