They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
I don’t want to be this guy. I don’t want to be the guy who persistently compares the DC Cinematic Universe to its spiritual cousin over there at Disney+. But I feel that I am given no choice. The two are working in the same medium but while the MCU greets me with the warmth […]
Black Widow (2021)
Watching Marvel’s pandemic-delayed Black Widow, it’s hard get away from the feeling that it seems to be slightly out of date – by, say, five years. I don’t mean that to sound harsh, this movie is slightly better than I had expected but given real-world events, the current chronology of the Marvel Universe, and justified […]
Mortal Kombat (2021)
I come to the 2021 edition of Mortal Kombat only with vague memories of having played “Mortal Kombat II” on the Sega Genesis, and a modest affection for the first screen attempt back in 1995. From what I recall, I played the game routinely without having what you might call a fixation. I recall that […]
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
I offer up a ringing endorsement of Godzilla vs. Kong based on a rating that some might accuse of being generous. I don’t think so. The movie is about as much fun as one could have at a movie featuring a towering battle between Godzilla and King Kong – you get what you pay for. […]
Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
I feel it necessary to enter into a review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League by noting that I am not unsympathetic. I’m not giving the film a favorable review but I completely understand why Snyder felt compelled to return to a project that he had to abandon four-years ago after the death of his daughter. […]
Unholy Relics: Appreciating the Goofy Charm of ‘Batman the Movie’ at 55
As a movie and as a TV series “Batman” belongs in a time capsule, not of Batman lore but of a loving tribute to the pop sensation of the swinging 60s. To watch it again after almost 50 years is to be reminded of a time when television – and for that matter pop culture […]
‘WandaVision’ is a tasty, if baffling, little MCU treat.
WandaVision is a new nine-part series premiering today on Disney+. This review covers only the first two episodes. How did the song go? “There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear.” That’s pretty much the feeling that you get from WandaVision, a sometimes clever and sometimes baffling new nine-part series that has the […]
Binging the Star Wars Ten-ology
There once was a time when a Star Wars fan could comfortably seat himself in his or her living room and veg on the entire Star Wars trilogy over the course of a lazy Sunday. Now, you need an entire weekend. Maybe a three-day weekend. I have spent several days working my way through all […]
