(While I won't be actively discussing the biggest story points here, lets just assume that minor SPOILERS about basic details of the plot will be present in this review) Over 40 years after Star Wars entered and dominated large segments of popular culture Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker comes with the promise of finally bringing the core …
Continue reading Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Big Screen Review)
During the infancy of the superhero genre when Hollywood time and time again demonstrated that they did not have a clue about how to bring comic-books to the big screen I was able to take solace in one thing: at least these weren't based on video games. From the days of Super Mario Bros. all the …
Continue reading Video Game Movie Round-Up: Tomb Raider & Rampage
It seems only a few weeks ago that I was putting together my final list of the Best Films of 2017 (to be fair, that list did finally come out in April so it wasn't that long ago). But with us firmly entrenched in the month of August it's time for me to begin thinking of evaluating …
For the past six weeks or so, my life has been almost entirely devoted to watching the World Cup. Ever since USA 1994 I find myself transfixed to the screen every four years as I try my very best to catch 64 international games as they happen (this year, thanks to the wonders of streaming …
Continue reading World Cup Withdrawal Remedy Plan: Football Documentaries
As I have established before in the previous volume, my usually high standards for what movies I will and won't buy flies out the window the moment I sniff out a good bargain. Basically, once the price of buying a movie costs less than a VOD rental (as of writing, about CAD 5.99) all bets …
As I was about to step out the door to go catch my first double feature since child #2 came along, my wife scoffed at my film choices since she has heard me mock both of the titles repeatedly for various reasons. She asked, "Are you so desperate to get your solo-movie fix that you're going …
Continue reading Big Screen Double Feature: Ocean’s 8 & Deadpool 2
The title of this post explains itself right? Let's dive in: PADDINGTON 2 (dir. Paul King) "If you're kind and polite, the world will turn out right." This is the motto that Paddington Brown lives by (taught to him by his Aunt Lucy of course) and it is also the ethos that drives this entire …
The run was never going to last. After more than a dozen years of near-unparalleled creativity starting with Cinderella in 1950 the well had to run dry at some point. Regrettably The Sword in the Stone, the last movie to be released in Walt Disney's lifetime, is the movie to break Disney's hot-streak. The movie's problems begin …
Continue reading Disney Silver Age #7: The Sword in the Stone
There is nothing greater for a cinephile like me to watch a movie for the first time and falling in love with it. This is especially true when you see said movie in a theatre with all the hype surrounding its release and you can't help but get swept up in it. The first viewing …
Continue reading 10 Year Anniversary: Does it Hold Up? (2008 Edition)
A lot has seemingly happened since the last time we checked in with Netflix. Most importantly they recently got into an epic battle with Cannes over the film festival's decision to disqualify any film from being in competition that did not have a planned theatrical distribution. This resulted in Netflix pulling all of its movies from …
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