Tag: sci-fi
REVIEW: Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Godzilla vs. Kong is the best movie in Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse. It isn’t great, and it gets some of the same things wrong that its three predecessors did, but it gets the most crucial aspect of these movies dead right. Go elsewhere for compelling characters or a decent story, but if y...
Read MoreThe Bad Batch Trailer Does What it Does
Today, Disney and LucasFilm revealed the full trailer for The Bad Batch. Dave Filoni’s Clone Wars spin-off follows Clone Force 99 following the end of the war. The Bad Batch were first introduced in their titular episode of The Clone Wars, season 7, episode 1. The trailer shows Grand Moff Tark...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 1, Episodes 1-5
As you can probably tell by the date, I ignored Superman & Lois when it premiered last month. A few years ago, I officially gave up on the Arrowverse outside of Arrow and The Flash. It wasn’t just that the formerly fun franchise had devolved into overbearing identity politics and woke hectorin...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 4 “Central City Strong”
Officially, “Central City Strong” is the fourth episode of The Flash’s seventh season, but it was supposed to be the season premiere, and it shows. This week deals with the fallout from the Mirrorverse arc and acts mainly as a checkpoint for the characters to get them back on superhero track. ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash Season 7, Episode 3 “Mother”
“Mother,” the season finale that is no longer a season finale but still feels like a season finale, is the perfect encapsulation of The Flash in its later seasons. Parts of it are great and harken back to the best of the show’s heyday; other parts are bad, tedious, and make you check your watc...
Read MoreMourning and the Movies
Usually, I like to write straightforward reviews, or even contrast similar movies. Today I’d like to do something a little bit different, specifically an idea I’ve had for a while. I’ve mentioned here and there how important movies are to me. For me, watching and talking about movi...
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