Its title, immediately invested with mystique, was claimed by a retail chain store, its aesthetics so powerful they became a template for any number of sci-fi works to follow, most famously Star Trek, and gifted to pop culture Robby the Robot, a creation who became emblematic for an entire...
The Greatest Showman:an original musical loosely based on the life of P.T. Barnum and his “abnormals assemble” crew. You have two choices with this film: enjoy it as a (very)lightweightpiece ofentertainment, or thumb through the catalogue of issues with its presentation as an actual ‘mo...
” Sometimes it’s small, like Bruce Wayne just sitting there, quietly watching and waiting while Clark Kent yells at some kids who are bullying another kid in a playground at the beginning of “Batman/Superman.” But in some way that initial action encapsulates the big emotional journey the...
Like college kids bragging about how many all-nighters they’ve pulled to finish their thesis papers, low-budget filmmakers sometimes get into stupid games of one-upsmanship about the ridiculous length of their shooting days. Don’t go there, friends! The longer you let each shooting days bec...
REVIEW: “STRAYS” (2023) Universal Straysis everything you didn’t know you needed for a weekend film watch. Coming out Friday, August 18th, 2023 from@universalpictureswith a great cast including#WillFerrell#JamiFoxx#IslaFisher#RandallParkas the rauchiest pups in town. Yet so completely adora...
Review (Disney Boy) It was with great anticipation and joy that I sat down to watch DC's latest animated film,Wonder Woman. For far too long, comicbookdom's original heroine has been left warming the bench as Batman, Superman and Spider-Man get to have all the animated and live-action...
OK, that’s just stupid for any kind of film. Then there is the whole matter of lassoing Godzilla with slow-moving destroyers; fine for an animated kids show, but ridiculous in anything this po-faced. Skikishima character is another problem, but of the same kind. He’s overdone. Yes,...
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Today’s Deal on Fire is theBlu-rayfor the action comedyGintama(read ourreview), a live-action adaptation based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work how...