The Legend of Ochi Review
The Isaiah Saxon is an invitation to unlock the imagination and experience something more.
Wish Review
With the arrival of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 100th anniversary, the idea to focus their celebratory film, Wish, on — well — wishes and how we can make them happen is perfectly on brand. Sometimes audiences need the reminder that we are the ones responsible for making our dreams happen because to cede that responsibility…
Wish Movie Filmmakers on the New Disney Animation Release
No one can deny that music is the beating heart of Disney animated films. Ever since Disney’s first feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, music has been incorporated into their films to reveal characters’ inner thoughts, propel storylines forward, and — ultimately — win our hearts over with memorable impactful lyricism and melodies….
A Preview of Disney’s Once Upon a Studio Short
Did you know that Walt Disney Animation Studios is turning 100 this year? To celebrate, Vital Thrills took part in a special presentation surrounding Disney Animation’s latest short film, Once Upon a Studio. Directed by Dan Abraham and Trent Correy, who most may know from their Disney short film, Once Upon a Snowman, featuring Frozen‘s…
Wish Preview: A Look at Disney Animation’s November Release
A dream is a wish the heart makes, and with Walt Disney Animation Studios’ rapidly-approaching 100th Anniversary, it was time to dream big when it came to the studio’s next animated feature. After Vital Thrills took part in a special presentation surrounding the upcoming release of Wish, we can tell you that the team is…
Barbie Movie Review
Barbie has come to signify many things. A friend. A foe. A token of feminism. The reinforcer of feminine ideals. For myself, she’s come to represent childhood innocence. The time I forced myself to grow up and leave behind such childish things. This fashion doll created by Ruth Handler has spent decades taking the world…
Elemental Review
I’ll be the first to admit that, when I initially looked at Elemental in my inbox, I was hesitant. Over the years, Pixar has struggled a bit with its films, some of which suffered from being shoved onto Disney+ during peak COVID but also due to execution of ideas. From the lackluster Lightyear to the…
The Little Mermaid Review
The Little Mermaid is arguably one of my favorite Disney Princess animated films. Not only did it introduce a lifelong obsession with mermaids, but it was also the hook that pulled me into all things Disney. Going into the live action, there was some hesitance. Disney’s live-action attempts have not been the greatest. In multiple…
Citadel Review
Citadel is the latest action-spy thriller to grace Prime Video. Clocking in at just six episodes, this latest series executive produced by the Russo Brothers’ AGBO looks enticing. With flashy visuals, tight-boxed action sequences, and a cast dialing into the over-the-top story points thrown at them, it has the makings of comfort food watching. As…
Evil Dead Rise Review
Evil Dead has a strong legacy. With each installment to the franchise, fans get to see how the mythos build while also reveling in delightfully fiendish gore and effects. A decade has passed since the last Evil Dead film, a film I will defend until my dying day, and we now have Evil Dead Rise….
Kill Boksoon Review
Are you vying for some more action coming off your viewing of John Wick: Chapter 4? Well, Netflix has something up their sleeve with the arrival of Kill Boksoon. Starring Crash Course in Romance‘s Jeon Do-yeon, writer/director Byun Sung-hyun crafts a film that feels familiar, yet still manages to excite with its beautifully-choreographed and shot…
Carnival Row Season 2 Review
It’s been a few years since Carnival Row Season 1 debuted on Prime Video. In the first season, viewers were introduced to a fictional world of fantasy, pain, and relatable struggles surrounding class, race, and love. While Season 1 had issues with pacing and juggling too many plots, the world building and romance between Orlando…
Infinity Pool Review
The rich exploiting the impoverished is nothing new. Seeing how they find new ways to skirt the rules of the law — both in fiction and reality — can depress. However, in Brandon Cronenberg‘s Infinity Pool, we are both witnesses and gluttons of punishment, taking in the gradual breaking down and rebuilding of Alexander Skarsgård‘s…
James Cameron on the Avatar 4K Re-Release
Thirteen years have passed since James Cameron’s groundbreaking visual masterpiece, Avatar, flew into theaters. Do you feel old yet? Now, the Na’vi are rising once more to be introduced to a new generation of viewers in a newly remastered 4K re-release of Avatar in theaters on September 23, 2022, for a limited time. The timing…
See How They Run Review
Tom George’s See How They Run is a fun, albeit predictable affair. The film tells you exactly what it is from the very start and luxuriates in its ribbing approach to the genre. Clearly reverent of the murder mystery genre, everyone, from cast to crew, seems game in their commitment to carry out this Agatha…
The Princess Review
A kickass female character is generally all I need to get invested in a piece of media. It’s not that hard to hook me. Add in a royal backstory and a kingdom under siege, and I’m all in. Such is the scenario viewers are presented within The Princess. This premise arguably should have set it…
Mr. Malcolm’s List Review
Regency-era romance fans, we are being fed well. Shondaland’s Bridgerton series has captured the hearts and titillated the senses of viewers everywhere, which has had the benefit of getting similar projects greenlit. We have an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion coming to Netflix on July 15, and — at long last — we are finally…
Ms. Marvel Review: The New Disney+ Series
Ms. Marvel is a great live-action introduction to a character that will steal viewers’ hearts. Within the first two episodes, it’s clear that this is a coming-of-age type of story, an awakening of Kamala Khan as she navigates multiple issues. It’s exciting to see a new perspective on the coming-of-age tale, with the focus on…
Doctor Sleep Review: A Pleasant, Shining Surprise
Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep joins a rapidly rising tidal wave of Stephen King adaptations Hollywood has been releasing in recent years. While the direct sequel to both The Shining novel and movie opens and expands upon the lore within the story’s universe, it does take the film a while to pick up steam. I swear,…
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Review: A Proper Introduction to Horror for Kids
I still remember the illustrations. Drawn originally by Stephen Gammell, I remember the feeling of my breath seizing as I stared at the screaming scarecrow on the cover of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and thinking to myself, “Nope.” It would be a couple more years until I would actually conquer my fear and…