Category: Movies
You Should Be Watching: Arthur Christmas (2011)
Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where unloved or forgotten movies and TV series get their moment in the spotlight. Starting this week and on through the next month and a half, we’ll be focusing solely on Christmas movies. To kick off the holiday movie season, I’ve chosen a relatively rec...
Read MoreJustice League: One Year Later
Justice League is a movie I had been waiting for nearly my entire life. I remember being six years old and watching Superfriends and getting so excited whenever I heard that theme and the retro narration. Back then, I didn’t care how cheesy it was; all I cared about was seeing Superman and the ...
Read MoreThe Nutcracker and the Problem with the Disney Brand
When I first saw the trailers for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, I was excited. It looked like a brand new fantasy world for fans to sink their teeth into, though my enthusiasm was tempered a bit by this world having a veneer of “sameness” resembling other Disney features like Alic...
Read MoreFirst Trailer for Ryan Reynolds’ Detective Pikachu Arrives
We have our first glimpse of Ryan Reynolds living in a Pokémon world as the first trailer for Detective Pikachu has been released. When this movie was first announced, I have to admit that I wasn’t particularly excited. It felt like they were getting away from the core of what Pokémon was: a co...
Read MoreVince Gilligan to Write Breaking Bad Film
It looks like Aaron Paul might get his own private domicile once again as Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan has signed on to write a new movie set in the series’ universe.The first project under Gilligan’s new deal with Sony, the film is said to take place after the Breaking Bad final...
Read MoreAwesome Cheese: Drive Angry (2011)
I’ve always loved cheesy movies; the kind where you turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride. Who better to go on the ride with then Nicolas Cage? Cage has always been known for taking big swings creatively whether it’s Vampire’s Kiss or the… misguided Wicker Man. Still, in rece...
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