Watching all the Pixar Movies  – Cars (2006)

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Pixar "Cars" (2006) Movie Review
“Cars” (2006) Movie Review

Coming right after watching The Incredibles I figured Cars was going to another hard sell for me personally. I don’t love cars, or racing* or the Americana aesthetic that much. 

I really only tangentially knew the premise and really had no idea how a the red car mingled with the rusty pick-up truck or how racing actually factored into the plot.

Only recently did I learn that this movie was centered around Route 66. I’m not sure I if ever watched a trailer and if I did and just forgot. I’m not even certain I have seen a clip of Cars even in passing. Anything I knew about this movie was tangental from other sources. I knew nothing, which tracks. 

Basically I had no working knowledge of Cars but from the looks of it, it just did not seem like it would appeal to me and my taste at all. 

And yet I still watched it and I TRIED very hard to keep an open mind.      

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Alina Starkov’s 5 Best Costumes from Season 2 of “Shadow and Bone”

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Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov’s 5 Best Costumes from Season 2 of “Shadow and Bone” Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits,
Jessie Mei Li plays Alina Starkov in “Shadow and Bone”


Alina Starkov of Shadow and Bone

Alina: Jessie Mei Li
Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge

The second season of Netflix’s Shadow and Bone dropped March 16, 2023. Where the first season focused on the first book of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone trilogy, Season 2 covers books two and three, with characters from the Six of Crows duology woven in. There are a lot of differences between the books and the series, so it’s best to look at each as separate stories.

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Alina Starkov’s 5 Best Costumes from Season 1 of “Shadow and Bone”

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Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov’s 5 Best Costumes from Season 1 of “Shadow and Bone” Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits
Jessie Mei Li plays Alina Starkov in “Shadow and Bone”


Alina Starkov of Shadow and Bone

Alina: Jessie Mei Li
Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge

Based on books from The Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo, the Netflix TV show “Shadow and Bone” combines the first book of The Shadow and Bone trilogy and weaves into it the characters from the Six of Crows duology.

The premise is Ravka is a country that is figuratively and literally torn by war and a dark accursed shadow region filled with monsters called “The Fold.” Grishas, special humans that have powers to help manage the fold however only one fable Grisha has the ability to tear down it, The Sun Summoner, a grisha who can manipulate sunlight. However there are those who want to use the Fold for their own ambitions.

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Watching all the Pixar Movies  – The Incredibles (2004)

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“The Incredibles” (2004) Movie Review

Honestly I think The Incredibles was always going to be a hard sell for me, as full-disclosure, I’m not that into to superheroes movies. It’s just not for me. That being said I went into The Incredibles with an open-mind as it wasn’t standard super hero fare

So the question is did I like it?

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10 Best Bright Red Costumes in Fantasy and Sci-Fi Movies

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Winona Ryder as Mina "Bram Stoker’s Dracula" (1992) Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy & Sci-fi Movies
Winona Ryder as Mina Harker (née Murray) wearing the red, V-neck bustle gown designed for her by Dracula in wears green throughout “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992)


Red – Passion, Danger and Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from multiple shades and tones. It’s a color of passion, danger and energy, a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster.

Because of that, I’m focusing on costumes that feature bright, vivid reds. Think cherries and tomatoes, not wine. Cherry is primary red, whereas burgundies, crimsons, and scarlets are darker shades of the color.

This ranking is only for fantasy and science fiction movies. Costumes from period and modern movies have their own rankings. Also, undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

List is subject to change.

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10 Best Bright Red Costumes from Period Movies

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Satine, Moulin Rouge (2001) Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Period Piece Dramas Movies
Satine in her iconic Red Gown from Moulin Rouge (2001)

Red – Joy, Passion, Danger, & Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from a variety of popular shades and tones. It’s a color of joy, passion, danger and energy. It’s a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster.

It is also an auspicious color and is used as a bridal color in many cultures.

This ranking is all about costumes that are bright and vivid reds. Think Cherries and Victory Red lipstick and not wine.

So that primary red shades and not burgundies or scarlets or darker shades of reds, those shades have separate rankings.

This ranking only considers costumes that are from Period Movies. Modern and Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Superhero/etc costumes have their own separate ranked lists.

Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

The List is subject to change

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10 Best Bright Red Costumes from Modern Movies

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Julia Roberts' red dress in "Pretty Woman" (1990) remains one of the most iconic bright red costumes in modern movies. Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Julia Roberts’ red dress in “Pretty Woman” (1990) remains one of the most iconic bright red costumes in modern movies.


Joy, Passion, Danger and Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from a number of shades and tones. It’s a color of joy, passion, danger and energy. It’s a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster, thus increasing blood flow and stimulating appetite. It is also an auspicious color and is used as a bridal color in many cultures.

This ranking only considers costumes from modern movies—in this case, movies more or less set in the modern world, even if not the 2020s precisely. Period costumes and fantasy/sci-fi costumes have their own rankings. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, and swimwear are not included.

This ranking is all about bright or vivid red costumes. Think cherries and tomatoes, not wine. Or primary red, not burgundies, scarlets or crimsons. The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

List subject to change.

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Watching all the Pixar Movies  – Finding Nemo (2003)

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Pixar "Finding Nemo" (2003) Movie Review
“Finding Nemo” (2003)

Well, Well, Well at last we have come to one of the rare Pixar movies have seen prior and even rarer still I believe this is the only one I saw in theaters. Which is crazy if I actually thought about it or I’m just forgetting about seeing another Pixar movie in theaters but I don’t think so. I think to date it’s only been Finding Nemo.

So did it hold up for me?

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The Great Mouse Detective Celebrates its 40th Anniversary – But Disney Probably Forgot

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The Great Mouse Detective Disney (1986) Movie Review 40th Anniversary
The Great Mouse Detective

Another big Anniversary for Disney is 1986’s The Great Mouse Detective. It was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. The duo has directed seven Disney movies together including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Moana but The Great Mouse Detective was their directorial debut.  The movie was based on a series of books Basil of Baker Street written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.      

The Great Mouse Detective does get a bit lost amongst the other titles in the Disney pantheon as it came out at the tail end of Bronze/Dark Age and aside from the villain there isn’t a lot buzz around it. 

But is it a bad movie that deserves to be forgotten?

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