D23 is going on right now. Or it’s over? I guess it depends on when you read this. Anyway, since Disney owns half the world, it means their expo is filled with all sorts of updates on Star Wars, the yes-it-still-exists Pirates franchise, and of course the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The expected loot arrived: footage […]
When the movie Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope begins and we learn about old Ben Kenobi’s past as a Jedi, it’s a surprise because he seems like a hermit. The three prequel movies filled in some of Ben Kenobi’s origin as a Jedi, but what happened in between, after the Jedi massacre […]
Yet another film based on a Gillian Flynn novel, this time Dark Places, proves to be a much different attempt at a mystery than its predecessor Gone Girl. Similar to Gone Girl, Dark Places is told mainly through flashbacks with a protagonist that you cannot be too sure about, although this time it’s a murder involving multiple family members we […]
Marvel has stretched itself out to many different styles over the last few years. Fantasy, comedy, spy thrillers, heists, period pieces, nothing is off limits when it comes to their films. But, despite this, they manage to maintain consistency across them that is quite impressive. There are many elements that they use to keep this […]
Fox’s reboot of the Fantastic Four is out in theaters this week. Before its release, Fantastic Four has been a very troubled production from the outset: the production was criticized for having a young cast and casting Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm. 20th Century Fox’s lack of promotion for the movie and embargoing reviews for […]
Last week’s Hannibal introduced the Great Red Dragon/Tooth Fairy in a episode full of gorgeous imagery. It also brought Will back to the beginning, sending the character into the dangerous territory of empathizing with victims of the Tooth Fairy’s attacks. And, in a brilliant stroke of pacing, waited until the episode’s final moments to reunite […]
Game Freak is remembered mostly for the Pokemon franchise, but they have been dabbling with non-Pokemon projects lately. There was HarmoKnight on the 3DS, but they never branched out to other systems besides Nintendo ones till now. Published by Sega, Game Freak’s latest effort is called Tembo the Badass Elephant. Tembo has similar gaming philosophies to […]
Ever since it became apparent that Secret Wars (the 2015 edition) was going to radically affect the Marvel Universe, there has been speculation about how Marvel Comics was going to look once it was concluded. Was it a line-wide reboot? Recently, we found out that it is definitely not a reboot. I also looked at […]
Magic Mike XXL is The Godfather: Part II or the Aliens of the male stripper exploitation subgenre. The sequel captures the original’s brilliance and expands it into something bigger, broader, and, in this case, beefier. It plays like the lovechild of Magic Mike and Step Up, marking the next stage in Channing Tatum’s unstoppable rise to the top. The Chan can. Three years […]
Season one of True Detective was a runaway hit thanks to the convergence of three elements: Nic Pizzolatto’s story (which, in the end, didn’t hold up nearly as well as one might have hoped and inspired a great deal of backlash, but for the first several installments were interesting and complex), Cary Joji Fukunaga’s incredible […]
