Geostorm (2017)
At the start of 2017’s Geostorm, a young girl’s narration informs us that in the year 2019, a scant six months from now, the planet will be devastated by a series of catastrophic weather...
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Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 8 of 9)
A while ago on Suicide Squad: The most useful member of the team found his cojones, only to sacrifice them (and everything else) to kill Enchantress’s brother “Chester”, whose real name I never heard even...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 7 of 9)
Antecedently on Suicide Squad: The chips are down for our plucky band of felons. Waller’s been kidnapped and mind-probed. Joker’s escape attempt went awry; he got in a helicopter crash *snicker* and he’s *snort*...
Hit or Bomb? July 2018 movie predictions
Here we go again! It’s that time where we make snap judgments about which movies released this month will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailer. Our box office gurus this time...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 6 of 9)
Heretofore on Suicide Squad: Our titular Squad began their first big assignment: to travel to Gotham Central Star National Fawcett Coast Keystone Gorilla Midway City and rescue an unidentified person from a brother/sister duo...
Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Just four years before the first part of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was released, there was another fantasy film which, unlike Jackson’s trilogy, pretty much faded from memory as quickly as...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 5 of 9)
Erstwhile on Suicide Squad: Amanda Waller’s cunning plan to engineer a romance between an ultra-powerful witch and the single person guarding her somehow ran into problems. Enchantress slipped her leash and went rogue, releasing...
Movie Duel: Indecent Proposal vs. Honeymoon in Vegas
Welcome back to Movie Duels, in which we watch two dueling movies and offer our eminently qualified opinion of which film, if any, has a reason for existing, and which one should have been...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 4 of 9)
Precedingly on Suicide Squad: Waller’s getting the band together. Harley Quinn’s pimp is coming to her rescue. Enchantress is off the leash and up to no good. Enchantress teleports by wrapping her cloud of...
A look back at Twilight Zone: The Movie, 35 years later (part 2 of 2)
Let’s take a closer look at the Twilight Zone movie itself before tackling the elephant in the room regarding this topic. The prologue, directed by John Landis, sets the tone perfectly and would truly...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 3 of 9)
Previously on Suicide Squad: Government stooge (and three-time Detective Wyms Cosplay Contest runner-up) Amanda Waller wanted to protect America from a hypothetical terrorist threat by a Superman-type figure. To that end, she assembled a...
A look back at Twilight Zone: The Movie, 35 years later (part 1 of 2)
Even before this day and age of seemingly endless reboots and reimaginings, the idea of remaking something for the big screen wasn’t (if you’ll pardon this) new. After all, classic series such as Batman,...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 2 of 9)
Last time on Suicide Squad: The Wall got an idea. An awful idea. The Wall got a wonderful, awful idea. She’s smiling because, with Superman dead, it’s the perfect time to pitch this wonderful,...
Hit or Bomb? June 2018 movie predictions
For being smack-dab in the middle of blockbuster season, this month gets off to a pretty slow start. Guess everybody assumed Solo: A Star Wars Story would be dominating the box office for at least...
Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 1 of 9)
The DC Expanded Universe: four cursed words if ever there were any. The twelve hours that comprise the DCEU represent such a pathetically inept wall-to-wall pooch-screw that dunking on the franchise at this point...
Movie Duel: Paul Blart: Mall Cop vs. Observe and Report
Welcome back to Movie Duels, in which we watch two dueling movies and offer our eminently qualified opinion of which film, if any, has a reason for existing, and which one should have been...
Battle of the Nerd Comedies: Free Enterprise (1999) vs. Fanboys (2009)
A short while back, I wrote an article comparing the documentaries Trekkies and The People vs. George Lucas. These movies looked at the appeal and devoted followings of Star Trek and Star Wars, the...
Tron (1982), a recap (part 6 of 6)
Before I get into the impact Tron has had on pop culture in the decades since its release, let’s discuss how the movie itself stands up. Video game-based movies are usually received with not...
7 ideas for the next A Star Wars Story
It was a golden moment when Lucasfilm and Disney announced their intention to make a series of standalone Star Wars movies in addition to the sequel trilogy. For the first time in history, the...
Hit or Bomb? May 2018 movie predictions
Feeling like you’re recovering from a massive hangover of Avengers proportions? Well, pop a fistful of Tylenol and pour yourself a Bloody Mary, because blockbuster season has only just begun, and Hollywood still has...
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