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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★

  • Memoir of a Snail

    ★★★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★

  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★

    What an absurdly delightful, endearingly weird flick. I found myself with a huge smile on my face throughout the run time and in general just had such a blast watching this.

  • Memoir of a Snail

    Memoir of a Snail

    ★★★★½

    Loneliness. Religious trauma. Having no self-value. These are all relatable themes I was not expecting to find when I went into this stop-motion flick, which ended up being a delightfully bizarre, vulnerable, and brutally sincere exploration of what it means to overcome life’s challenges and accept your own flaws. The idea of “loving yourself” is not a new conversation, especially with our young generation, but often times I find this overly simplified message to be pandering. Something about this movie’s…

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  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★

    This movie has its ups and downs; one of the most poorly paced movies I’ve seen in a long time, there were times when I felt engaged with the story and then there were times where I was utterly bored.

    Growing up in a religious household, I was interested to see what this movie would say about religion. In modern day art, it’s common (and honestly pretty easy) to point out the glaring hypocritical flaws of the church, but I…

  • The Wild Robot

    The Wild Robot

    ★★★

    Probably won’t make a lasting impression, but it was short and sweet and fun. And actually kind of funny.

    I much preferred the first act, though. It went in a strange direction.

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