This really isn't just one movie. It's the culmination of a 10 year endeavor that began with a gamble on a troubled Hollywood actor in Robert Downey Jr. and that making good movies that people enjoyed would overcome having to rely on B and C list characters from the Marvel Comics roster. It's also the … Continue reading Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War
Movie Review – Black Panther
Black Panther is the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and the last movie before Infinity War comes out this May. But like Wonder Woman last year it bears a special significance above and beyond just being a cool movie we wanted to see. It's not the first superhero movie with a Black … Continue reading Movie Review – Black Panther
Don’t Trust the Fans!
I'm writing this largely in reaction to the reaction a lot of folks have had to The Last Jedi. Way too many people are mad on the internet because writer/director Rian Johnson did not go with wish fulfillment of any of the multiple fan fiction speculation theories that were out there for the last two … Continue reading Don’t Trust the Fans!
Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The story here involves Rey (Daisy Ridley) seeking to learn the ways of the Jedi from Luke Skywalker and convince him to return to the battle between good and evil going on between the Republic and the First Order, while the Republic/Rebel fleet led by General Leia Organa and fighter pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac) … Continue reading Movie Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie Review – The Marine 4
So why on Earth would I watch the fourth installment of a straight to video movie series? And why on Earth am I actually reviewing it? Well, why not? The other WWE film reviews I've done here have been fairly popular as far you guys clicking on them, my DVR was empty, and I had … Continue reading Movie Review – The Marine 4
Movie Review – Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is based on the Graphic Novel series The Coldest City, and centers around MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) and her mission to find out who killed one of her fellow agents and successfully transport an informant carrying a list of undercover agents in the field. The film was another attempt at getting … Continue reading Movie Review – Atomic Blonde
Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok is the third bite at the apple for Marvel Studios with Thor after two installments that were ok at best. It centers around an invasion of Thor's home of Asgard by Hela the goddess of death, his secret sister who'd been imprisioned by their father Odin. On his way to deal with Hela … Continue reading Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok
Retro Movie Review – Lucy
Note: This is a review I did at my old blog and migrated here. I updated the original one after rewatching the movie a few times since it's original release. Lucy is a different kind of movie. It's part action, part science fiction, part supernatural thriller. It's about a college student named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) … Continue reading Retro Movie Review – Lucy
Movie Review – Fate of the Furious
I skipped this one at the theater. I honestly thought this would be a jump the shark moment for the franchise, and that it would have been best to shut it down after Fast 7. That was mostly because I considered Paul Walker's untimely death a turning point that would render the team chemistry null … Continue reading Movie Review – Fate of the Furious
Movie Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Let me start off by saying I really didn't want this movie to be made. I wanted the Andrew Garfield run to get one more movie and a proper finish, and then they could do whatever they wanted to fit the character into the MCU. So in viewing and reviewing this, I'm admittedly not starting … Continue reading Movie Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Stroke of Genius 