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Kiki’s Delivery Services is a 1989 Japanese animated film that was directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who also created the screenplay, based on the book Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiki Kadono. The film follows a young witch named Kiki, who moves to a seaside town, as a part of her village's tradition for young witches in training. She has to stay there for a year and learn about … [Read more...] about Kiki’s Delivery Service: Emerging into Adulthood

Soul is a 2020 Pixar animated film that was directed by Pete Docter and Written by Pete Docter, Mike Jonas, and Kemp Powers. It follows Joe, a middle school band teacher, who dies suddenly, and doesn’t feel like he’s ready for his time to be up. He dies right before he’s able to perform at his dream gig. He had been doing on and off side gigs, but was never able to land his big … [Read more...] about Soul: The Meaning of Life

Luca is a 2021 Pixar animated film directed by Enrico Casarosa and the screenplay was created by Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones. The film follows 3 kids and their summer adventure in Italy, where they start out as strangers, and end as a family. Luca is a sea creature who is forbidden from traveling to the surface world out of fear of being hunted. His curiosity eventually gets … [Read more...] about Luca: Strangers becoming Family

All my life is a 2020 romance movie that was directed by Marc Meyers, written by Todd Rosenberg, and based off of a true story. The movie follows our main characters, Jenn and Sol, as they make the most out of Sol’s last couple of months to live. Jenn and Sol are getting ready to start their lives together when Sol gets very sick. He wakes up one night in excruciating pain and … [Read more...] about All My Life: The Importance of Community

Nope is a 2022 movie that was directed and written by Jordan Peele. The movie starts out with a scene from a sitcom called Gordy’s Home, which ends in the chimpanzee animal actor being triggered by a balloon popping on set, and attacking everyone, until he’s shot dead by the authorities. After that, the movie follows Otis “OJ” Haywood Jr. and Emerald “Em” Haywood as they deal … [Read more...] about Nope: Exploitation