The Variety article thar came out last week has led to a cavalcade of takes about the MCU and where it's all gone wrong. And while it's full of anonymously sourced stories that read like they were planted by people with axes to grind, that hasn't stopped people from taking them as gospel truth and … Continue reading MCU Fact and Fiction: The Box Office
Retro Movie Review – The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter is one of a number of early 80s sci fi movies that sprung up in the wake of the success of the original Star Wars trilogy. Throughout the first half of the decade if you had a screenplay that involved spaceships, a boy/young adult hero who had to recognize his potential in … Continue reading Retro Movie Review – The Last Starfighter
Movie Review – The Flash
So here we have the official farewell to the Snyder-Verse, and like it's print counterpart this film is bringing a close to one DC continuity and ushering in a new one. The story this film is based on, Flashpoint, closed out the DC Universe's post Final Crisis world and gave birth to the New 52 … Continue reading Movie Review – The Flash
Movie Review – Red Notice
Red Notice starts the Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot in a heist film when the Rock plays special agent John Hartley as he pursues Nolan Booth (Reynolds), the world's biggest art thief. When Booth steals a egg given to Cleopatra by Marc Antony and is scooped by Bishop (Gadot), he and Hartley end up … Continue reading Movie Review – Red Notice
Movie Review: Wargames
If you're an 80s kid you remember that one of the most prevalent topics was that of nuclear war. We were the last generation to really have it put in our faces as a real possibility, and while we weren't doing the useless drills that our parents were to protect ourselves - hiding under your … Continue reading Movie Review: Wargames
Review Transformers: Kingdom
This is the final installment of the Netflix Transformers trilogy. You can see what I thought about the first two, War for Cybertron and Earthrise. The final six episodes chronicle what happens after the Autobots and Decepticons land on Earth in their search for the All Spark and introduces us to some of the characters … Continue reading Review Transformers: Kingdom
Movie Review – Black Widow
As we go forward into Phase 4 of the MCU one big thing has been saying goodbye to some of the friends we made along the way while resetting our relationships with the ones who are continuing on. Into the former category now goes Natasha Romanov the Black Widow. As you probably know Natasha died … Continue reading Movie Review – Black Widow
Movie Review – Terminator: Dark Fate
I'd given up on the Terminator franchise some time ago. After the so so Rise of the Machines it really felt to me like there just wasn't much juice left for the squeezing. But squeeze they did with two badly received offerings in Salvation and Genisys, so when this one was announced I was like … Continue reading Movie Review – Terminator: Dark Fate
Movie Review – Godzilla vs Kong
So after some delays due to COVID and other things we get the second big movie of 2021, and the big fight between the two titans of monster moviedom, Godzilla and King Kong. This one is the fourth film in a series that started off with 2014's Godzilla, which made the mistake of trying to … Continue reading Movie Review – Godzilla vs Kong
Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
This of course is the movie most of us never thought would be made. After 2017's theatrical cut flopped at the box office, Snyder's most devoted fans began an online campaign for his version of the film to be completed and released. And it looked like a pipe dream to be honest. I for one … Continue reading Movie Review – Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Stroke of Genius 