The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a remarkable achievement in entertainment history. This vast network of interconnected stories spanning two dozen movies and many streaming shows has become a box-office titan, helping solidify the “superhero archetype” in modern media. Throughout…
Ant-Man and the Wasp Movie Review:A Pleasing, Low-Stakes Palette Cleanser for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Light Spoilers Ahead What’s a franchise to do after raising the stakes as high as conceivably possible? For those keeping score, the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War, saw the combined efforts of the…
Movie Review: 12 Strong
About an hour into 12 Strong, I started to realize that I was periodically tuning out to mentally watch the better films that were so obviously being cannibalized. Where the best war movies present the atrocities of combat as nothing…
Movie Review: CHiPs
Another Hollywood remake that nobody asked for, this time comes to us from the mind of writer/director Dax Shepard. Based on the 1970s’ television series of the same name, CHiPs stars Shepard as Officer Jon Baker. Desperate to salvage his…
Video Interview: Michael Peña for ‘War on Everyone’
If you’re not familiar with Michael Peña at this point, then you need to get out from beneath that rock you’ve been living under and get to know him. The rest of us know him from such unforgettable films as Crash, End of…
Movie Review: Collateral Beauty
When looking at the trailers for Collateral Beauty, the first obvious comparisons are to that of A Christmas Carol. Some may see that as a negative, but going in, at least perhaps we could expect a modern-day retelling of the timeless themes…