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Review: Avengers Endgame

Courtesy of © Disney By Daniel Andrade 11 years. 22 movies. 59 hours. It’s all led up to this pivotal moment. The conclusion of an ambitious cinematic universe. It’s safe to say a lot of people grew up with these iconic characters, and that they changed the course of nerd culture and what cinema is capable of. Through these super heroes, we’ve seen political dramas, buddy comedies, sci-fi operas, coming-of-age stories, and so much more. So after all this time and commitment, did it pay off? ABSOLUTELY! This is a spoiler-free review, so there’s only so much I can say, but I will say this: if you’ve been following these movies since day one, you will get everything you hoped for out of this finale. Let’s break it down a bit. Since Iron Man, Marvel has been known to have some genuinely fun and funny moments. That’s often the main defining point between DC movies and Marvel movies (at least up until recently): DC is dark and brooding, Marvel is fun and high energy....

Review: Dumbo

Courtesy of © Disney By Daniel Andrade I don’t know about you all, but as a kid, Disney was everything. It was what you  watched on a Saturday morning to get your weekend started off right. It was a  babysitter when the parents weren’t around. And of course, it was a magical portal  into a world of whimsy and imagination. Throughout the years, Disney has mostly  been able to maintain that magical feel to it. The key word here is “mostly.” But we’ll get back to that later. From what I could remember about the original (I haven’t seen the full original since  I was a child), Dumbo was the story of an enchanted elephant blessed with the gift of  flight using his enormous ears. Throw in a heartbreaking scene of a baby losing it’s  mother, a psychedelic scene where a drunk baby elephant sees pink elephants  performing in a way only seen in your nightmares, and a bunch of racist crows, and  that was Dumbo . All 64 minutes of it (and kee...