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 […]
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Review – The show’s best effort since its glory days
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: A lonely, world-weary cloaked man finds himself an unlikely bond with a child who some claim is the future savior of a post-apocalyptic world where survivors struggle to reach they are alive Together, the man and the child embark on a road trip that may bring them […]
Expendables 4 Review – They Made Another
The Expendables franchise is no longer with us. These films are meant to serve as an homage to the silly, low-rent action movies of the 80s and 90s, when many of our biggest action stars made their names. But if the franchise is going to continue after a nine-year hiatus, Expendables 4 (officially called Expend4bles) […]
Gen V review – Boys’ cynicism and cynicism, now with more compassion
Gen V is a spin-off of The Boys. This is both a fact about the show and a warning. It’s an incredibly violent and gory show, and you’ll see more than one bare penis on screen during the eight-episode first season. At the same time, it’s a more focused story that knows how to use […]
