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J.C. Reviews: Netflix’s Spellbound Is…Pretty Okay! For What It Is!

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by James Coulter Sigh. Okay! Let's address the animated elephant in the room. This movie was directed by John Lasseter, who was hired by Skydance Studios after being let go from Pixar due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Skydance Studios, to...
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Welcome, World Travelers! Goodbye MuppetVsion! Hello, Muppets Rock n’ Roller Coaster!

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by James Coulter It's time to raise the curtain. It's time to light the lights. It's time to meet the Muppets one last time at MuppetVision 3D. The classic Muppet show will be closing at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and the Muppets...
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JC Reviews: Wicked is a Wickedly Good Musical of a Movie

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JC Reviews: Wicked is a Wickedly Good Musical of a Movie by James Coulter Nearly 20 years ago, someone asked the bold question, "What if the Wizard of Oz was told from the Wicked Witch's side of the story?" That answer...
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JC Reviews: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is the Most Okay-est Christmas Film Ever

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Every year, new Christmas movies are released, all aiming to become the next big holiday film alongside such classics as A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and Home Alone. This film certainly aspires to be one of...
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JC Reviews: Piece By Piece Comes Close to Almost Being a Masterpiece

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by James Coulter I will be honest: I don't normally watch musical biopics. The last one I watched was Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and I watched it because 1) it was about Weird Al, and 2) it was made...
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J.C. Reviews: The Wild Robot is a Comfy, Cozy Movie

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by James Coulter If I had a nickel for every time there was an animated movie about a robot taking care of a living creature in a post-apocalyptic setting, and that movie ended up being the best-animated movie of the...
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JC Reviews: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is Twice the Fun of the Original Movie

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by James Coulter When Beetlejuice was first released in theaters in 1988, the dark horror comedy helped set the tone of Tim Burton's unique macabre aesthetic. Since then, the director has released other horror-themed classics including Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before...
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J.C. Reviews: Borderlands Was Bad But Not Boring

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by James Coulter Once upon a time, video game adaptations were considered box office poison. From the 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros movie to Street Fighter and BloodRayne, films based on video games were consistently never good. Not only did...
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JC Reviews: Harold and the Purple Crayon is Creatively Uncreative

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JC Reviews: Harold and the Purple Crayon is Creatively Uncreative by James Coulter Confession time: I never read Harold and the Purple Crayon. However, from what I can glean from it, the story is a classic tale of a young boy...
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J.C. Reviews: Deadpool and Wolverine Kick Names and Take @$$ in Deadpool and Wolverine!

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by James Coulter Deadpool is my favorite Marvel movie franchise outside of the official Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). I love the bloody violence. I love the raunchy comedy. And I love the main character. He's cocky. He's irreverent. And he...
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Welcome, World Travelers! Come Get It TRON on TRON Lightcycle Run!

by James Coulter For more than 50 years, the Magic Kingdom has been quite magical. However, one thing the park...
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My Life and Career with Autism: A Speech Given at Rockin on the Chain 2025

Neurodivergent Diversions: A Column about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by James Coulter Earlier in April, not only did I have the...
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J.C. Reviews: The Wild Robot is a Comfy, Cozy Movie

by James Coulter If I had a nickel for every time there was an animated movie about a robot taking...
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