I’m Feeling ‘Elemental’

July 1, 2023

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Like Water for Fire (CREDIT: Pixar/Screenshot)

Starring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Catherine O’Hara

Director: Peter Sohn

Running Time: 109 Minutes

Rating: PG

Release Date: June 16, 2023 (Theaters)

For someone who often reviews movies by asking, “Do I want to be/do what’s in the movie?,” Elemental is a dream come true! A love story between a Fire Person and a Water Creature? Yes, please! Personally, I always feel like I’ve got flames and waterfalls swirling around inside myself. So maybe what I really want is a love story between two fire-water hybrids? In the meantime, though, this works perfectly well enough.

P.S.: Fern Joe Pera talks with us about bureaucracy.

Grade: 4 Conflagrations out of 5 Cascades/4 Monsoons out of 5 Blazes

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/16/23

June 16, 2023

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Shh! It’s a SECRET Invasion (CREDIT: Marvel Studios)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–Asteroid City (Theaters)
–The Blackening (Theaters)
–Elemental (Theaters)
–The Flash (Theaters)

TV
–The Righteous Gemstones Season 3 Premiere (June 18 on HBO)
–Secret Invasion Series Premiere (June 21 on Disney+) – More Marvel

Music
-Django Django, Off Planet
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
-Bettye LaVette, LaVette!
-Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman…
-Sigur Rós, Átta
-Yusuf/Cat Stevens, King of a Land