The YOMYOMF Archives of Lauren Lola
Hi everyone! Wow! I can't believe how much I've released from YOMYOMF already - especially this last month. I hope you've been enjoying it all. So for this week, there actually won't be any posts re-released, due in part to the fact that I am out of town at the time of this announcement's release. …
Originally published on July 18, 2017 If there’s one actually good quote to take away from the STAR WARS prequel trilogy, it’s this one from Yoda: “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” To portray that kind of hate as effective as …
Originally published on July 12, 2017 PRINCESS MONONOKE: A film so highly admired and so beautifully animated, and with a story so boldly told, that it’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since this Hayao Miyazaki masterpiece was originally released. Two full decades and yet despite many animated films being done entirely on the …
Continue reading "Of Wolf Gods and Curses: PRINCESS MONONOKE Turns 20"
Originally published on June 21, 2017 Disney has a lot of movies, so it’s hard to keep track of when specific ones have reached particular anniversaries. Well, for those who don’t know, consider this a friendly reminder that 15 years ago on this day, long before MOANA was even an idea, Disney made their first …
Originally published on June 17, 2017 I did not think I would be writing about THE KARATE KID films almost a year to the day after I made my debut on YOMYOMF, with my 30th anniversary overview of the second film. However, with yesterday’s loss of director John G. Avildsen at age 81, it only …
Continue reading "In Tribute to John Avildsen: My Introduction to THE KARATE KID"
Originally published on May 17, 2017 This Friday will see the release of the film, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. Directed by Stella Meghie, it is an adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s 2015 young adult novel of the same name. Maddy Whittier (Amandla Stenberg) has lived a majority of her life at home due to an incredibly rare illness …
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Originally published on April 7, 2017 As a hardcore Miyazaki fan, I was absolutely stunned when I learned that his Academy Award-winning film, SPIRITED AWAY, became the second highest-grossing anime film ever last year, when Makoto Shinkai’s YOUR NAME exceeded it. Apart from its worldwide box office success, the film had also received positive reviews …
Continue reading "Lives Unexpectedly Collide and Interconnect in YOUR NAME"
I was moved to learn of this story. It’s not that often that you hear of a woman’s heroism from a time as defining and as brutal as World War II. To hear of such a story from a woman who was born in the Philippines is even more unusual. I respect her for her bravery, for not everyone can say that they’ve been through and done what she has.
Andi Mack is on the verge of turning thirteen when her older sister, Bex, returns home in order to get her life together. With a tight group of friends who have her back and a crush on the captain of her middle school’s frisbee team, nothing can prepare Andi for the secret that Bex drops on her first day of adolescence: Bex is actually Andi’s mother. From there on out, Andi can already tell that life as she knows it will never be the same.
Thuy Trang touches on the auditioning process for POWER RANGERS and how there was a wide diversity of girls brought in for the role of the Yellow Ranger. However, via process of elimination, she was the one who wound up winning the role, and her background in Shaolin Kung Fu made her out to be one badass Power Ranger!
Drifting Back Around 