Deadpool & Wolverine – Movie Review

It is probably the most anticipated movie in a long while (not necessarily by me) and it was a lot of fun, but I find myself wondering how far Deadpool & Wolverine will really go to reverse Disney/Marvel’s fortunes. In fact, that backstory surrounding recent MCU flops like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Secret Invasion,…

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Movie Review

I never watched the original Planet of the Apes series of films (starring Charlton Heston back in the 1960s and 70s), but I am a fan of the recent trilogy of Apes films (2011-17) that told an origin story for what led the apes to take over the world from humans. (I also watched the…

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Dune Part 2 – Movie Review

The first part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune was amazing. Visually stunning, it delivered an engaging story that brought Herbert’s characters to life and made this incredible, fictional universe feel very real. This second part continues right where the first film left off: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his…

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Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire – Movie Review

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…

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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…

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