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Wonder Woman 3 and the Storytelling Obstacle It Must Overcome
[Spoilers for Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman 1984, Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Solider] After the bombastic debut of Wonder Woman in 2017, it was hard … Continue reading Wonder Woman 3 and the Storytelling Obstacle It Must Overcome
Why Is It So Hard To Make Star Wars Great Again?
Admittedly it may be somewhat disingenuous to say that Star Wars isn’t already “great.” After all, with five movies released since 2015 and an average box office total of just … Continue reading Why Is It So Hard To Make Star Wars Great Again?
14 of My Most Memorable Movie Moments of the Decade (2010 – 2019)
In many ways, not a lot has changed in my life over the past 10 years. At the beginning of 2010 I was a single 21 year old man who … Continue reading 14 of My Most Memorable Movie Moments of the Decade (2010 – 2019)
My Top Four Most Notable Films of 2019
Some of you may have noticed that when writing up these seemingly obligatory end-of-year big screen roundups, I’ve never titled any of my collections as “best.” Mostly that’s because, being … Continue reading My Top Four Most Notable Films of 2019
If I Could Travel To An Alternate Universe, It Would Be One Where James Cameron Never Made Avatar
No, this isn’t an Avatar-bashing blog post, despite the title. Rather I see the following words as an exploration of a missed opportunity. A few days ago someone asked a … Continue reading If I Could Travel To An Alternate Universe, It Would Be One Where James Cameron Never Made Avatar
If I Could Write… Deadpool!
Talk about an odd journey to the big screen! After all, how often do you get a movie greenlit based entirely on positive reactions to illegally leaked test footage? But … Continue reading If I Could Write… Deadpool!
Frasier and His 11 Most Memorable Episodes
If the mid-1990s to early-2000s could be defined by one single comedy series, it’s not a stretch to say that most people would pick Friends as the one that illustrated … Continue reading Frasier and His 11 Most Memorable Episodes
The Short View – Alien: Night Shift (2019) / Alien: Ore (2019)
For a look at the previous two shorts, Alien: Containment and Alien: Specimen, click here. Synopsis: When a missing space trucker (Tanner Rittenhouse) is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker … Continue reading The Short View – Alien: Night Shift (2019) / Alien: Ore (2019)
The Short View – Alien: Containment (2019) / Alien: Specimen (2019)
I love this. Say what you will about the now defunct 20th Century Fox and their past treatment of the Alien franchise; but the way they’ve chosen to celebrate the … Continue reading The Short View – Alien: Containment (2019) / Alien: Specimen (2019)
Review: Captain Marvel (2019) – Spectacular Space Adventure With A Subpar Story
Minor spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy and Memento True be told, I think Captain Marvel might be the first female-led superhero film I’ve seen since 1984’s Supergirl. To be fair … Continue reading Review: Captain Marvel (2019) – Spectacular Space Adventure With A Subpar Story
Review: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) – A Scattered, But Respectable Finale
Minor Spoilers for How To Train Your Dragon 1 & 2 Though it might be a stretch for some, I don’t think it would be too far off the mark … Continue reading Review: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) – A Scattered, But Respectable Finale
Game Review: Alien: Blackout (2019) – An Engaging and Spine-Tingling Mobile Followup [iOS]
Over the past couple of years there have been an innumerable number of storylines that could be said to have been abandoned too soon. The space-faring TV show Firefly or the ever … Continue reading Game Review: Alien: Blackout (2019) – An Engaging and Spine-Tingling Mobile Followup [iOS]
My Top 10 Most Notable Films of 2018
Apologies folks. While I am a little late in posting my list of movies for 2018, that’s pretty much what comes about when this entire blogging thing is technically a … Continue reading My Top 10 Most Notable Films of 2018
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