One of the many luxuries we have that has been placed on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic is going to the theaters and seeing new movies. Many of the highest anticipated movies of the year have had to, unfortunately, adapt to the sudden lack of exhibition. Most of the highest anticipated had to push …
Continue reading Breaking Down Mulan on Disney+: Is $30 Worth It?
One of the best Netflix shows that took the world by storm last year (2019 was a fantastic year to be a Netflix subscriber) was the first season of The Umbrella Academy, based on the Dark Horse comic book of the same name by Gerard Way. Filled with great quirky humor, lovable characters, and a …
The popular YA book series from Eoin Colfer was one of my favorites growing up as it was a very different take on the fantasy genre than what the Harry Potter , The Lord of the Rings, and Inheritance Cycle series gave us. Artemis Fowl was inventive, funny, and an overall enjoyable book series that …
Continue reading Artemis Fowl—A Foul Disgrace to Moviemaking and the Fantasy Genre
My third favorite film from 2018 was Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, just falling behind Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse and A Quiet Place. Between the acting, directing, writing, timeliness, and every other aspect the film delivered on, it is safe to say that BlacKkKlansman was a masterpiece of film making. Over his long career, Spike Lee has …
Continue reading Da 5 Bloods—Spike Lee’s Newest Joint Just Misses the Mark of Greatness
Pixar has proven themselves time and time again as being one of the greatest film studios of all time (the Cars sequels notwithstanding). Their newest outing, Onward, continues the tradition of excellence. When people think of animated films, they normally think they are kid films, however, Pixar consistently delivers great animated adventures meant for adults …
Continue reading Onward: Yet Another Fantastical Win for Pixar
I am one of those people that finds the literary catalogue of Jack London to be monotonous dreck that one reads when they want to feel what death is like. So, it was by sheer lack of content in the movie theaters that I dragged myself to watch Call of the Wild last week. While …
Continue reading Call of the Wild: A PlayStation 3 Cutscene Movie
When the first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog hit the web, the entire world cried out in horror at the terrible design, and it was relieving to see the studio listen to the outcry and redesign the character. The new design gave fans of the franchise high hopes that the studio will do a good …
Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog: The First Decent Children’s Movie of the Year
The past several offerings from the DC Extended Universe have been very entertaining despite DC’s track record with these incarnations of their characters. Aquaman was pure campy action and Shazam is by far the most heartfelt and best film of the franchise. So, Birds of Prey had a lot of weight on its shoulders coming …
Continue reading Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
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