Movie Review

Movie review: The Marvels

It’s been a while since I walked out of a theater after watching a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and found myself feeling absolutely delighted.  As a reviewer, I don’t like to focus on the negative, but at least for me, too many of the recent Marvel movies have missed the

The MCU is hitting a rough patch…and why that’s not a reason to panic

Before 2020, the Marvel Cinematic Universe reigned supreme at the box office. Avengers: Endgame was the blockbuster to end all blockbusters, an epic, special-effects packed extravaganza with genuine emotion. It was a thrilling conclusion to years of story build-up and character development. Watching it in the theaters opening weekend was

Movie review: The Creator

The Creator is one of those movies that, the moment I finished watching it, I immediately felt compelled to start talking/writing about it. That’s not to say this is an instant sci-fi masterpiece, or something that dramatic. It didn’t take my breath away the same way that Blade Runner 2049

Movie review: A Haunting in Venice

I remember when I first saw the trailer for A Haunting in Venice in the movie theater. The spooky opening first had me believing it was a horror film, and I thought, “Oh man, this looks scary; I don’t know if I could handle this in the theater.” Then up

Why I’m taking a break from Disney+

I always joke that if you ever hear me say, “Eh, I’m not really all that into Star Wars anymore,” then you know that I’ve either A) Been kidnapped and need help or B) Been taken over by some sort of alien entity. However, I promise there is no cause

DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ deserved to perform better at the box office

There isn’t always justice to be found at the box office. Sometimes a mediocre film will rake in the cash (I’m sure we could all name a franchise film or two that fits this description), or conversely, an enjoyable film will fail to gain traction.  DC’s Blue Beetle took in

Playing content catch-up: What I’ve been watching recently

Do you know what Strange New Worlds season 2, Marvel’s Secret Invasion miniseries, the new Haunted Mansion movie, and the historical biopic Chevalier have to do with each other? Well truthfully, not much. However, I recently watched all four of these and wanted to talk about them. One surprised me,

Movie review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

This has been a very strange summer at the box office.  Disney, normally a box office juggernaut that makes other studios tremble in fear and shift their own release dates, stumbled uncharacteristically this summer movie season, with a run of underperforming blockbusters. Then, #Barbenheimer took the world by storm, and

Come on Barbie, let’s go party?

I didn’t originally plan to see the Barbie movie, even though that trailer spoofing the opening scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey did make me chuckle. The film looked like a strange parody of the Barbie brand with a dash of The Lego Movie and the admittedly very funny Barbie

Movie review: Oppenheimer

If you’re looking for a feel-good summer popcorn flick, then Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is not that movie. What it is, however, is a stunning, morally complicated biopic about the man behind the creation of the atomic bomb, which forever changed our world and the way we look at war.  Christopher

I just watched season 3 of ‘Picard’ and it was amazing

I broke a lot of my own preferred viewing rules to watch season 3 of Picard.  I had not watched season 1 or 2 of this show. While I was familiar with The Next Generation characters and had seen a handful of episodes, I knew far less about TNG than

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