As excited as I was to get more heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was more “Guardians of the Galaxy”-style cosmic adventures that I was really anticipating. Captain Marvel’s debut movie started out by dropping us into the middle of her day as a Starforce operative on the Kree homeworld of Hala (very far…
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Movie Review
After three movies and three TV series, the story of Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the clan finally comes to an end. While I would have thought that the last movie in the trilogy would have been a huge blow-out, with epic action and similarly epic storylines, The Hidden World is disappointingly ordinary. The…
Winter TV 2019 – February Shows
January was a big month for TV shows, but amazingly Netflix and other channels just brought even more to the table in February. Maybe the cold weather is keeping us indoors, but all these exciting shows are a good reason to stay in. One Day at a Time Returning for its third season on Netflix,…
Winter TV 2019 – Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
Finally, on to my favourite categories of TV: sci-fi/fantasy dramas. I love how shows can really build a world and a universe; and really open up the experience of these kinds of imaginative characters and adventures in a way that movies just cannot do. I also love how streaming TV has given a channel for…
Aquaman – Movie Review
It’s great to enjoy some superhero action during the holidays, and despite the uneven track record of DC Comics movies so far, Aquaman was enjoyable, light, adventure fare. Director James Wan (of Fast and Furious fame) smartly avoided the loud, dimly-lit, incoherent example of Zack Snyder’s Justice League movies, and skewed closer to Wonder Woman….
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Movie Review
After having seen so many super-hero movies (especially Spider-Man movies) already, I did not expect to be impressed (never mind blown-away) by this movie. It not only needed to bring something fresh to the well-trodden Spider-Man story, but in order to be visually impressive, it also has to compete with Pixar’s animation benchmark and other…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Movie Review
At first I thought the negative reviews for Crimes of Grindelwald might just have been critical, but now that I’ve seen it, I can understand how this movie has been hurt by its overabundance of story. Even the first Fantastic Beasts movie had a hard time deciding if it was about Newt Scamander and his…
Fall TV 2018 – part 2
The flood of premieres slowed down a bit over the last couple of weeks, but there were still some interesting premieres with a few surprises. Doctor Who Hugely anticipated was the arrival of Jodie Whittaker as the latest incarnation of the reincarnating Doctor — first time as a woman. In the premiere episode, everything…
Fall TV 2018 – part 1
Have I really not written about TV since last fall’s premieres? I get more response from movie reviews, but I really should be posting more about TV — my first love — especially when there is so much more to watch these days! Anyway … after years of gradually spreading out the fall premiere period,…
Alvin's Adventures in Pop Culture 