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This film really struck a chord with me. I was expecting it to be a cute, fun little movie about a stop-motion animated shell. But what I ended up watching was so much more than that...

I laughed. I cried. And I fell in love with the character of Marcel. Jenny Slate does an incredible job voicing him and bringing depth to a non-human character existing in the real world.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is an incredible little film about family, love, and belonging. It isn't a "coming of age" story, but it certainly is life-affirming.

An excellent script, coupled with stellar voice performances and a whole lot of heart make this film one of the standouts of 2022, and a serious contender for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

Six episodes in and this is by far the most impressive and back-to-its-roots Trek since The Next Generation. Not too preachy, with the perfect mix of action and intrigue. It's a winning formula, and a welcome return to form.

The cast is great, top to bottom. They all play their parts very well, and overall they're just an affable bunch.

The cinematography is some of the best I've seen on television, and the production values are all top-notch. No cheesy, and/or half-baked effects to be seen.

Strange New Worlds could be the series that finally launches Trek back into the pop culture stratosphere, where it rightfully belongs. Only time will tell, but this one's definitely a winner.

'Inception' is a work of bold ambition. It is Nolan's true masterpiece and one of the most original pieces of fiction ever put on film.

The story, although multi-layered and complex, is incredibly engrossing and a wonder to behold on screen. The movie follows Dom Cobb(DiCaprio) as he leads a specialized team, tasked with putting an idea inside the mind of Robert Fischer Jr.(Cillian Murphy). This task is called Inception. Cobb specializes in the Extraction of ideas from people's minds in their dreams, but Inception is an entirely different story. Removing an idea from a person's mind proves easier because the person has already thought it, but adding an idea is something that can't be done without carefully manipulating the mind to create the idea on it's own.

This is the premise of 'Inception', and that's only the surface. There are so many layers to the plot that it's almost impossible to divulge even a fraction of the story in any less than a few pages. The script, which took ten years to write, is pure brilliance. As the film progresses it only becomes more intriguing, even up to the very end.

The acting is superb across the board. The standout being DiCaprio, but the entire cast delivers amazing performances.

'Inception' is visually dazzling and unlike anything i've ever seen on film. But even the amazing visuals don't detract from the depth and complexities of the plot. With amazing cinematography and a remarkably well-crafted and fitting original score from Hans Zimmer, there isn't an area where the film doesn't shine.

This is truly Nolan's best, and that is definitely saying something.

10/10