Just one year ago, the century-long tradition of watching new films in theaters appeared to be in seriously dangerous trouble. Half-measure attempts to reopen theaters amidst the ongoing surges in COVID-19 cases kept a lot of people at home during…
‘The Batman’ review: The Dark Knight returns with a more hopeful take on vengeance
Matt Reeves’ The Batman will likely go down as a mold-breaking movie when it comes to the current state of superhero fatigue, where at this point, most comic-book film franchises have started to blur together, not really going for a…
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…
Ben Affleck’s Exit From The Batman Seems Likely (Again)
If next year is the last of his run, Robert Downey Jr. will have portrayed Tony Stark ten times (counting a brief cameo in The Incredible Hulk). This gifted thespian has devoted over a decade to ripping an iconic comic…
Movie Review: War for the Planet of the Apes
In the opening minutes of War for the Planet of the Apes, the third entry in the rebooted franchise of the 1968 Charlton Heston-starring original, a human soldier trudges up a forested hill sporting a metal cap with an engraved…
Why “The Batman” Should Be “All-Star Batman”
The Lego Batman Movie is now out in theaters, and by most accounts it is at least decent. While the weekend is almost a guaranteed success for Lego Batman, Warner Brothers’ eyes will quickly turn toward the future and focus…
The Subtle Brilliance of the Cloverfield Monster
*This seemingly random retrospective of Cloverfield was originally going to be featured as part of tomorrow’s Jaws 40th anniversary retrospective. In the retrospective, several TYF writers talk about their favorite movie monsters and what makes them their favorite. The length of my contribution…