“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” – Plutarch I enjoy the MARVEL movies as much as the next person. Despite what some of my cinematic heroes like Scorsese have to say on the subject of superhero movies, they are every bit as viable as any other genre of film. They are adventurous, cinematic, […]Read More
“I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.” – Nicolas Cage The career of Nicolas Cage is as eclectic and off-the-wall as the man himself. He has pretended to defeat convicts in the air and steal the Declaration […]Read More
“Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.” – Max Lucado We were promised Robert Eggers with a more sizable budget and we’ve been given The Northman. I can tell you this, money well spent. I’ll just get this out of the way now, The Northman is (so far) the best film of 2022. […]Read More
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.” – Brené Brown If the Fantastic Beasts franchise has taught me anything it’s that “lightning in a bottle”, in this case the Harry Potter movies, are a genuine rarity in cinema. While these movies aren’t bad, quite enjoyable actually, they have […]Read More
“Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future too, like something out of Fritz Lang’s feeble imagination.” – Henry Miller Ah, Michael Benjamin Bay – my feelings toward you sway and dip like the ocean in a hurricane. Sometimes, basically the entire Transformersera, […]Read More
“A true hero is not measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.” – Hercules I suppose this is where my inexperience shows through most when I’m trying to articulate what I thought about a movie that was in no way intended for me. It would be unfair of […]Read More
“Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.” – Mandy Hale Swiss Army Man made its idiosyncratic debut in 2016. When the end credits rolled I was convinced I’d likely never see something so bizarre or unique ever again. I thought if anyone could ever top just how distinctive that […]Read More
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” – James Joyce I’m cautiously optimistic that DC may be learning from past mistakes and might actually be pivoting in a positive direction. Sony and its MARVEL properties on the other hand? It would seem they are very much still lost in the dark that is their own blindness. […]Read More
“Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.” – Clive Owen Like with any genre there are the cliché entries. Uncharted inspired by Indiana Jones, Fool’s Gold and Sahara haphazardly pieced together from a hundred different adventure movies. The Mummy, Jungle Cruise, Romancing the Stone, I could go on. And […]Read More
“One lie is enough to question all truths.” – Anonymous Ah yes, the erotic thriller. For those of us that get turned on when sex and murder is smushed together like naughty bits in a, well, an erotic thriller. I try not to judge but if the idea of Ben Affleck drowning someone in his […]Read More
“I’m vengeance.” – Batman When they moved John Wick 4 to 2023 The Batman officially became my most anticipated of 2022. I couldn’t wait to see what Matt Reeves could do with the character and the city of Gotham and its inhabitants. I was so excited to see a new but long awaited perspective of […]Read More
“He don’t mean you no harm. Such a sweet boy…” Another one of these? Really? Okay I guess… The original works because it is exactly that, the first, the original. The 2003 remake was decent enough because it managed to capture at least some of the dread the original created. Since then every attempt at […]Read More
“Sic Parvis Magna” – Francis Drake Ah yes, the much maligned video game movie adaptation. The video game curse, arguably the as of yet broken tradition of releasing the worst possible excuse for a movie based on a beloved video game franchise. You can say that movies based on games came out long before this […]Read More
“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.” – Agatha Christie I think audiences can be smart when they want to be. If you present your film as a mystery, with clues laid along the way, many see it as a challenge to figure out the truth before […]Read More
“Computers will overtake humans with A.I. within the next 100 years. When that happens we need to make sure the computers have goals aligned with ours.” – Stephen Hawking I don’t think anyone would disagree if I said the disaster genre is Roland Emmerich’s to do with as he sees fit. The Day After Tomorrow, […]Read More
“Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to jackass!” – Johnny Knoxville How do you review a jackass movie? Over 22 years ago this ridiculous premise premiered on MTV and pop culture was never the same again. It’s been two decades of stupidity. At this point you know what kind of content you’re getting with this franchise, […]Read More
“Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!” – Billy Loomis All the way back in 1996, Wes Craven came up with an idea that would not only change pop culture of that era but for all time. Scream, while at its surface is just another slasher, it’s the self awareness the franchise possesses […]Read More
“All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him.” – Sun Tzu I hope that when the reviews and opinions of moviegoers start coming in for this thing that everyone can maintain their composure and realize that maybe, just maybe, the inevitable […]Read More
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