Tag: Review
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The Starlight Film Journal: February 2025

It took us two months, but hey I can actually talk about films that released this year now. The overlying themes of my February movie-watching was more of the same as last month: catching up on Oscar-nominated movies and getting through the last of my 2024 watchlist before I start writing up my Best of…
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Review: Captain America: Brave New World – The Fun, Yet Flawed Return of Sam Wilson

We’re officially approaching six years since Sam Wilson was handed the shield and mantle of Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame. One of the pivotal emotional moments of a film that wrapped up eleven years of storytelling and sent the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a new era.
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The Starlight Film Journal: July 2024

Yes, you’re reading this right. This is indeed a recap of my July Film Journal published in the middle of October. The last few months have been rather hectic, and my time has been spent away from contributing to The Starlight Journal
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Time to Do Some Catching Up

It’s been a rather quiet few months here at The Starlight Journal. To be honest with you all, keeping up with this blog hasn’t been at forefront of my mind throughout the summer and into the fall. I have been keeping up with watching films and have been very active on my Letterboxd page, but…
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Review: Joker: Folie à Deux – Mad, Messy Love

Oh boy. This has not happened in a long time. The urge to write an entire review as soon as I left the movie theater. I just need to talk about Joker.
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The Starlight Film Journal: June 2024

Not only did I watch several movies that I loved and did not walk out with a sense of feeling underwhelmed, but all that talk of the age of the movie theater dying fell right on its face when Inside Out 2 did gangbusters box-office numbers and broke record after record, including already joining the…
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The Starlight Film Journal: May 2024

May was a month of change and progress in my own personal life, but for movies and what I was watching, it was a rather drab month.
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The Starlight Film Journal: April 2024

Here at The Starlight Journal, we are nothing but timely. We’ve almost reached the end of May, and here I am still writing up my year-end lists I started back in March, and am just now getting to our recap of what I watched in April.
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Review: Challengers: Zendaya Serves Up An Oscar-Worthy Performance

I was able to see Luca Guadagnino’s newest film Challengers a few days early, as my theater had an early screening of the film ahead of its wide release this coming weekend. Already known recently for films like Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All, Guadagnino has put himself on the map as…
