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Wendell & Wild (2022, dir. Henry Selick) - review by Rookie-Critic

Wendell & Wild was a wonderful stop-motion animated film with one of the best soundtracks of 2022 and a story that, while nothing spectacularly new, was wildly entertaining and full of Halloween heart. The newest from Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas visionary Henry Selick from a script co-written by Selick and Jordan Peele, Wendell & Wild follows Kat, an orphaned girl who, failed by the system, is dumped into a school for girls as a part of a juvenile detention rehabilitation program (the headmaster of which is very much just in it for the funding it gives to his school). Shortly after arriving, Kat starts to notice strange powers arising within her, and sees two demons (the titular Wendell & Wild, played by none other than Keegan-Michael Key & Peele) that tell her they can bring her parents back if she'll summon them to the land of the living. It of course is a bit more complicated than that, but there's your bird's eye view.

The cast of this film is a nice mix of a few veteran names alongside a slurry of fresh talent, and almost all of the newer names give fantastic performances. I'll note that a couple of the performances felt very wooden, and stood out all the more because of the phenomenal job being done by the rest of the cast. Another win for this film is its commitment to positive representation with a number of characters, the most prominent of which being the trans character Raúl. Outside of a handful of moments where the fact that Raúl is trans are brought up, the character is allowed to exist and not have his whole character defined by his gender, but rather by his loyalty and artistry. It just really seems like a lot of love and care went into making sure his character, as well as other characters representative of a marginalized group, were not portrayed as a token character of that group, but just as another character in the movie, who are fully realized personalities that are not just pigeonholed into "the trans character" or "the disabled character." That effort did not go unnoticed and I applaud Selick and Peele for making that happen. I'll also applaud this film for daring to be dark and go places that a traditional "family friendly" film wouldn't and discuss themes that most studios would say are "too mature" for a younger audience. Discussing death and loss in such a direct way, and especially framing that loss as a child losing both of their parents at an intensely young age, is a bold move on Selick's part. He, of course, is no stranger to darker themes, having made movies like Coraline, but somehow Wendell & Wild feels more grounded, more real in its depiction of death, even though it still has a foot firmly planted in the darkly fantastical, and I appreciate a movie that's willing to give a younger demographic a little more credit and give them the exposure to mature themes with the idea that they can understand and handle them.

Now it's time to give a shout out to the biggest pro this film has in its corner: the soundtrack. The needle drops in this film are insanely well done with near Guardians of the Galaxy levels of style and precision, with a track list mostly consisting of punk rock music from the late 70s/early 80s, but that ventures into alternative rock acts like TV on the Radio, and even throws in some ska for good measure. Every track hits as intended when it plays in the film, and I could not be more of a fan. If this collection of songs were available for purchase on vinyl or even CD, I'd be first in line to buy it. This one's been at the back of my head, buried in my much-neglected "streaming watch list," ever since it dropped on Netflix back in late October, and I'm glad I finally took the time to sit down and check it out.

Score: 9/10

Currently streaming on Netflix.

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Buscaba el amor, pero encontró la guerra… “Los Farad”

Ambientada en Marbella durante la década de 1980, la historia sigue la vida de Oskar, un chico que sueña con montar un gimnasio y que, de la mano de Sara Farad, termina adentrándose en el fascinante mundo de la Costa del Sol, su jet set, sus excentricidades y su geopolítica. Este nuevo mundo se le abre gracias a Los Farad, una familia que le ofrece un futuro, pero con el más inesperado de los oficios: el de traficante de armas.

Estreno: 12 de diciembre de 2023 en Prime Video.

La serie cuenta con las actuaciones de Miguel Herrán, Susana Abaitua, Pedro Casablanc, Adam Jezierski, Nora Navas, Amparo Piñero, Fernando Tejero, Igal Naor, Makram Khoury, entre otros.

[supersecretnerd]

So- in Henry Selick's original story, Belzer was called "The Redneck of Darkness" [Article Link Here!]

[Text ID: names and co-wrote a short story titled Wendell & Wild. “I actually went to school with a guy called Wendell Wild,” he quipped. “Buffalo Belzer (played by Ving Rhames) was then known as The Redneck Of Darkness, Manberg the janitor (played by Igal Naor was then called Mandrake.” It was a personal project between Henry and his sons and never intended to leave the house. End ID]

Also the same article had Selick's original drawing of Wendell and Wild from 20 years ago, which were based on his sons at age two and six!

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Lol I found my VA list for my Lost Light stuff:

(Listed with the characters I use to inspire their mannerisms as well!)

