Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Film Title

Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse

Synopsis

Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence

Director

Joquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

Cast

Shameik Moore
Hailee Steinfield
Daniel Kaluuya
Pavitr Prabhakar
Jake Johnson
Oscar Issac

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Great expectations. Five years ago, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse surprised us in theaters, then surprised us again by winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Like all great films, it did something new, namely an animation style that looked like it leapt from the pages of a comic book. It […]

The Boogeyman (2023)

Film Title

The Boogeyman

Synopsis

Reliving childhood fears

Director

Rob Savage

Cast

Sophie Thatcher
David Dastmalchian
Chris Massina
LisaGay Hamilton
Madison Hu
Vivien Lyra Blair

“The Boogeyman” – Reliving childhood fears. My first scary movie was the original Poltergeist. I was around eight years old at the time and my dad thought it would be a good idea to let me watch it. He was wrong. I distinctly remember being terrified by the scene where Robbie is dragged under the […]

The Little Mermaid (2023)

Film Title

The Little Mermaid

Synopsis

A young mermaid trades her voice for legs

Director

Rob Marshall

Cast

Halle Bailey
John Hauer-King
Melissa McCarthy
Javier Bardem
Awkwafina

“The Little Mermaid (2023)” – The Voice. With the release of the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, Disney will almost assuredly see its last billion-dollar box office remake of a beloved classic. Like The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before it, The Little Mermaid will benefit from my generation reminiscing about […]

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3

Film Title

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3

Synopsis

Come and get your love

Director

James Gunn

Cast

Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana
Bradley Cooper
Chukwudi Iwuji
Dave Bautista
Vin Diesel
Karen Gillan
Will Poulter

Audiences seem genuinely confused by the current slate of MCU offerings and what to expect going forward. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever were both quite good. But Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was only okay, Ms. Marvel was a waste of time, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law did not […]

Sisu (2022)

Film Title

Sisu

Synopsis

Silence is Golden

Director

Jalmari Helander

Cast

Jorma Tommila
Mimosa Willamo
Askel Hennie
Jack Doolan
Tatu Sinisalo

“Sisu” – Silence is golden. Aatami (Jorma Tommila), the main character in Sisu, has two lines of dialogue in the film’s entire ninety-minute runtime. Both of them occur at the film’s end and neither of them define the word sisu. According to another character, Aino (Mimosa Willamo), sisu is a Finnish concept that cannot be […]

Quasi

Film Title

Quasi

Synopsis

Who wants a hunchback ride?

Director

Kevin Heffernan

Cast

Steve Lemme
Kevin Heffernan
Erik Stolhanske
Jay Chandrasekhar
Paul Soter
Adrianne Palicki

Comedy troupe Broken Lizard has been trying to recapture the magic of their one legitimate hit – Super Troopers – for twenty-two years and five movies. Hoping the sixth time is a charm, they bring us Quasi. As in Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame. And they bring it to us via Hulu. That’s just […]

Renfield

Film Title

Renfield

Synopsis

Renfield is yet another Dracula movie that misses the mark

Director

Chris McKay

Cast

Nicolas Cage
Nicholas Hoult
Awkwafina
Ben Schwartz
Brandon Scott Jones
Camille Chen

“Renfield” – All bite and no bark. Six years ago, Universal Studios attempted to start a franchise called Dark Universe that was supposed to feature a bunch of classic horror characters. The first movie, The Mummy, did exactly what I predicted it would do. Namely, it crushed the franchise in its infancy. With the Dark […]

Air

Film Title

Air

Synopsis

Happy Feet

Director

Ben Affleck

Cast

Matt Damon
Ben Affleck
Jason Bateman
Chris Messina
Viola Davis
Chris Tucker
Matthew Maher

Now that we are into the beginning of the blockbuster season, we have a lot to choose from. Super Mario, John Wick, Adonis Creed, Ghostface, and a Dungeons and Dragons party are all vying for our attention. Would you believe me if I told you your best option is none of those, but instead Air […]

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Film Title

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Synopsis

A Campaign worth playing

Director

John Francis Daley/Jonathan Goldstein

Cast

Chris Pine
Chloe Coleman
Hugh Grant
Michelle Rodrigeuz
Rege-Jean Page
Justice Smith

The last serious attempt at a Dungeons & Dragons movie was in 2000, resulting in a critical and commercial bomb (10% on Rotten Tomatoes, grossing just $33.8 million on a $45 million budget) and a legion of angry dungeon masters. Impossibly, two direct-to-DVD sequels were filmed and released in 2005 and 2012, presumably as a […]

John Wick: Chapter Four

Film Title

John Wick: Chapter 4

Synopsis

One thousand assassins dead, a zillion more to go.

Director

Chad Stahelski

Cast

Keanu Reeves
Laurence Fishburne
Ian McShane
Clancey Brown
Lance Riddick
Bill Skarsgard
Hiroyuki Sanada
Shamier Anderson

“John Wick: Chapter 4” – One thousand assassins dead, a zillion more to go. “Once you kill him, then what?” a friend asks John Wick (Keanu Reeves). Great question. In the never-ending kill-box that is the John Wick universe, that question is the only time the franchise seems to realize that it has yet to […]