Author: Morgen Schuler

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Inside Out 2 isn’t just for teens

by Morgen Schuler

Inside Out 2 finds us once again in the head of Riley, the young girl we grew with and cried for in Inside Out. This time, she’s just just a girl, she’s hit puberty and with it a whole host of new emotions. Riley hasn’t just grown up, she’s a star hockey player with two best friends and fantastic grades… so she’s on top of the world. Overnight, her emotional buddies (Joy, Anger, Disgust, Sadness and Fear) find their world crashing around them as “construction” is doing a complete overhaul of her emotional stability.

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Suga’s ‘D-Day’ Tour the Movie offers a small oasis in the extended BTS drought

by Morgen Schuler

Even though the film has a confusingly long name and almost zero promotion outside of BTS’ fanbase, it has become the second highest-grossing movie at the US Box Office in 2024. Suga | August D along with director Jun-Soo Park creates an experience that’s larger than life. Starting with some simple words from Suga to build am intimate world for viewers to escape to with him, the bulk of the movie is a concert, a replaying of each and every song he performed on the very short run D-Day tour.

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Tótem is a close up view of loss and love

by Morgen Schuler

Sol (Naíma Sentíes), a young girl of 7, is quiet and polite as she arrives at her grandfather’s home with her mother who’s dropping her off in anticipation of her father, Tonatiuh’s (Mateo Garcia), birthday party that night. Unsure of herself and her place in the house she floats from one family member to the next, aunts, uncles and cousins, treated sweetly but aloof as they prep themselves for the night’s festivities. An air of anxiety and impending loss threatens to suffocate all those in the house.

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Dune: Part Two, an epic tale visually stunning on the big screen

by Morgen Schuler

We start up where Part One left us as Paul (Timothée Chalamet) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) Atreides have found the mistrusting Fremen that they must win over not only to survive but to thrive as both Paul and Jessica have foreseen. Each has their own path in what will become the fight for the freedom of these people and themselves. The latter must manipulate the religious fervor for the coming messiah while the former must lead the people, even if it’s not what he wants for himself.

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Madame Web needs an overhaul to survive long enough for a sequel

by Morgen Schuler

An NYPD EMT, Cassie Web (Dakota Johnson), has a lonesome existence, but she’s more than happy with the way things are while her partner Ben forces her out of her shell and into socializing. A life and death experience brings out a new power laying dormant within her brought on by her mother’s time in the Peruvian Amazon. As her mother lay dying during child birth, locals save Cassie’s life with the help of a rare spider that supposedly offers supernatural powers. Double crossed by her supposed protection Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim), she clung to life just long enough for the birth of her daughter.

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Glazer’s The Zone of Interest oozed apathy amidst horror

by Morgen Schuler

The commandant of the Nazi encampment Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, along with his wife and children live idealistic lives. They reside in a sweetly comfortable home surrounded by a beautiful flower garden, a dog always running underfoot and a swimming hole within walking distance.

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Morgen’s Favorite Films of 2023

by Morgen Schuler

As per usual, I was cramming in as many movies as I could so I had a chance to actually create a top ten that is accurate and I’m pretty proud of. That being said this is totally relative to each individual, but hopefully it’ll give you a place to start when you’re looking for some fantastic films to spend your precious time watching. I’ve got comedy, action, supernatural fun and even a frightening, energy barfing behemoth; so whatever your mood or taste, there’s something here for you.