Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Review – Bigger and Better
In some ways, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is just another big-budget Hollywood CGI extravaganza, something we’ve seen plenty of examples of over and over every year for the past two decades. But, like the previous MonsterVerse movies, Godzilla x Kong has its own distinct vibe and aesthetic that sets it apart from all […]
Review of Echo (Episodes 1-3): Just another Marvel thing
This is one of the weirdest reviews I’ve written in my career, for a myriad of reasons. There’s the fact that Echo kind of ends up being a signpost for the post-MCU era, which is pretty ridiculous considering the main character is just a cool deaf villain from the Hawkeye series with no connection. That […]
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom Review – A better ending than the DCEU deserves
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a film that seems to have a lot of baggage, whether it’s the last film in the DC universe to feature Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, conflicting reports about which Batman will appear, rumors of Amber Heard Relationship drama with Johnny Depp eventually pushed her to the brink, etc. […]
Napoleon Review – Ridley Scott does it again
Napoleon is a lot of fun to watch alongside Ridley Scott’s most famous historical epic, the Best Picture winner Gladiator. While Gladiator is more or less just an incredibly well-made prestige film that hits all the right notes by traditional standards for that type of film, Scott does something very different with his latter-day epics. […]
TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Review – The Pizza-Crazed Teen Ninjas Pack A Mighty Punch
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise on the big screen has been mixed at best. The latest entry, the CGI-style Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, is a brand new take on the iconic franchise that introduces the Turtles to a younger generation of potential fans. And this time, the actors and creators of the […]
Blue Beetle Review – Big savings
It was a very bad year for DC Studios. Shazam 2 and The Flash were bad movies that both flopped. And now we have Blue Beetle, a movie that has the look and feel of a major Arrowverse crossover event on the CW. I’m sorry to say that DC’s situation hasn’t improved at all with […]
Ahsoka Review – For Star Wars: Rebels fans only
I used to think I was gratuitously harsh on Disney’s live-action Star Wars efforts because I didn’t like any of them. Then I watched Andor and saw that it sounded like a pretty good Star Wars TV show. I prefer not to go back to the previous normal state. But despite her efforts to pretend […]
Netflix’s One Piece Review – Believe In Wonderland
Wealth, fame, power. In the two and a half decades since Eiichiro Oda first created the legendary manga-turned-anime series One Piece, it has obtained this and everything else the world has to offer. Since 1997, the swashbuckling Shonen Jump serial has maintained an extraordinary level of adoration and popularity, culminating in record-breaking sales and one […]
Marvels Review – Pointless Fun
The Marvels is somehow the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is a direct sequel to a movie (Captain Marvel) and two different TV shows (Wanda Vision and Ms. Marvel). It’s a significant supporting role for Nick Fury, who is coming off last summer’s Skrull Rebellion in Secret Invasion. However, almost none of […]
Review of The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – Best Series
I wasn’t really worried about whether or not director Francis Lawrence, who helmed three of the four previous Hunger Games movies, would deliver a very good and watchable film with The Hunger Games: Mockingbird and Snakes. but me Was I’m worried that this won’t do much, since villain-based prequels aren’t usually all that worthwhile. What […]
