Just the other day I was exhausted from non-stop driving, apartment seeking, and family drama that drained me. I was about to drop to the floor. Yet, I decided to go to the movies at the end of the day. The horror in The Black Phone woke me right up. That has to count for something. Director Scott Derrikson has struck gold with this new Joe Hill adaptation that is sure to delight all kinds...
Matt Reeves’ The Batman is better than The Dark Knight. I’ll fight anyone on this. What was once supposed to be an expansion of Zack Snyder’s vision for the DCEU has spun off into its mini-verse that could perhaps become the superior adaptation of the Bat-Family mythos. Robert Pattinson masterfully leads with some masterful direction, cinematography, music, and story. There might be some elements that could throw some audience members off by being a noir...
X came out of nowhere. While I’ve been familiar with director Ti West, I didn’t realize that his new movie was coming out until a week after the trailer dropped. Though a surprise, this movie left me extremely happy. X is not only the best movie of the year so far, but it’s also the best slasher film that I’ve seen in years. The Good Strictly speaking, there isn’t anything that special about the story....
Oh my god, Peacemaker is back? The second half of James Gunn’s Peacemaker is perfect DCEU television. While the first half of the season didn’t always run smoothly (Peacemaker Park 1), in the second half this show is a perfect piece of ultra-violent superhero fare. If you are at all curious about this journey of a misguided hero, I urge you to check out Peacemaker. For returning fans, you’ll be more than happy with how...
The Suicide Squad is one of my favorite big-screen experiences of the last year and now it’s back specifically not on the big screen. One of the biggest surprise announcements in the DCEU is the announcement of a spin-off from a movie about lower-tier supervillains. As a fan of both James Gunn his more recent work on The Suicide Squad, this was one of my most anticipated shows of the year. While we’re only halfway...
Scream is in one of my top two horror franchises of all time next to the Evil Dead. Though franchise long director, Wes Craven, has passed since the release of the last outing, I was excited at the announcement of a new entry. When I heard that the Ready or Not team was taking lead on this project, I only got more excited. While I’m happy to say that most of this new Scream works,...
Though the pandemic certainly got in the way of many typical movie releases, it has been a relatively good year for the cinema. DC films within Warner Bros. have come back with what I consider to be their best comic book adaptation, Marvel has also come back by taking up thirty percent of all of 2021’s box office returns (The Wrap), and there have been plenty of surprises as well. Before we get started, there...
Korean cinema has always had a special place in my heart. I can’t really explain why this is the case, but it is. Korean cinema has been bleeding into the US for quite some time with certain directors like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho making films in English, along with certain films like Oldboy gaining international audiences. Though with the more recent successful releases of Parasite and Squid Game there has never been this much...
Another Disney + show that makes you need to buy into its service so that you can stay caught up to the Marvel Cinematic Universe canon. While the MCU has struggled with their TV show add-ons they have been mostly enjoyable. Hawkeye is the latest outing and so far the best. With the last episode just airing last week, we thought it would be a good opportunity to give those yet to jump on a...
Another show from Mike Flanagan? Yes, please! For those unfamiliar with Midnight Mass’s creator and director, Mike Flanagan, he has made some of the greatest horror films and shows in the past decade. His resume goes from Oculus to Doctor Sleep, and one of Netflix’s best miniseries The Haunting of Hill House. With Midnight Mass now out on Netflix, it’s easy to say that this master filmmaker has topped himself yet again while also making...
