The 15th Doctor's maiden voyage kicked off in the 2023 Christmas Special of BBC's Doctor Who, where he and his new companion, Ruby Sunday, are dealing with a group of mischievous creatures wreaking havoc over the Christmas season.
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| Doctor Who 2023 Christmas Special |
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Long before the famous Willy Wonka ran his iconic chocolate factory, he was a humble young inventor with a heart of gold finding ways to help people. Arrived before the holidays this movie from the world of Roald Dahl uncovers the secret origin of a man who will be known as Willy Wonka.
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| Wonka (2023 film) |
From its vivid storytelling, charming cast of characters, and musical performances in store, the secret origin of Willy Wonka is a whimsical spectacle the whole family will enjoy before Christmas kicks in. It is the ideal holiday season treat for the whole family eager to uncover Willy Wonka's humble beginnings.
Better thank the Oompaloompa pals for making the origin story possible. It's a free-spirited and magical fantasy movie worth watching from the beginning to the end. Nothing is sweeter than this.
The finale of the three-part Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials saw The Doctor face off against the return of the most powerful enemy he ever faced, The Celestial Toymaker. The final showdown that will truly wrap up the DoctorDonna saga before The Doctor achieves his true regeneration.
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| Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 3 |
The end of the first part of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special saw Donna accidentally spilled coffee at the controls of the newly revamped TARDIS, causing it to go haywire. What happens next?
The second part of the 60th-anniversary special trilogy sees The 14th Doctor and Donna get stranded in a deserted spaceship, dealing with a faceless enemy from within.
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| Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 2 |
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Since the end of The Power of The Doctor last year, The 13th Doctor regenerated back into The 10th Doctor. Why did The Doctor gain an old face from a long time ago? Was it because of his loose ends regarding Donna Noble?
The beginning of the 60th-anniversary special trilogy sees The 14th Doctor reunite with Donna Noble as they're dealing with a terrifying threat on a larger scale.
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| Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special 1 |
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With Disney Princess movies like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Mulan gaining their live-action equivalents, now it's the turn of The Little Mermaid to have its share.
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| Disney's The Little Mermaid (2023 film) |
With Halle Bailey starring as the titular mermaid named Ariel, the live-action rebirth of Disney's The Little Mermaid brings her story to life for the new generation of movie-goers as they're going under the sea to uncover her origins.
As the youngest of King Triton's daughters, Ariel wants to experience life beyond the sea, and ever since her fateful encounter with a human named Eric, she made a deal with an evil sea witch named Ursula, granting her wish to live outside the sea, but all that wish came with a terrifying price.
Ever since Disney announced that Halle Bailey will be casting the role of Ariel in the live-action adaptation of a Disney classic, purists are unhappy about it, but when this movie came to life, some changed their minds and decided to watch it anyway to the fullest.
Anyway, like past Disney Princess movies came to life, it stays faithful to the original, although some are having questions about Flounder and Sebastian's appearances in the movie. With stunning visuals, a heart-pounding soundtrack, emotional storytelling, and memorable musical scenes, the live-action version of The Little Mermaid really is a must-watch for the whole family before the beginning of the summer season. Guess summer came early with the arrival of this latest rebirth of a Disney classic.
Although controversial by some, it's one of the best family movies of the year.
A sequel 13 years in the making, James Cameron's magnum opus, Avatar, returns with its long-awaited sequel the world has been longing for.
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| Avatar: The Way of Water |
Avatar: The Way of Water, is the long-awaited sequel to James Cameron's cinematic masterpiece that promises to be one of the best films to come out not just this year but the entire decade. Fans who witnessed the original movie have waited long enough to experience the continuation of Jake Sully's adventure as a Navi.
Set over a decade after the first film, The Way of Water sees Jake Sully (played by Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (played by Zoe Saldana) raising their own family. As he's fully accommodating his new lease of life as a Na'vi and living in peace, humans are once again threatening the lives of the Na'vis. It's up to Jake Sully and the Na'vis to save their civilization again.
Thanks to Disney's acquisition of Fox a few years ago, the sequel is packed with high-quality visuals that are more colorful than the first film, giving this movie bursting with life and dynamism as moviegoers return to Pandora spectacularly.
Aside from the vividness it delivers, the storytelling is highly emotional, master-class, and downright relatable. It feels serene to witness the Na'vis living in peace until the clash against human enemies trying to destroy Pandora again evolved this joyful movie into an all-out thriller where they put themselves to the test.
With its storytelling evolved to perfection, stunning visuals thanks to Disney's takeover of Fox, and the moral lessons it delivers, this long-awaited sequel to the 2009 blockbuster is no doubt a worthy contender to next year's Academy Awards. It's proof that classic Hollywood is bursting back to life and for the rest of the world, this is the main reason why we love movies. This is the newest magnum opus that will go down in history as one of the all-time greats and that is the bottom line.
Welcome back to Pandora.
From facing the Tzim-sha in her first outing to battling against the Sea Devils in ancient China, the 13th Doctor era showcased to us the meaning of hope and change against all odds. Whovians worldwide had a lot of fun getting to know the first-ever female Doctor since her maiden voyage and how much impact the 13th Doctor did on the history of the series. Now, after four years, the Jodie Whittaker era came to a thrilling end with her final adventure titled The Power of The Doctor.
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| Doctor Who 2022 Special 3 |
Anyway, without spilling some spoilers in this review, it's time for a little post-show impression about the 13th Doctor's final adventure which is thrilling at the start and emotional in the end.
