The Old Guard is perfect at what it wants to be. It’s an action movie with a tight fantastical premise and stellar execution. By chance, I saw a five-minute scene and was immediately hooked. Source
The Tomorrow War has a fantastic premise, talented actors, and stellar effects, yet it never comes together properly. The enthusiasm for its own appeal wanes, and it becomes a shell of a movie, running on formula and tropes. Source
Choices Made In The Matrix Resurrections Fell Flat The Matrix Resurrections is disappointing. This one sentence sums up the bulk of my opinions. I had such high hopes, especially with how good the first movie was, but I wasn’t feeling it by the end. And this wasn’t an immediate process. For the first while, the… Read More »
Moon Knight Is Unlike Any Other Superhero Show Going into Moon Knight, I had few expectations. I wasn’t familiar with the character. All I knew about them was that Moon Knight had more than one personality, and at least one of them had superpowers. All the trailers confirmed was it would be intensely trippy. So,… Read More »
The Hollow Quickly Falls Apart Into Theory Baiting The Hollow is a decent enough show mired by gimmick issues. The biggest one is its reliance on the “Mystery Box” model. For those unaware, it’s a storytelling method where you reveal tiny bits of information during many episodes to keep people interested. It relies on curiosity… Read More »
[embedded content] Dust Brings Us More Curious Indie Science Fiction Too long ago, I announced a series where I would periodically review a few movies from the Dust YouTube channel. Well, it’s finally time to return. I’ve selected three short films. Each is different. Each is exciting. And each shows a wildly different future. Before… Read More »
The Storage Papers Will Frighten Even Horror Fans Before listening to The Storage Papers, I never thought a podcast could scare me as much as The Magnus Archives. That the mind-melting, the dark-is-dangerous thrill it gave me was the peak of horror storytelling. But The Storage Papers is not only just as scary, but it… Read More »
No Way Home Sets Up An Insane Marvel Precedent Spider-Man: No Way Home is the type of movie that could only exist in this new media environment. The draw is the spectacle of connecting reboots and pulling in actors to reprise long-gone roles. It has the same appeal as a Doctor Who special or those… Read More »
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Does Not Quite Come Alive Ghostbusters: Afterlife has several excellent moments, a great protagonist, and a heartfelt core, yet is underwhelming in a lot of ways. Those who watch it will remember it mainly for its fan service, and though that’s kind of the point—it’s not great we have a lot of movies… Read More »
Scary Stories Seems To Be Part Of A Media Trend Given recent movie adaptation trends, Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark has a lot of comparisons. Even attempting to evaluate it outside of context is semi-impossible because of its similarities. I’d call it a mash-up of Fear Street and the first Goosebumps movie, but… Read More »