Wonder Woman 1984
** Mild spoilers ahead ** but honestly, I think the info contained within this review will actually help you understand this most confusing movie. _________________________________ Gal Godot is an absolute delight as Wonder Woman. This is simply a fact on which I will not entertain debate. The actress has a presence. She is goodness personified […]
Birds of Prey
“Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.” That’s what Annie Oakley confidently sang to marksman Frank Butler in the musical Annie Get Your Gun. She was boasting about her abilities as a sharpshooter and she wasn’t wrong. Birds of Prey is about a decidedly different kind […]
Joker
There’s a moment in Joker that takes place on a subway where three bro-ey guys in suits are behaving in an obnoxious and contemptible way. They’re rich white well-dressed types and they’re hitting on a woman who clearly isn’t interested. Our protagonist Arthur Fleck sits farther away keeping to himself. He will ultimately become the […]
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Warning: Review contains an Avengers: Endgame spoiler. Spider-Man: Far From Home doesn’t waste any time getting started. A gigantic cyclone “with a face” terrorizes a city in Mexico. An enigmatic superhero heretofore unknown arrives to fight the creature and save the day. We later learn his name is Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal). He will become a […]
Avengers: Endgame
Dear Marvel fan, this is the movie you’ve been waiting for. Avengers: Endgame is ostensibly the direct sequel to 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. We’ve waited one year with bated breath for a resolution to the cliffhanger of that film. In a much larger sense, it’s the impressive culmination of 21 films that all began when […]
Shazam!
I’m officially ready to concede that the DC Extended Universe has me excited. It’s been a rocky road ever since Man of Steel debuted back in 2013. For a while, this current DC iteration of films subscribed to the gospel of Christopher Nolan. Moody and brooding realism equaled a quality flick. I adore The Dark […]
Captain Marvel
It’s hard to believe, but after 20 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Captain Marvel is the first to star a female lead. I still don’t understand why we didn’t get a Black Widow movie back in 2010 when that character was introduced in Iron Man 2. The DC Extended Universe beat Marvel to the […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
How much Spider-Man do you need in your life? Sequels, reboots, so many origin stories – This is the 7th feature film to star the Marvel superhero since 2002 and the first animated movie in the franchise. That’s roughly a new release every 27 months. This chapter has certainly put the other entries in perspective. […]
Aquaman
Well, it finally happened. Aquaman got his own film. What was once a running gag on the HBO program Entourage (i.e. “James Cameron’s Aquaman”) has become reality at the cineplex. Life imitates art. Alright, so James Wan of Furious 7 fame is the director in this case, but it became a huge hit just like […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Back in 2015, Ant-Man was one of Marvel’s lesser offerings in their seemingly never-ending blitz of superhero movies. After Avengers: Age of Ultron of that year, it sorta felt like the cheese course following the main entree. Therefore it should come as no surprise that Ant-Man and the Wasp functions in very much the same […]