Disclaimer: While not graphic, this article discusses a PG-13-rated film. Younger readers please read at your parents’ discretion. One of the most renowned fantasy series of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien’s three-volume masterpiece The Lord of the Rings inevitably receives the attention of innumerable studios and producers eager for a chance […]
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Matt Damon and Chameleon Acting Abilities
Disclaimer: Article discusses multiple PG-13 rated movies. Younger students, please read only at your parents’ discretion. The Collins Dictionary defines the verb “typecast” as the act of casting a performer “repeatedly in a kind of role closely patterned after that of the actor’s previous successes” (“Typecast”). Many of those chasing […]
The New and “Improved” Spider-Verse
“Let’s do things differently this time. So differently,” Gwen Stacy preambles before plunging the audience into a slog of teenage-spider-woe. Whether the words were an intentionally prefaced film theme or just a spinoff of the opening lines of the first movie, Sony’s recent production of Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse does […]
Spirited Away: The Beauty of Artistic Thievery
One would not expect an animated tale with a ten-foot obese baby, a bobblehead witch who runs a bathhouse, and masked, formless, faceless beings to resonate across a broad audience; yet each member of my family of movie connoisseurs, with all of our opposing opinions on film, appreciated the Studio […]
Meet Natalie Mulford: International News Columnist
Let’s all welcome Natalie Mulford, our very own International News Columnist! This is her sixth year with TPS and second writing for clay. Although she’s American, Natalie has spent most of her sixteen years overseas with her parents, three younger sisters, and their giant South African Mastiff named Obi. For […]