The Cinematic Review-verse

Good evening, all. For today’s Cinematic Review-Verse post, I’m discussing Finding Emily  starring Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn . Photo of ‘Finding Emily’ poster taken at AMC Garden State 16. Taken by William Edward Beavers, V. In Finding Emily , an English twentysomething named Owen, played by Fearn, was working as a sound engineer at a student union bar when he encountered a charming girl named Emily dressed in a fairy costume. Though they laughed and danced and Emily gave him her number, Owen couldn’t reach her and began a bizarre quest to reconnect with her, with some assistance by American psychology student Emily Raine, played by Rice. Spike Fearn as Owen, and Angourie Rice as Emily Raine in ‘Finding Emily.’ Courtesy of Focus Features and IMDb.com. It was actually a pretty cute movie. It was predictable that in trying to solve this quest, Owen and Emily fell in love. But it was great how he was able to make her laugh and believe in love again after falling out with a guy n...

Disney/Pixar's 'Elemental.' Photo courtesy of movieposters.com and Disney. While most of the story of Elemental was too similar to other films such as Shrek 2, it was nonetheless adorable between the romance of the main characters and the bright lights of their city and fellow populace. Elemental was also abundant in awkward young adult humor and comical yet tense family drama. Elemental tells the story of Ember Lumen and Wade Ripple, voiced by Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athi e, anthropomorphic beings of fire and water, and how they try to overcome distrustful history between their kinds in order to protect their families and their blossoming romantic relationship. From the opening, I picked up a Zootopia- type vibe in the case of Ember's parents hoping to start a new life in Element City. The city had beautiful buildings and colorful characters, regardless of who splashes the water, prunes the fruits, or accidentally burns things to a crisp. Lewis' character of E...