It hasn’t been a great year for blockbuster movies, or for beloved action franchises, but along comes director Zack Snyder, with his big-budget space-opera based on a rejected Star Wars movie idea, and I didn’t really know what to expect. First off, I am an established fan of Snyder’s, having loved 300, liked Watchmen, Sucker…
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Frightfully Catching Up With Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Us, and Nope
In honour of spooky season, I decided to do a little movie marathon of scary films by the recent horror-meister, Jordan Peele. Part of the comedy duo, Key & Peele, more recently Peele split his career down a very different path, becoming a celebrated writer-director of successful horror movies. When I heard positive reviews of…
Finally Catching Up With John Wick
I’m not sure why, but I have not watched any of the John Wick movies up until now. Since my TV viewing has slowed a bit, I’m making time to catch up on my movie watchlist (which is really too infinite to think about), and I just watched all four John Wick movies nearly back…
The Flash – Movie Review
The box office is a pretty tough place these days — even for a big-budget superhero action movie. Fans are told more about the machinations of the mega-studios in the background than the actual movies themselves. We hear about 10-year roadmaps, reboots, and the ever-elusive shared cinematic universes. All that static was no help to…
Animation Reviews: Lightyear, Sing 2, The Sea Beast, The Bad Guys, Belle, and Bubble
Growing up with a lot of Disney, I’ve always loved animated movies. So even as a middle-aged adult, I enjoy catching up with a lot of these movies. These days there are a steady flow of them coming to theatres and streaming channels, and their visual quality and production values seem quite high. The only…
The Gray Man – Movie Review
Even with the big budgets and big stars, Netflix movies have still seemed a bit mediocre to me. Nevertheless, The Gray Man looked like a fun action, spy-fi film that I would enjoy. Though the tale of an assassin going rogue and being chased by his own agency has strong Bourne echoes, the idea of…
Thor: Love and Thunder – Movie Review
After watching Thor: Love and Thunder, I really have no idea what the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s current “phase 4” (of which this movie is the midpoint) is really all about. For the most part, it’s been a bunch of new characters that haven’t exactly made a huge splash, and a few middling stories/sequels with established…
Spiderhead & The Man From Toronto – Double-header Netflix Movie Review
It’s a rare occasion when I sit down to watch movies on Netflix (after all, there’s still more Umbrella Academy episodes to watch!) but I thought I’d take a break from new TV and check out a couple of interesting movies that the streamer has released to my living room. Spiderhead It’s surprising to me…
Frozen 2 – Movie Review
After watching the first Frozen, did you imagine a sequel? What would have been the story? I didn’t think that a sequel was needed, and I guess the only storylines that I imagined would have been snow queen Elsa defending her kingdom of Arendelle from outside attack, or something connected to the unexplained maritime death…
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