The Fantastic 4: First Steps Isn’t A Usual MCU Film The Fantastic 4: First Steps is a weird movie for anyone who isn’t already knowledgeable of the MCU. The creators just assume you know how this franchise’s alternative universes work, for one thing. And while I can appreciate not bothering with another origin story plotline,… Read More: The Fantastic 4: First Steps Is A Pleasant Surprise »
Fear Street: Prom Queen Isn’t A Very Serious Film Depending on how cheesy you like your movies, Fear Street: Prom Queen is only good in one aspect. If you, however, enjoy momentous cheese, then please, by all means, ignore this article, and perhaps bring a stack of crackers with you. If you’d like to hear… Read More: Fear Street: Prom Night Is A Silly Slasher Movie »
Honor Among Thieves Triumphs Just For Existing Let’s get two things out of the way regarding Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. First off, I know some stuff about the game, but I’m not a hardcore TTRPG player. I got some of the abundant references—but a lot of them went right over my head, and… Read More: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: A Delightful Adaptation »
Quantumania Is Quirky But In An Entertaining Way I try my best to avoid spoilers or discourse about a piece of media before I review it. But I already know that I’m the odd one out. Because I have no particularly strong issues with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania—and the internet seems to have quite… Read More: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Marvel Gets Weird »
Lightyear Is Not What I Was Hoping For From Pixar Lightyear is a movie I didn’t want. I count on Pixar to do new things, and in my mind, Toy Story ended with its third installment, and there shouldn’t be more of it. And no, I haven’t seen the fourth one. But now that I’ve… Read More: Lightyear: A Flawed And Nostalgic Space Trip »
Nightbooks Takes A Old Tale And Gives It New Life Nightbooks has a killer premise. It’s a modernized take on the Hansel and Gretel story that retains its disturbing and nightmarish aspects. It once again highlights how you can do stories for younger audiences that still maintain fear. However, the story does misstep a lot.… Read More: Nightbooks: Actually Scary Children’s Horror »
What kind of person makes horror movies? Where do they come from and what drives them to produce, act in or direct the projects that keep us up at night and fuel our nightmares? These are the kinds of questions that this excellent documentary from Ruben Pla (Insidious, Malignant) tries to answer. As someone who… Read More: Review: The Horror Crowd (2020) »