Encanto was an amazing movie that gets us on our feet to the best tunes since frozen. If you haven't already seen the movie you are a disgrace in my eyes because its a MASTERPIECE. The movie is about a girl named Mirabell. He family has a gift. An encanto that blessed them when Mirabell's abuela had to flee her village with her husband. He dies but their candle burns bright and gives them a new home. Mirabell starts telling the little kids in her village about her family the day of her cousin Antonio' ceremony. The ceremony takes place when a member in the family is old enough to receive a gift. Mirabell sings about her family's gifts and wonders when her cousin chimes in and tells everyone her ceremony went wrong and she got NO GIFT! The kids are shocked but Mirabell is happy to be in the family Madrigal . Even without a gift. Antonio's ceremony begins and he gets the ability to talk to animals. After a family photo they take without Mirabell , she see's cracking on the house and the candle go out. Nobody believes her except for Luisa, Mirabell's sister. She sings a song about the pressure she has put on herself and tells Mirabell about a mysterious uncle Bruno. They say he saw the future one day he disappeared. Luisa says his last vision is in his room which is off limits. She goes into his room and finds a vision of HER! Everyone starts singing "We don't talk about Bruno" the best song in the movie. If you don't agree with me you have never listened to music EVER! Anyway, rats take the vision into the wall where we find Bruno... Turns out he was living in the walls for years, not speaking to anyone except the rats. Mirabell tells Bruno that she wants him to see the future one last time and he see's Mirabell hugging her "perfect" sister Isabella, and that saves the miracle. Mirabell goes into her room where Isabella is crying. She never wants to be perfect. She wants to make new things, not just flowers (that's her gift) while yelling at Miabell, she pops a cactus out of the ground. Her and Mirabell sing a song about expressing and loving yourself, which leads abuela to be mad at Mirabell for making Isabella imperfect. Mirabell gets so angry at abuela ( who deserves prison time honestly) the house turns into rubble and she runs into the forest. A few days later abuela finds Mirabell that her husband died right at the lake front they were standing near. All of a sudden bestie Bruno tells abuela he's alive and saw the future. The whole family comes and gives Bruno a hug and is like " SO we gonna talk about Bruno?" He apologizes and tells everyone that he'll help fix their house and as soon as they finish the house, it does a factory reset, resetting all their rooms and restoring the magic! This was a great movie filled with amazing details and great talent from the voice actors. Over all, a nine out of ten just because of abuela being really naggy and annoying.

If you haven't already seen Encanto I don't feel bad for spoiling it,

By Lucia Bruccoleri

Could you imagine all of your crushes that you have had found out you loved them...and all at once?! Well, a high schooler named Lara Jean Song Covey had this happen to her. Now lets start form the beginning. Shy and innocent Lara Jean has never dated a boy. But, she has definitely had crushes, like all of us. But for her, her imagination goes so far to write pretend love letters to her crushes, all 5 of them. She does, but never sends them. Keeps these 5 letters sealed in a box in the back of her closet, to see how powerful she used to feel. They were: a kid from camp, a kid from Model UN, someone from a dance, someone who she kissed in seventh grade during spin the bottle, and her older sister (Margot)'s ex boyfriend/neighbor, Josh. One night, while our love thirsty teenager was napping, her little troublemaker sister Kitty went to see what all of this secretive drama was about and looks inside the round teal box, the one containing the letters. Kitty sends them out, without telling her older sister. The next morning at school, Lara Jean realizes that her letters were no longer her own. For the few boys that did still go to the same high school, they all found out. But to cover it all up, she kissed one boy and talked to everyone else like Peter Kavinsky, one of five love letter recipients, was her boyfriend. To make Peter's ex mad and to make Lara Jean seem taken, they both agreed to be a "couple." Then, with enough time together with their families and friends, at parties and at school, they fall in love. "You gonna break my heart, Covey?" Peter says looking into her deep dark eyes, his arms wrapped around her. They are officially real, PK and LJ are a couple, and for real this time! To find out more, read the book collection of 3 books or binge watch the series on Netflix, starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo.

By Sophia Espiritu

Disclaimer* Cobra Kai is a show not a movie but its too good not to talk about

By Lucia Bruccoleri

Season four has just dropped. Let me just say, it was action packed, totally bizarre, and unexpected. Lets start off with the beginning. Steele is back, and eagle fang and Miagi-do have merged. Robby has merged with cobra kai, and for some reason the La Russo's haven't pressed charges on Tory and the other cobras for breaking into their home. A new cobra arises. His name is Kenny and his brother Sean was friends with Robby in juvy. The funny thing is that the reason he joined was because the La Russo"s son bullied him for dancing at the bus stop. During this time, Danny and Johnny switch classes and it gets a little hectic, Johnny and Danny end up having a fight and split dojo's. About this time, the all valley tournament is coming forward, with some new changes. Girl and boy champions, along with skill challenges. Cobra Kai wins the skill challenge, with Miagi-do in second. Tory, the girl with a hard life that nobody seems to like, becomes the first female champion, along with hawk. Winning Miagi-do second place. Cobra Kai won the bet. Miagi-do and eagle fang have to go bye-bye. But will they?

The Addams family is a classic story, and here we have a Netflix show with Wednesday, the daughter of Morticia and Gomez. Yes, this is the movie tab but I will still write about the show streaming now. Usually when we think of her, she is a kid, around 9-11. She is sent to Nevermore High, and goes through adventures that could end her life and ability to attend school. She sacrifices herself for her friends and family, a true act of leadership, deep inside we should all try to be like Wednesday, selfless and a bit gothic. 

                                                Written by: Sophia Espiritu