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Leigh Warren (OC obvs): Heather Headley (Nala - Lion King Broadway musical

Swerve: Don Delouise (Tiger-Fievel Goes West)

Minimus Ambus/Ultra Magnus: Sir Ben Kingsley (Bagheera - Jungle Book)

Brainstorm: Charlie Day (Newton Gieszler-Pacific Rim)

Prowl: Darin De Paul (Samuel Hayden - Doom)

Sunstreaker: Ron Pearlman (Hellboy)

Megatron: Christopher Judge (Kratos - God of War)

Rung: Christopher Robin Miller (Professor Layton)

Repugnus: Danny Devito (Always Sunny)

Grotusque: Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer - Guardians of the Galaxy)

Whirl: Mackenzie Crook (Ragetti - Pirates of the Caribbean)

Getaway: Jason Isaacs (Ra’s Al Ghul - Batman: Under the Red Hood)

Hound: Carl Lumbly (Martian Manhunter - Justice League)

Ravage: Keith David (The Cat - Coraline)

Cyclonus: Jeremy Irons (Alfred Pennyorth - Justice League)

Thunderclash: Christopher Sabat (Mj. Alex Louis Armstrong - FMA Brotherhood)

Skids: Mike McFarland (Lt. Jean Havoc FMA Brotherhood)

Rodimus: Steven Blum (Spike Spiegel - Cowboy Bebop)

Pharma: Mark Hamill (Joker - Batman Arkham Asylum)

Velocity: Angela Basset (Queen Ramonda - Black Panther)

Nightbeat: Idris Elba (Luther)

Ratchet: Igal Naor (Manberg - Wendell and Wild)

Nautica: Keke Palmer (Emerald - Nope)

Drift: Aleks Le (Sonon - FF VII Remake INTERGRADE)

Characters in Bold are new additions (like literally thought up as I was copying the others from my notes lol)

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Los Farad

Los Farad (Serie 2023) #MiguelHerrán #SusanaAbaitua #OmarAyuso #NoraNavas #PedroCasablanc #FernandoTejero Mehr auf:

Serie Jahr: 2023- (Dezember) Genre: Thriller Hauptrollen: Miguel Herrán, Susana Abaitua, Omar Ayuso, Nora Navas, Pedro Casablanc, Fernando Tejero, Amparo Piñero, Adam Jezierski, Roberto Lezana, Cristina Ureta, Nahuel Picone, José Florencio Piñero, Igal Naor … Serienbeschreibung: Die Handlung der Serie spielt in Marbella in den 80er Jahren, wo wir Oscar, einen Jungen, der davon träumt, ein…

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300: Rise Of An Empire (2014)

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Oslo

directed by Bartlett Sher, 2021

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I don’t know anything!

Guilty af

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[ftonews]

According to Shadow and act...."The cast for Wendell and Wild will include Key as Wild, Peele as Wendell, as well as Lyric Ross, Angela Bassett, James Hong, Tamara Smart, Natalie Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal, Gabrielle Dennis, Igal Naor, David Harewood, Maxine Peake, Ramona Young, Sam Zelaya, Seema Virdi, Gary Gatewood and Ving Rhames."

#wendellandwild #keyandpeele #angelabassett #vingrhames #lyricross #netflix

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hi helpers! do you still do family templates? if yes can you do one for lola kirke please? thanks a lot :)

for a father i could see harmony korine (48), chris kattan (50), uri gavriel (66) or igal naor (62) working. for a mother i could see courteney cox (56), shannen doherty (49) or melinda clarke (51). for a sister i think the best bet would be to go with her actual sisters jemima kirke (35) or domino kirke (37) as there aren’t a ton of other iraqi jewish faceclaims that i know of that fit their ethnicity. and for a half sister i would go with alice dellal (33). for half brothers i would go with shane haboucha (30). for a cousin or uncle i would go with elliott yamin (42). hope this helped you out.

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Green Zone

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the…

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Stratton (2017) Review

John Stratton a British Special Boat Service commando unearths an international terrorist when on a mission and now must battle against a mole within MI6 to prevent the attack.

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A Nation's Hope is One Man's Fight in British Action Movie 'Stratton' (Trailer)

A Nation’s Hope is One Man’s Fight in British Action Movie ‘Stratton’ (Trailer)

      “They’ve landed.” “Charge is set.” In 4, 3, 2, 1…” “They were waiting for us, whoever they are they knew we were coming.” The British action-thriller ‘Stratton’ is based on the novel series of same name by Duncan Falconer. Dominic Cooper stars as Stratton, a British Special Boat Service commando who tracks down an international terrorist cell. The Enemy has a Weapon. So do We.

  “We’re…

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Riviera 1x03 “Episode 3”

★★★★★★☆☆☆☆