What is it with Alien movies? The feature films can’t seem to remain faithful to their underlying ideas and mythology, so why should I expect shorts based on said movies to be any different? And Alien: Alone proves my point. The concept is interesting, but it takes too many liberties with the source material. It’s […]
The last film in the 22 movie Marvel Cinematic Universe ended with Avengers: Endgame, and it’s a spectacular and fitting ending filled to bursting–did I mention it’s just over three hours–with humor, drama and pathos. As I discuss in my video, I believe Endgame is less impactful than Avengers: Infinity War, and that’s shouldn’t be […]
This is a pretty good trailer. It plays up the horror elements (in fact one scene in particular plays like a homage to John Carpenter’s The Fog) and feels very atmospheric. Tone is important, and it’s something that DC–in movies as well as streaming, if Titans is any indicator–for whatever reason can’t seem to get […]
Ang Lee’s Gemini Man is, on the face of it, problematic. First off, on the face of it the plot of the movie seems AWFULLY similar plot-wise to 2012’s Looper. But that’s likely just a coincidence. After all, there’s relatively little that’s new under the sun. Though what’s potentially an bigger issue is that the […]
I’ll readily admit that movies like Hobbs & Shaw aren’t typically the types of movies I tend to see. Too many cars defying the laws of physics, too much exposition about people being “family” as opposed to people just acting as such. That being said I enjoyed the trailer because it rises or falls on […]
Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 2 is a fairly odd duck. It has all the stuff a regular movie has–actors, sets, production design, lighting design–but it’s really, really strange. And most of that strangeness is due to Keanu Reeves, who’s less a bad actor than a tabula rasa; a void embodied in human form. Though […]
Archer is a spy series on FXX that’s animated but very, very adult. The series revolves around covert operative Sterling Mallory Archer, his missions and the people in his orbit. Did I mention the agency is headed by his mother, who if I put it charitably, has a dysfunctional relationship with? Did I also mention […]
Why does this thing exist (beyond a cynical money grab, that is) like, at all? This reboot appears to be a carbon copy of the original movie, with the exception that “Chucky” is now “Buddi”– what’s with the “i” anyway?–and is powered by AI (artificial intelligence) instead of Vodou. Heck, he still SOUNDS LIKE BRAD […]
The final trailer for Dark Phoenix was released a few hours ago, and it looks pretty good. The problem is this isn’t the first trailer and it’s a little late for redemption. And besides, I have seen other movies in the Fox X-Men series, and they’re for the most part mediocre, at best (and X-Men: […]
This looks pretty good. While good horror movies aren’t as hard to come by has they have been in the (recent) past, we can’t rest on our laurels because when the studios find a format they can do cheaply as possible all aspirations of a sensible plot and interesting storytelling will just as quickly go […]
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