What’s new, everyone? Directed by Domee Shi (Oscar-winning Pixar short Bao) in her feature directorial debut and written by Shi and Julia Cho, Turning Red, the latest movie to be released by Pixar, follows unabashedly dorky 13-year-old Meilin “Mei” Lee (played by Rosalie Chiang) in the year 2002 as she hangs out with her equally nerdy best … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Pixar’s Turning Red
My 2 Cents on The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for giving me a copy of this eARC in exchange for my honest review! What’s new, everyone? Ellery Lloyd, the pseudonym for husband-and-wife writing team Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos, has just published their newest thriller, The Club. It revolves around the Home Group, a global organization of deluxe celebrity … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Club by Ellery Lloyd
2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (with Torry of Ready to Be Petty)
Tune in as Torry (Ready to Be Petty) visits the show to cover The Spanish Love Deception, the 2021 contemporary romance by debut author Elena Armas. Having originally been self-published by Armas and won the Goodsreads Choice Award for Best Debut Novel of 2021, TSLD’s enemies-to-lovers/grumpy x sunshine/fake dating/slow burn love story between engineering coworkers … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas (with Torry of Ready to Be Petty)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (with Sam Dixon and Sammi Skorstad of Hardcover Hoes)
Tune in as Sam Dixon and Sammi Skorstad (Hardcover Hoes) take their seats around the table for a thorough breakdown of Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. Arthur had put this 2020 YA contemporary fantasy on hold for the longest time in his digital library with the intention of covering it on 2CC. Now, it’s quite gratifying … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (with Sam Dixon and Sammi Skorstad of Hardcover Hoes)
My 2 Cents on Free Guy
What’s new, everyone? On February 23, Disney+ (courtesy of 20th Century Studios being absorbed into the Disney Machine) started streaming Free Guy, the 2021 action-adventure comedy starring Ryan Reynolds as Guy, the eponymous bank teller who lives out his naïve and happy-go-lucky life in a ridiculously violent—and yet oddly bloodless—city where it’s an everyday occurrence for … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Free Guy
2 Cents Critic Podcast – A Knight’s Tale | Directed by Brian Helgeland (with Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera of The Rom Complex)
Tune in as Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera (The Rom Complex) hang out on 2CC to cover the 2001 rock ‘n roll medieval sports adventure, A Knight’s Tale. They also chat about Nike product placement, the aural creativity of foley artists, and whether or not Rufus Sewell always plays villains (considering Arthur looked up The Man … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – A Knight’s Tale | Directed by Brian Helgeland (with Shelby Schwieterman and Sam Frontera of The Rom Complex)
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett | Created by Jon Favreau
Tune in for Arthur’s dissection of The Book of Boba Fett, the Disney+ Star Wars spinoff series that takes place after the events of Season 2 of The Mandalorian. For the first time ever, fabled bounty hunter Boba Fett is in the lead role as he—with the aid of assassin ally Fennec Shand—endeavors to take … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett | Created by Jon Favreau
My 2 Cents on The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for giving me a copy of this eARC in exchange for my honest review! What’s new, everybody? Have you ever wished you could pay a visit to a place that would let you take a vacation back in time to any number of notable historical destinations, such as … Continue reading My 2 Cents on The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
My 2 Cents on Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett
(SPOILER ALERT: this review will cover a spoilery detail for Chapters 5 and 6 of The Book of Boba Fett. While you probably know what this detail is and I don’t write too deeply about it to make it that spoiler-heavy, I still want to throw up a warning for viewers who’ve managed to avoid all … Continue reading My 2 Cents on Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett
2 Cents Critic Podcast – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (with Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan of Mean Book Club)
Tune in as comedians and podcasters Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan (Mean Book Club) join the show to unpack their thoughts and feelings on 2012’s Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Dark Places, Sharp Objects). What is quite possibly one of the most iconic examples of domestic noir—you could also just call this genre “psychological … Continue reading 2 Cents Critic Podcast – Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (with Johnna Scrabis and Sabrina B. Jordan of Mean Book Club)
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