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
Movie Review – Get On Up
With Chadwick Boseman's untimely passing I felt compelled to check out one of his movies that did not involve him playing Black Panther. This one was on an HBO free preview, so it won out. The story starts flipping back and forth between James early childhood and some of his performances during his early career, … Continue reading Movie Review – Get On Up
Movie Review – Hancock
Hancock is one of those movies that was perpetually on my list of Movies I Should Get Around to Watching. When it was in theaters and long after it left I had every intention of checking it out. I even bought it on DVD and let it collect dust for several year until I got … Continue reading Movie Review – Hancock
Movie Review – Birds of Prey
Not writing the whole title out, sorry not sorry I missed this one in the theater, but I did finally get around to watching it at home as part of my social distancing TV programming. Unfortunately for all involved it greatly underperformed at the box office, grossing just under $202 million worldwide on an $84 … Continue reading Movie Review – Birds of Prey
Movie Review – BlacKKKlansman
This 2018 film is based on the true story of Detective Ron Stallworth, who through his own doggedness managed to get an undercover sting of a local KKK chapter underway. Along the way Stallworth talks to infamous Klan leader David Duke (played by Topher Grace) and finds that there are Klan members in law enforcement … Continue reading Movie Review – BlacKKKlansman
Movie Review – Spider Man: Far from Home
If you read my review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (if you haven't, it's right here) then you know about my reluctance to buy all the way in on how they're doing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). But after two more chances to see Tom Holland's take on Spidey in Infinity War and Endgame, I've … Continue reading Movie Review – Spider Man: Far from Home
Stroke of Genius 