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 Welcome to Magellans at the Movies: the Blog, the official companion piece to the smash hit-ish podcast! Here you'll be able to find musings on the state of modern cinema, reflections on storytelling across different mediums, and reviews of whatever Elliot has seen recently and feels compelled enough to comment on! It's all very free-form and laid back, so come along with chief writer and aspiring recluse Elliot Magalhaes as he does his level best to add anything worthwhile to the artistic discourse, let's get started!

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