The past few days have seen a steadily increasing drumbeat of speculation and rumor and “news” regarding when the trailer for the next Avengers movie is coming out. The hottest new rumor has it coming out on Wednesday, December 5th, although if it doesn’t come out then it wouldn’t be the first (or second or third) time that the rumors have been wrong. Either way, interest in the trailer for…
*Warning* Spoilers abound for all of the Harry Potter movies and spin-offs. A few years ago, I was watching the (at the time) newest Harry Potter film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . It was a fairly entertaining film, although I do think it suffered from Star-Wars-Prequel-itis in that it sometimes seemed more focused on using CGI to bring another world to life instead of simply telling a compelling story….
Avengers: Infinity War came out on Blu-Ray last week on August 14th, so now seems like a perfect time to look back on the most ambitious crossover event in history. I’ve seen the movie three times already and plan to watch it a lot more now that I don’t have to a buy a movie ticket every time to see it. Warning, I’m going to get into some pretty nerdy…
Note: I am refusing to use the “A Star Wars Story” appendage to the title of Solo. It looks dumb and sounds dumb. Disney please stop doing this for your spin off Star Wars movies. Also some spoilers – blah blah blah Over the weekend I ended up seeing Deadpool 2 and Solo. Deadpool 2 was amazing (the best Marvel movie so far). Solo wasn’t nearly as good but it…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow. Wow. A lot of the Avengers: Infinity War reviews had mentioned how epic, breath-taking, and exhausting the movie is, with most saying they needed time (and maybe multiple additional viewings) to digest what happened before deciding how much (or if) they liked the movie. I had thought much of that was hyperbole, but after having seen the movie, I can definitely understand where…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for any and all MCU movies to date may follow. Avengers: Infinity War is coming out in just a few days. There’s some debate on whether or not it’s the most ambitious crossover event in history, but with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) being the highest grossing film series, there’s no doubt that this is a big deal. On a personal level, over the 18 movies in the…
On February 27th, 1998, Dark City was given a wide release in theaters. While the movie won praise from critics for its visual flair, it tended to get much poorer marks for human elements. None of the actors was acclaimed for giving a strong performance, the story was widely panned and the film was not much of a financial success, earning a meager $27M worldwide. I was thinking about this…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Black Panther follows. The last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie before the looming Infinity War is out, so how does it stack up? Read on to hear my thoughts on King T’Challa’s first solo movie. Black Panther is an interesting movie in that it isn’t quite an origin story like other MCU movies. T’Challa had already appeared in Captain America: Civil War as a fully developed superhero. In that sense,…
The Black Panther of comics, real identity T’Challa, king of Wakanda, debuted in 1966 and was interesting and popular enough to make a few more guest appearances before getting his own feature work in “Jungle Action.” Earlier issues of Jungle Action starred such notable comic standouts as “Lorna, Queen of the Jungle” and “Tharn, the Magnificent.” Jungle Action became T’Challa’s own after his debut issue there, however, and that was…
Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and probably unpopular opinions follows! It is perhaps fitting that we will be seeing annual Star Wars movies every December for the foreseeable future. If these trends keep up, it means I won’t lack for grievances to air when Festivus rolls around. The Last Jedi is a bad movie, despite it being somewhat enjoyable to watch. Unlike Rogue One, the characters are somewhat developed…