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Movie Review: ​Soul

3/26/2021

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Disney’s Soul follows the life of Joe Gardner, a jazz musician who is trying to make his way in the world of music. Once he finally gets a chance to make it big, his life takes a huge turn – down a sewer drain. Joe finds himself existing as a soul about to enter the Great Beyond, when he finds his way to the Great Before, where souls get their personalities before being born. He ends up being a mentor for a soul that has not been born yet – a troublemaking soul named “22”. 22 realizes that Joe is not where he is supposed to be and decides to help him return to his body. They run into difficulties through his quest to get back into his own body, but Joe learns that life is not what he thought it was. He believed his purpose, the reason he was put on Earth, was to perform music because that was what he enjoyed and wanted to pursue, but he learns that there is more to life on Earth than someone’s supposed purpose.

​Soul is a beautifully animated film which features interesting takes on what makes a person themselves. With its focus on instrumental music, it caters toward musicians because they can relate to Joe or even his students. But even non-musicians can relate to the film. While music is very important to some, the film also explores how other people enjoy their life and find occupations. From a barber to a street musician, a doctor to a therapy cat specialist, this film features people who have found occupations that they enjoy. Through the film we learn that people’s occupations may not be the thing that they wanted to do their whole life – their “purpose” may not be their spark that inspires them.
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We can learn from the film that no one is created with a purpose other than to live. We may find things that inspire us or things that we enjoy, but those just add to our experience at life. This film can help us realize that we can let ourselves enjoy what we want and not worry about whether or not we have a purpose in this world.


Soul can be found on Disney+

​Editor: Valerie Roen

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Movie Review: Baby Driver

3/19/2021

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In March of 2017 the world of heist movies added another great to the genre. Edgar Wright's Baby Driver took the box office by storm with a familiar actor in a new roll. The movie follows a teenager by the name Baby, played by Ansel Elgort, (actor from Faults in Our Stars), as he whips the wheel hard as a getaway driver for a big shot crime boss. Baby is not like most, with a "hum in the drum", he listens to music to feed the gas and drown out the noise. During his life of crime, he falls for a waitress named Debbie, played by Lily James. Baby however begins to rethink his life of crime as he works to get even for the cash he lost when boosting a car as a kid and eventually finding simplicity.

This movie is filled with action, romance, a fantastic soundtrack, and great editing. Edger Wright provides the normal movie watcher with a fantastic use of edits to cut to the music straight off scene number one. The high energy car chases have your heart pounding and puts you right into the car. The camera technics takes crime movies to a whole new level. Wright provides great use of crane shots to get the wide-angle road scenes to allow viewers to see the stunts and keep up with the pace. With nice a nice mix of jazz, rock, and a little bit of RnB, avid movie watchers will be jamming to the soundtrack in their cars on the way home. Of course, we can't forget about the romance. Debbie is Baby’s final motivation to get away from his criminal coworkers. Their support and willingness to do anything for each other provides them a getaway, and it provides viewers a sweet romance.
If you have yet to see this movie, I highly recommend you give it a watch. At 1 hour and 53 minutes, Baby Driver will have you hanging on the edge of your seat. With its old-style feel, list of well-known actors including, Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, and Jon Hamm and great pacing, you won’t be disappointed. Baby Driver can be found in stores, on Amazon Prime, and on Hulu.

Rent on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEzE40qxsys

Editor: Nicholas Henrich
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Review: Cobra Kai

3/12/2021

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​​Are you looking for your next awesomely binge-worthy TV show? Do you love complex characters who walk the line between right and wrong? Cobra Kai is the show for you. When I first watched this show it was not by choice. Whenever it popped up, I would skip past it thinking it did not sound very interesting. But then one of my family members put it on and I immediately got sucked into the world of complex characters. This series, first released in 2018, is based on the famous blockbuster The Karate Kid, which came out in 1989. It follows the life of, not the previous hero, Daniel LaRusso, but instead the life of Johnny Law, LaRusso’s childhood nemesis. A burnout now living in the poorer part of town, Johnny is a drunk who spends the weekends beating up teenagers who piss him off. After a few run-ins between Johnny and Daniel, old rivalries are renewed, and old hatred grows stronger. In my opinion, this show lives up to its 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
 
This TV show presents viewers with a variety of options for whom to root. Johnny Law is our main character, yet he was the bully in The Karate Kid, so do we want to root for him? You kind of want to because you feel bad for him. You begin to see things from his perspective. From Johnny Law’s point of view Daniel LaRusso is the bully, so now do we still want to root for Daniel? Both characters will do things that make the viewers’ hearts soar, and things that will make the viewers cringe with third-party shame. It is a wonderful ride of just wishing the characters could get along, but also enjoying the tense action that results from their dysfunctional lives.
 
This story shows the importance of perspective and the necessity of communication. Where Johnny Law thinks he is being the hero, Daniel LaRusso thinks Johnny is being the bully and vice versa. It is all a matter of perception. It makes the viewers want the two to communicate, however they both struggle with this, and their inability to communicate results in some harrowing misguided actions and beliefs. Their actions are human. They wish they got along, but also to get revenge and justice. They struggle with jealousy and betrayal, but also show amazing amounts of compassion and kindness. Johnny and Daniel’s rivalry does not just affect them; in a very important realization, it affects their families, jobs, and most importantly their mentees, students at the local high school, invoking violent actions. The writers, directors, and actors do an excellent job of creating morally grey characters. This is something viewers might unknowingly long for. Perhaps because people in real life are complex. They are not always good, not always perfect, they make good decisions and bad decisions, and they struggle with communication. They desire to do the right thing but struggle to carry it out. They are hurt by each other, and they seek revenge.
 
The tv show is offered on popular sites such as Netflix (with a subscription), and for purchase by episode or series on Amazon Prime Video. It can also be found on YouTube, (link below). Season 4 is estimated to come out sometime late 2021.
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Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6rfwQ0Rpwg

Editor: Maria Roland

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Movie Review: And Then There Were None

3/5/2021

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Have you ever wanted to solve a mystery? Then Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is a book for you. In this story, eight people are invited to an island for a dinner party. None of them know who the host of the party is, and they do not know any of the other people on the island. When they get there, a butler and a maid are on the island to help, but the host of the party is nowhere to be found. When a storm traps the 10 people on the island together, and when people start to die, those left alive have to figure out who the killer is before it is too late. Secrets are revealed, lies are told, and a killer is on the prowl. Who will live and who will die? Both questions can be answer in Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None.
 
From the year of 1939, Agatha Christie spins a tale of murder and mystery that twists and turns the reader to new answers and false hopes. Like a game of Clue, the murderer can be found by looking at the crime scenes and following the suspects. The suspense of whodunit leads readers to never want to stop reading, and with many different adaptations being made over the years, this story’s classic tale can be found in todays movies and shows. From a 2015 T.V. show to a 1985 film, this story has traveled through the decades to be seen and heard by many, but I would recommend reading the story for yourself because with a tale such as this, the best way to experience it, is to read it.


Found at bookstores, and libraries or read for free at Internet Archive: 
https://archive.org/stream/AndThenThereWereNone_726/AndThenThereWereNone_djvu.txt


Editor: Taylor Hackbarth

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