It’s a shame it doesn’t stick the landing though; also, spoilers galore. It’s strange trying to review Marvel movies from my position. I am someone who doesn’t really care about Marvel, but a lot of the creators that I love are fans or accept Marvel’s offer to work with them. So, even if I don’t […]
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Yaksha: Ruthless Operations, The Pirates: The last Royal treasure, and The Northman. A pretty good week, overall, as it includes two very solid South Korean blockbusters and a mesmerizing Viking revenge saga. Yaksha: Ruthless Operations was co-written and directed by Na Hyeon (with An Sang-hoon being listed as a co-writer) and it stars Sol Kyung-Gu, […]
Don’t’ kill me, Furioza, and Choose or Die. This started out as my weekly review round-up for the latest movies that I’ve seen on Netflix, but the news broke out about Netflix’s public loss of subscribers and their subsequent plans to cut back on animation projects, which sparked some reactions that I wanted to share. […]
Ambulance, Black Crab, and X. For this week’s round-up there are two highly anticipated movies and a nice surprise; Michael Bay’s new movie, a highly regarded slasher, and a futuristic action-thriller with Noomi Rapace. Starting with Ambulance which was directed by Michael Bay, written by Chris Fedak, based on a 2005 Danish movie of the […]
Against the Ice, The Privilege, Big Bug, Windfall, The House It’s been a few months of new Netflix Original movies, so I decided to do a catch-up with five of them, starting with Against the Ice. When I first saw the trailer for this, I immediately thought it was like The Terror (2018) but a […]
The Adam Project is directed by Shawn Levy, written by Jonathan Trooper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin, and it stars an ensemble cast headlined by Ryan Reynolds, alongside Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and young Walker Scobell. After the surprise hit Free Guy, The Adam Project is the second collaboration […]
There are only a few comic-book characters that can get me excited for a movie adaptation; actually, there is only one. Batman’s an iconic character, not only in the comic book world, but in films, TV, pop culture, and general culture. A new movie adaptation will compete with previous ones, will be compared to some […]
Death on the Nile Murder on the Orient Express (2017) was an entertaining throwback blessed with an all-star cast and great production values, which performed brilliantly at the box office returning around 350 million dollars from a 55 million dollars budget; a sequel was teased at the end and – after numerous delays due to […]
The Last Duel (2021) is a historical drama, directed by Ridley Scott, written by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Nicole Holofcener, based on the 2004 book by Eric Jager, and stars Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, and Ben Affleck. Set in Medieval France, the movie depicts the events that lead to the last judicial […]
Movie roundup 9/2/2022
The Mad Hatter, The last son, and The Banishing The Mad Hatter (2021) “Elevated Horror” is a sub-genre that seems to be fairly popular these days, showcased by the rise of Ari Aster, Mike Flannagan, and Robert Eggers amongst others. Personally, I love this type of horror; I am much more invested in them and […]