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01 Sep

Yakuza Princess

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Set in the expansive Japanese community of Sao Paulo in Brazil — the largest Japanese diaspora in the world — Yakuza Princess follows Akemi (MASUMI), an orphan who discovers she is the heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate. Forging an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger (Rhys Meyers) who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates, Akemi must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.Rated: RRelease Date: Sep 03, 2021

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08 Mar

Raya and the Last Dragon Does Not ‘Aspire’ to Be a Disney Princess Movie

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Kelly Marie Tran’s Raya of Raya and the Last Dragon made history by becoming the first Southeast Asian Princess in the Disney canon. This development is overdue, but it finally happening is still welcome, especially with Raya’s surprising tenacity and resilience that defies both the typical Disney Princess iconography and how Asian protagonists are often depicted by Hollywood movies. When we spoke with Raya and the Last Dragon co-writer Qui Nguyen in January, he told us, “When characters who look like me or Adele [Lim] or my kids show up in action movies, we’re always depicted in one certain way.…

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01 Mar

Raya and the Last Dragon Review: The Best Disney Princess Movie Since Mulan

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If Raya and the Last Dragon proves anything, it’s that Disney is trying to tell a more modern “Disney Princess” story with their latest animated effort. Commercially, Disney’s transition into the 21st century has been a smooth one. While the shuttering of Disney theme parks in the last year due to the pandemic has cost the billions-dollar conglomerate money, Disney has many, many revenue streams, and the Disney brand remains strong. And much of that brand still relies on the studio’s signature Disney Princess movies, which have not had as seamless a narrative transition into modern storytelling as many fans…

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04 Nov

How Xena: Warrior Princess used Greek Myth

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First of all, sorry if this bursts anyone’s bubble, but sadly Xena: Warrior Princess is not a ‘real’ character from Greek myth. Whereas Hercules and Iolaus from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys are both important characters from Greek mythology, the three most important characters in Xena: Warrior Princess – Xena, Gabrielle, and Callisto – are all original characters with entirely original stories. Xena does have things in common with some characters from Greek myth. Most obviously, the Amazons (who appear in the series and adopt Gabrielle as their princess, but Xena is not one of them) are a ‘real’ Greek myth…

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02 Jul

The Crown Season 5: Lesley Manville Cast as Princess Margaret

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Casting news for Netflix’s The Crown feels as though it should be heralded by a ceremonial trumpet flourish, or at the very least handwritten in expensive ink on thick card sitting on a silver tray borne aloft by a white gloved hand. Instead they just do it on Twitter: Lesley Manville will play Princess Margaret in the fifth season of The Crown. pic.twitter.com/R5aZEBOW0t— The Crown (@TheCrownNetflix) July 2, 2020 More efficient, yes, but it does lack pomp. However delivered, the news is good. The so-far impeccable casting of the Princess Margaret role in The Crown, previously played by Vanessa Kirby…

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25 Jun

Disney World Re-Themes Splash Mountain from Song of the South to Princess and the Frog

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In a sign of Disney changing with the times, if ever so slowly, The Walt Disney Company announced Thursday that the iconic Splash Mountain theme park ride at both Disneyland and Disney World is about to get an update and be re-themed to represent the overlooked The Princess and the Frog (2009) animated feature. This decision reverses the image of a ride that has come under increasing scrutiny for decades due to its theming around Song of the South and the racist caricatures represented by Walt Disney and Joel Chandler Harris’ interpretations of Br’er Rabbit. As a consequence, the new…

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17 Jun

Kristen Stewart to Play Princess Diana in New Movie

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Kristen Stewart is about to become Princess Diana in a new movie. You read that right. The surprise casting comes out of a new film titled Spencer, which will chronicle the fateful weekend where the Princess of Wales decides to leave her husband, Prince Charles, the then (and still) heir apparent to the British crown. The movie is the next project from director Pablo Larraín, who has flirted before with biographical films about historical figures touched by tragedy. As the filmmaker behind the underrated and highly intelligent Jackie, Larraín is following up an intimate look at Jackie Kennedy’s life in…

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25 Feb

Peppa Pig: Princess Peppa

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Recommended The Movie:When I looked at my first Peppa Pig DVD a few months ago, I don't think I was prepared for what would come next in my home. Maybe when I was watching these with my two-year-old, it triggered something for him because now, it is his to-go source of entertainment in the mornings while Dad and Mom make his breakfast and on weekdays, meals for school. Buddy, go back to Llama Llama!I kid. As I've discovered, not only is Peppa available on a lot of YouTube channels, but there is a certain sort of Pixar/Disney/I don't know what,…

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01 Feb

Nella The Princess Knight

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Rent It Kids' TV shows have been a dime a dozen for decades now...and they're usually not great, because they don't have to be. Rugrats will enjoy just about anything with a catchy theme song, colorful characters, or whatever else translates into an action figure, and boy do I sound like my dad right now. But that's what I am at this point: a dad who occasionally bites the bullet, grabbing the occasional kid-friendly disc from a dark, lonely section of the screener p...Read the entire review From http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=72762

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02 Nov

Princess Cyd

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16-year-old Cyd (Jessie Pinnick) decides to take a break from her depressive single father and spend a summer in Chicago with her aunt Miranda (Rebecca Spence), a well-known novelist. Soon after her arrival, Cyd encounters Katie (Malic White), a young barista. The two make plans to meet up after Katie?s shift and a new, charged relationship begins. The Chicago landscape expands, and we navigate intimate and fragile moments between Cyd and Katie as they explore their new attraction. Miranda functions as a counterpart to young Cyd?s new explorations of sexuality and love, and as the summer continues they develop a…

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