Peacemaker turns in some great performances from the cast but first you have to get past the unredeeming qualities of the show’s main character. Follow me on a journey to the past, a far-off time known as “1966.” Lyndon B.…
DC FanDome 2021 Highlights
The 2021 DC FanDome event brought a lot to the table in the form of teasers and behind-the-scenes featurettes for a massive slate of shows, films, video games and, of course, comics that are set to release in the next…
‘The Suicide Squad’ review: James Gunn expertly flips the script, and cast, with glorious gore and comic-book mayhem
More of a soft reboot than sequel, The Suicide Squad is James Gunn’s R-rated, DCEU redemption story in more ways than one. It probably won’t save the world, but it just might save the summer blockbuster season. What a difference…
Bumblebee Movie Review: Travis Knight breathes new life into an old series
The word “Transformers” has become synonymous with never-ending, money burning, ear bleeding blockbuster filmmaking. It a doormat that critics wipe their shoes on and a psycho ex-partner of millions of fans who just want to remember the good times. Here’s…
Blockers Movie Review: A film that 🐓 blocks itself
Throughout the 1980s the teen sex comedy was associated strictly with young men. Even today, movies focused on teenage girls losing their virginity – such as Maggie Carey’s The To-Do List – are rare. Director Kay Cannon’s Blockers, whose title…
Movie Review: Ferdinand
Munro Leaf’s The Story of Ferdinand was an instant smash upon its publication in 1936, even outselling Gone with the Wind and becoming the year’s best seller in the United States. Still, the slim volume hardly seems to have enough…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Trainwreck’
There are three kinds of trainwrecks. The first is a potentially tragic accident involving a train. The second is used as a euphemism for a person heading to an inevitably bad end. The third one is a strain of very…