#A Thoughtful, Action-Packed Animated Epic

#A Thoughtful, Action-Packed Animated Epic

“#A Thoughtful, Action-Packed Animated Epic” Disney Animation delivers an action-packed epic that is absolutely thrilling in every regard. Raya and the Last Dragon is chock full of martial arts combat, swashbuckling sword duels, and a mischievous con baby that nearly steals the show. The well-written plot teaches valuable lessons about trust, friendship, and the divisive…

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#I’ve Truly Been So Much Happier

#I’ve Truly Been So Much Happier

“#I’ve Truly Been So Much Happier” Kelly Marie Tran has been living her life to the fullest since leaving social media and has no desire to restore her online presence anytime soon. When her breakout role as Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought Kelly Marie Tran great fame, along with it came…

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#A Hard-Hitting Visual Feast – /Film

#A Hard-Hitting Visual Feast – /Film

“#A Hard-Hitting Visual Feast – /Film” “Your favorite Disney Princess is Mulan, right?” is a question I’ve heard, and somewhat resented, many times over the years. Of course she would have to be my favorite; for decades Mulan was the only Asian face in Disney’s overwhelmingly white line-up of fairy-tale mascots, and Asian-Americans were starved…

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#’Raya and the Last Dragon’ Soars

#’Raya and the Last Dragon’ Soars

“#’Raya and the Last Dragon’ Soars” Eighty-four years after Walt Disney’s first animated feature, the film studio that bears his name has a handful of story formulas down pat, including its most frequently used: a young female’s coming of age sees her caught up in bigger ideas, unintentionally complicating the situation through her actions, and…

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#Hear Jhené Aiko’s New Song – /Film

#Hear Jhené Aiko’s New Song – /Film

“#Hear Jhené Aiko’s New Song – /Film” Raya and the Last Dragon is one of those rare Disney animated films that is not a musical, but that doesn’t prevent it from debuting a brand new original song that might get the studio another slot in the Oscars’ Best Original Song category (for next year). The…

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#Making a Movie in Lockdown – /Film

#Making a Movie in Lockdown – /Film

“#Making a Movie in Lockdown – /Film” Any animated feature film is a massive production, usually involving hundreds of animators, story-boarders, production designers, and dozens of other positions. Under a major animation studio like Disney, Raya and the Last Dragon had a crew of roughly 400-plus people, all of whom were suddenly thrown for a loop…

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