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Posts published by “Julia Wierzbicki”

Sophomore mechi student. Avid reader and storyteller. Published under pen name J. L. Willow (www.jlwillow.com)

Not very powerful, to be honest: The Rings of Power (Ep 1 & 2)

I’d like to start this off by saying that I am a huge Lord of the Rings fan. I’ve read and watched the whole series multiple times, saw all The Hobbit movies on opening night, and was even Arwen one year for Halloween in middle school.

An Oscar-Winning Prequel: Dune

I first heard about the book Dune years ago. In high school, I had a few friends who talked about it non-stop and tried to get everyone they could to read it as well.

The best (and most emo) Batman to date: The Batman

When I first heard they were making another Batman movie, to be honest, I wasn’t planning on seeing it. I feel like it had been pretty overdone, and I knew it was going to have an insanely long run-time.

Piper: The Greatest Short Film of All Time

After an insane amount of hype and anticipation, the sequel to Finding Nemo—Finding Dory—was released in 2016. Although it wasn’t viewed as a national sensation like the original, it did include something quite memorable, not within the movie, per se, but in what came before it.

Spencer: A disturbing portrait of Diana

For some reason, the story of Princess Diana has been gaining notable traction recently. Between The Crown on Netflix, the musical coming to Broadway, and now this new film starring Kristen Stewart, I was hoping that this film wouldn’t be a rehash of the same things we’ve seen before.