It would be wrong to think that James Gunn has taken, wholesale, his work on the two “Guardians of the Galaxy” Marvel movies and simply moved the concepts over to DC for their “Suicide Squad” sequel, “The Suicide Squad” (yes,… Read More ›
John Cena
Jesus Figures in both Horror and Comedy
Jesus figures are everywhere. Or, perhaps more accurately, potential Jesus figures are everywhere. This week’s podcast takes a look at not one, but two possible such individuals. The first is the lead character in the John Cena kids comedy, “Playing… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Dolittle”
editor’s note: this review will indeed involve specific details about what occurs in the movie. In a climactic moment of “Dolittle,” our hero sticks his hands up a dragon’s rectum and begins pulling out bones and armor before the dragon… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Bumblebee”
What if there were a “Transformers” live-action movie that was actually good? A movie where the story made sense, where there were some good emotional beats, where there were some decent laughs, where the audience could discern what was going… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Blockers”
Is it possible to make a raunchy teenage sex comedy today, one that focuses on a diversity of opinions and backgrounds and sexual orientations, one that has fun with the genre, one that notes the double standards while still centering… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Ferdinand”
Ferdinand is a big, scary, bull. So characters say (or act) in the Carlos Saldanha movie of the same name, which is based on the book by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. Of course, he’s not drawn as… Read More ›