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MARCH WATCH PARTY - Donnie Darko (2001), The Florida Project (2017), Towering Inferno (1974)

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Intro? Select gif, press delete, upload new photo.  "After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes." -  IMDB    I'll say this, when I got to the end, I was literally like "If it wasn't actually time travel, then what the hell was going on?" So thanks to reddit, I feel affirmed that I followed the story correctly. Overall this was a great movie. Definitely passes the vibe check for the emos in the world. Frank the Bunny is an iconic piece of pop culture. I was very please with the casting as well. A lot of people that I recognized - from Drew Barrymore to Ashley Tisdale, to that guy who played the son of that crazy dude from Independence day. Jake Gyllenhaal knocked it out of the the park. I guess he really didn't have schizophrenia in the end, but Jake would play the hell out of that diagnosis if he ever had to portray it. Recommend me...

Steven Universe

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"A team of intergalactic warriors fights to protect the Earth, but the combination of three highly trained beings and one quirky young boy leaves the team struggling to overcome the dangerous scenarios that are put in front of them." - IMDB   Season 1   While season 1 is a long list of Steven shenanigans as he comedically struggles to grow into his powers, there’s still a foundation of love and purpose under all of the innocent adventures. One thing that is for certain for the whole season is that Rose’s absence is felt literally all the time. The impact Rose made and the impact the birth of Steven made has series wide consequence that extends past Steven growing up without a mom.  I’ve heard Steven Universe be compared to Last Airbender and I definitely see some some of those similarities in the sense that both Aang and Steven were just goofy little kids and as time goes on their power grows as conflicts intensify and this leads to awesome moments.  Season 1 on...