When the end credits for interestingly titled, “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins” begin, they are markedly different from the rest of the film. Before the full-on scrolling starts, the credits are loud and colorful and a little off the wall… Read More ›
Certainly not limited to the genre by any stretch of the imagination, Kate Beckinsale long ago proved her abilities to deliver oodles of action on screen, appearing in multiple “Underworld” movies and more. She is now back delivering body blow… Read More ›
Unless the lead character in a story is a newborn, the question of how to deal with their backstory regularly (not always) appears. For a movie, how should a filmmaker go about giving us the information we need to know… Read More ›
There is a certain masochism required to run a marathon. The training is long and often difficult, injuries crop up and destroy months of work, pandemics come along and cancel everything, some races can be cancelled at the last minute… Read More ›
Some movies are clever, subtle, little things. They deftly offer up a notion, throwing it into the back of your mind before moving on to something else (“Inception”-style, if you will). But the idea sits there, lingering, growing in your… Read More ›
That fellow who lives in a pineapple under the sea (SpongeBob SquarePants) premiered his Nickelodeon series back in 1999. Now, here in 2021, his third big movie, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” is out on Blu-ray. Although Josh… Read More ›
The transition from childhood to adulthood is different for everyone, but, whatever the specifics of the shift, it is almost certainly not a smooth one. There are bumps and jerks and difficulties along the way. That it happens to all… Read More ›
Disney’s “Cruella,” which stars Emma Stone as the titular villain who eventually torments many a dog in the Disney classic, “101 Dalmatians,” is not available for purchase digitally. I, for one, am always a little skeptical of such origin stories… Read More ›
A character in the new “Boss Baby” movie, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” has a hankering for sweets. He sits there and eats ice cream and soda and lollipops and, yes, even handfuls of sugar itself. Of course he does… Read More ›
Way back in 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince made sure that all teens knew the importance of not cruising around the neighborhood in a car that they shouldn’t be driving. Assuredly, this was not the first example… Read More ›
A few weeks ago we delivered to you the first of two promised episodes on the open-world RPG “Biomutant.” It wasn’t a teaser as much as it was a review in progress. Well, this week, we’re finishing our discussion of… Read More ›
The question is perhaps not “do werewolves exist,” but rather “does it matter if werewolves exist when human beings, with all their horrific faults, are trapped together and believe that werewolves might exist?” Such is one of the conundrums put… Read More ›
The “Fast & Furious” movies long ago transitioned from being a series about relatively criminals with a penchant for cars running into trouble with police. They have, through the years, gotten bigger and dumber. The key thing though is that… Read More ›
We love the Indiana Jones movies. Well, we love three of them and tolerate a fourth and hope that the fifth allows our hero to ride off into the sunset in perfect fashion. Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary… Read More ›
There is without a doubt something to be said for getting an audience up close and personal with a movie’s protagonist, for having the camera regularly scan the individual’s face, displaying their expressions, and getting us to try to read… Read More ›
There can be no surprise with the movie “Stalker” that the tale is going to feature one individual stalking another. Can you possibly imagine the disappointment if there wasn’t? Why would you call it “Stalker,” what sense would it make?… Read More ›
To some extent, although perhaps not a very large one, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” was grounded in reality. In my review of it, I noted that there was a moral question to the film that was intriguing – is it better… Read More ›
Taking viewers down the rabbit hole and convincing them that up is down, left is right, and back is front is not easy. Keeping folks guessing while still playing fair is no simple task. There is something to be said… Read More ›
One of the awful trends we’re getting these days in the media are the lazy “most ‘x’ since the pandemic” or “we finally have a reason to return to ‘y’ after the pandemic” articles. You’ve likely heard a lot of… Read More ›
Up today on the podcast we have the first of two planned installments on the video game, “Biomutant.” A post-apocalyptic role-playing game, “Biomutant” allows you to wander about a destroyed version of our world as a… well, a kind of… Read More ›
What do you do with a movie whose outward appearance seems at odds with everything else it’s saying? You can admire its beauty or the characters it offers. You can be intrigued about any number of aspects, but you always… Read More ›
One of the arguments you may have heard against hte work of J.J. Abrams is that he’s always borrowing from something else, he’s always taking something that’s already been done, rejiggering it slightly, tossing in lens flare, and sending it… Read More ›
It would be easy, albeit cynical, to write a negative review of “Blue Miracle.” A family film, the movie is out on Netflix today and features Jimmy Gonzales as the operator of an orphanage for boys in Mexico as well… Read More ›
In the first “A Quiet Place,” our intrepid protagonist family, the Abbotts, trod on paths of sand that had been carefully laid out on top of roads and other trails. The sand was there to muffle the sound of their… Read More ›
