REVIEW: Kubo and the Two Strings

Image: Focus Features

Image: Focus Features

Chris Luckett

Animated masterpieces are few and far between. There are a lot of really good animated films, but the truly brilliant works come along so rarely, they make you sit up and take notice, in a way only the best of cinema can. Kubo and the Two Strings, the latest stop-motion movie from animation studio Laika, is one such achievement.

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CORE STORY: Star Trek cast stands against George Takei’s anti- “Gay Sulu” comments

Photo: George Takei

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Chris Luckett

Star Trek has been more inclusive and progressive than any TV/movie franchise its age or size has ever been, yet has never had an openly gay major character until now.

Hikaru Sulu, originally played by George Takei and more recently by John Chu, has been revealed to be gay in the upcoming Star Trek Beyond. But George Takei is not okay with Sulu being gay. Continue reading