Dan's exit from Team TARDIS, The Master's apocalyptic endgame to kill The Doctor and destroy the world with an army of Daleks and Cybermen alongside him, the return of legendary companions Ace and Tegan, the time limit suspense The Doctor and friends are racing against, and the emotional but shocking ending that rocked fans who witnessed it, not to mention some special sightings from this episode, this is what The Power of The Doctor is all about. An all-out thriller from start to finish.
This special is the Doctor Who equivalent mix of Spider-Man: No Way Home and No Time to Die because, for the Whovians, the suspense, thrills, and emotions really made the 13th Doctor's final adventure special, and now that the era of the first female Doctor ended, the Jodie Whitaker era will hold a very special place in the history of Doctor Who.
THE 13TH's STORY IS DONE, BUT DOCTOR WHO WILL RETURN...
The second of the trio of Doctor Who specials, the Jodie Whitaker specials, brought back one of the most formidable foes in Doctor Who history as The Doctor and friends venture through 19th-century Chinese waters in search of a mysterious pirate treasure while making uneasy alliances to outsmart the Sea Devils.
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| Doctor Who 2022 Special: Legend of the Sea Devils |
No time for lengthy spoilers, as promised, because it's time for some quick impression about this second Jodie Whitaker special. The Sea Devils may be new for modern Whovians but for veteran Whovians who enjoyed both classic and modern DW adventures, the return of those formidable amphibious warrior reptiles, first seen on TV in 1972, is a clear reminder of what classic Who monsters need to make a comeback in the modern Who era and this is it.
With the Sea Devils returned in the modern Who adventures after five decades, seeing The Doctor and friends going treasure-hunting in 19th-century Chinese waters is something The Doctor hasn't done before, although getting involved with pirates is nothing new for our favorite Time Lord. Uneasy alliances, shocking twists, daring decisions, and the return of the "Geronimo" dialogue, this is what the Legend of the Sea Devils is all about.
With The Doctor and friends' pirate adventure against the return of the amphibious warrior reptiles done, the final of the trio of Doctor Who specials, airing this Autumn 2022, will mark the end of the 13th. With a mob of villains gathered and surprising comebacks of DW favorites, expect the 13th Doctor's final journey to be astronomical.
So, are you ready for The End of...The Doctor?
2022 will mark the end of the 13th Doctor era with a trio of specials known as the Jodie Whitaker specials. The series of specials kicked off with the New Year 2022 special where The Doctor and friends are stuck in a time loop while trying to save a couple from a Dalek attack, resulting in a "Live, Die, Repeat" scenario a la Edge of Tomorrow.
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| Doctor Who 2022 Special: Eve of the Daleks |
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December 5, 2021, is the end of the universe unless The Doctor and friends stop it. In the final episode of the Doctor Who Flux story, it's now or never as The Doctor and friends risk it all to save Earth and the universe from the enemies vying to destroy it.
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| Doctor Who S13 FINALE |
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Following The Doctor's transformation into a Weeping Angel from the previous episode, looks like all hope is lost in the recent episode as her friends are struggling to survive the past as the whole universe falls.
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| Doctor Who S13E05 |
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The Angels are wreaking havoc in the fourth episode of Doctor Who Flux where The Doctor and friends got stranded in the late ’60s following an Angel attack.
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| Doctor Who S13E04 |
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Whatever happened in the pilot is a sign of things to come in the Flux arc of BBC's Doctor Who and the second chapter of the six-episode season introduces viewers to the Sontarans like they've never seen before.
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| Doctor Who S13E02 |
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| Doctor Who S13E01 |
The fourth installment of the Girls x Heroine Series, Police x Heroine Lovepatrina!, is about a group of young girls summoned by an intergalactic police to save the world from the nasty antics of the WaruPyoco Gang, which are causing havoc by turning normal people into troublemaking Love Zero people. As the series draws near to its climax, the Lovepatrina girls still got one more case to do and it's the movie the whole family's seeing it now.
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| Police x Heroine Lovepatrina! Kaitou kara no chousen! Love de papatto taiho seyo! |
The Lovepatrina girls are in the big screen and it's going to be a big one because with enough "yumekawaii" to boot, the girls' biggest adventure is going to be "yumekawaii" as they did in the TV series.
In this film, the Lovepatrina girls got summoned by the Interpol because there's a rumor that a priceless diamond known as the "Love Diamond" is about to get stolen by some phantom thieves. The Lovepatrina girls are tasked to do some protection but suddenly, things get ugly when the WaruPyoco Gang's pulling their dirtiest antics yet by turning one of Interpol's finests into a Love Zero, causing big trouble for the girls!
Hold on, when they said phantom thieves, we can only think of one thing in mind; the Phantomirage girls and the unexpected team up is a big win-win for this film, not to mention other Girls x Heroine girls, Girls² as they called it, making their cameos as well.
Guess this whole team-up is nothing new for them but by blending some comic relief, magical girl fun stuff, and some "yumekawaii", thank you very much LovePyoco, this film is about as "yumekawaii" as the TV series but in a big way and that's pretty much about it. Of course, like most Girls x Heroine shows, transformation sequences and their finishing blow sequences are lengthy as usual.
As the series draws near to a climax, this film is a dreamy reminder of how much the Lovepatrina girls pushed further ever since the start of the show. Fans had a lot of fun joining alongside Tsubasa, Sarai, Kohana, and Sora on their TV antics and this movie is like a love letter to the girls using their powers to keep the neighborhood safe from the mess caused by the WaruPyoco Gang.
The Lovepatrina girls, from their TV show adventures to their big movie adventure, they really are "yumekawaii" indeed.
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| Doctor Who 2021 New Year special |
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| Doctor Who S12 FINALE |