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Super Overrated But Still Good
The Dark Knight
I want to start by saying I genuinely think this movie is good and very enjoyable, but only if you have the ability to look past the fact that it's one of the worst adaptations of the character. As ag...
Review of The Wilderness
The Wilderness · Explosions in the Sky
One of the things I like most about Explosions in the Sky is their ability to change without losing who they are. Each album fits nicely into the band's oeuvre, charting the course of a musical group...
Review of Heat
Heat
Every once in a while, a movie seems perfectly made just for you. All of the things you can't get enough of, all of the things that hit that perfect spot. Other times, movies are simply made well. Not...
Review of Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional
Directed by Luc Besson, Léon: The Professional is the story of a deadly and highly efficient hitman played by Jean Reno. Léon lives a quiet, solitary life, taking contracts to eliminate targets within...
Review of The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, the 1994 film is one of those rare adaptations that not only improves upon its source material but also genuinely lives up...
Lets start at the beginning
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
As a child, I was subject to the whims of a loving mother who believed I was spending too much time sitting in front of the television watching strange shows full of people in heavy makeup, standing o...
I didn't know how much I missed you
X-Men '97 - Season 1
X-Men The Animated Series premiered when I was 7 years old. That show was foundational to my interest to comics books and is among the very best comics-to-animated series adaptations, second to Batman...
Review of Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
Take a gamble that love exists and do a loving act. I can't understand how anyone can replay this game so quickly as my first playthrough alone is taking well over 200 hours. What Rockstar has done he...
Review of Primal - Season 1
Primal - Season 1
It seems difficult to explain why Primal's Season 1 is good without first supplying something of a state-of-the-union. Good, in what sense? And of course, we’d be remiss not to take a perfectly good c...
Review of Resident Evil - Season 1
Resident Evil - Season 1
Ah. Another day, another corporate broomstick shoved up the backside of source material that somebody, somewhere, at some point, used to love. Another lovely, sunny day in the modernist beehive, prais...
Nolan's Odyssey: An Autopsy
The Odyssey
A film made by those who don't particularly like the Odyssey, for those who have never read the Odyssey. And at that, it's still not even fun to hate, like so many other products of cinematic activism...
Dud
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
When you watch a movie, you're often under the influence of the sunk cost fallacy. Because you've already invested your time and money, you're naturally more inclined to convince yourself that you enj...
Review of The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan is gonna Christopher Nolan or, more succinctly, a leopard doesn’t change its spots. I like Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker. We seem to share the same tastes and interests, given his...
Review of Black Jacket
Black Jacket
Calling it Blackjack Balatro does this game a disservice. Black Jacket is a thoughtful and touching story told through a well-balanced and rich deckbuilding game. It's difficult to fully convey what m...
Review of X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
Wow. This…this sucked. Is it unwatchable? No. They do fulfill a couple of promises from the X‑Men canon: we see the Danger Room and a Sentinel. But… In the previous movie, they had Alan Cumming as Nig...
Review of X2
X2
X2: X‑Men United does a lot of things right. It adds more mutants. It adds light and color. The fights are bigger and better. It’s like they didn’t trust the first movie to do well, so they held back....
Review of X-Men
X-Men
The ’90s were a bad time for comic book fans. Marvel had filed for bankruptcy and was selling off its IP to different studios. Producers did fifteen minutes of research, stunt‑cast the biggest stars t...
Review of Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
Batman was created by Bob Kane and first published in 1939. That’s nearly nine decades of artists, inkers, and storytellers giving us infinite permutations of this character, each one just as real and...
A Fresh Spider-Man
Spider-Noir - Season 1
I loved Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel. One of the biggest surprises was Spider-Noir, hilariously voiced by Nicolas Cage. He is a version of Spider-Man from a noir universe where the...
Doin' too much
They Will Kill You
I wanted this movie to be good. I like Patricia Arquette and Zazie Beetz, and this looked like the kind of fun, over-the-top action film built around showcasing great fight choreography. Can the stunt...
Nostalgia served over ice
Stranger Things - Season 1
Nostalgia is like whiskey: enjoyable in moderation, but not something you should rely on for happiness. Sooner or later, you risk developing an unhealthy relationship with it. Stranger Things lures yo...
Oh yeah...THIS movie...
Justice League
I was sitting at home when a commercial for Justice League came on television. I said to myself that I needed to see it before it left theaters. A moment later, I remembered that I had seen this movie...
What the !@%$ was that?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Like what you like. If you enjoy Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, then by all means continue to love it. If the movie works for you emotionally, that's perfectly fine. I am being sincere. I do not...
Review of Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe
"To thine own self be true." If there is a movie that embodies that sentiment, at least in a meta sense, it is Masters of the Universe. If you can't appreciate a movie that is unapologetically itself...