The art of movie studio logos

Well, award season is nearly wrapped up and the summer blockbuster season is still more than a month away.

So. How about movie studio logos? Now I wouldn’t say this holds much merit when it comes to cinema as an art form. In fact, it doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme. However, despite that, they tend to leave a big impact. Many of them are memorable, and they stick with a person because they’re made to.

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REVIEW: ‘Snow White’ is an aggressively mediocre remake

Hi ho, hi ho, a walk through the uncanny valley we go.

The latest adaptation of the “Snow White” story and the most recent in a string of live action remakes of classic Disney animated features stars Rachel Zegler in the titular role. After the loss of her mother, Snow White, a princess, sees her father get remarried to a mysterious woman (Gal Gadot).

A short time later, Snow White’s father disappears and is assumed dead, allowing the woman to assume power as queen, to which she uses to become an authoritarian ruler. Seeing her stepdaughter as a threat, the Queen sets out to have Snow White killed, but the princess escapes and on the outskirts of the kingdom, meets new friends and allies.

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