Outside of their Alice in Wonderland (2010/2016), Maleficent (2014/2019), and Dumbo (2019) films, I have thoroughly enjoyed Disney's recent live action treatments of their classic catalogue. One of my all time favorite IPs in the Disney vault is One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), and I have unironically loved the many 101 television series and …
One of the best action franchises out there right now is Lionsgate's John Wick (2014- ), and its writer, Derek Kolstad is a big part of that as he is the current king of writing action—his episodes of Marvel and Disney's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) are just further proof of this. One …
One of the films that I've been waiting to see since I saw its initial trailer is Promising Young Woman. From that first trailer, I knew that this film would be a fun ride from beginning to end, and I am happy to say my intuition was correct. Emerald Fennell, who has previously only acted …
By far one of the greatest shows in both the comic book genre and in Amazon's catalogue was and remains to be The Boys. When season 1 hit last year, it took the world by storm with its hard-R spin on the superhero tropes that our culture has been absolutely obsessed with, particularly in these …
Continue reading The Boys (Season 2)—A Diabolically Brilliant Season of Television
Today is my brother's and cousin's graduation day, so in honor of that I will be reviewing Bad Education, HBO's new film that looks at the largest embezzlement from a school scandal in the US. HBO has a reputation of putting out incredible original programming so it shouldn't be a shocker that they have put …
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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
There was a short period of time where Guy Ritchie could not catch a break with his films—turning out several duds in a row. However, I contend that between last year’s Aladdin and now The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie is making his triumphant return. The Gentlemen has all the great qualities of Guy Ritchie films Lock, …
Continue reading The Gentlemen: Guy Ritchie’s Return to Form Proves He Hasn’t Lost His Touch
