Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 28, 2022 | 1
Disney+ has officially announced that their Percy Jackson TV show is now casting, the new series coming soon. With this news, a retrospective of the original Percy Jackson film, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, is in order. Many fans who grew up loving the Percy Jackson series h...
Read MoreREVIEW: Last Night in Soho (2021)
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 18, 2022 | 0
With the recent physical release of Edgar Wright’s ground-breaking psychological thriller, Last Night in Soho, a retrospective is in order for this stunning and visually engaging story that brings 1960s Soho back to life. Despite the impressive skill displayed in the film’s production and high r...
Read MoreREVIEW: Scream (2022)
THATTUGGLIFE | Jan 18, 2022 | 2
BEWARE THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Normally when I write these reviews, I start off with a nice intro with some background, but this time, I’m just going to jump into it because I am beyond disappointed. Scream 5 was high on my watchlist this year. I have literally one video on my YouTube chann...
Read MoreREVIEW: West Side Story (2021)
I wasn’t planning on seeing West Side Story. I’ve never seen the 1961 original all the way through, and the subject of racial tensions in 20th century America is well-worn at this point. It takes a lot to make a story like this interesting to me these days, and usually, they don’t...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
For a movie that has no business existing, The Matrix Resurrections draws a lot of attention to how it has no business existing. More a meta-commentary on the franchise, its own ineptness, and the entertainment industry in general than an actual narrative, The Matrix Resurrections borders on unwatch...
Read MoreREVIEW: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home had me worried from the start. I’d enjoyed Spidey’s previous MCU films very much, and while I haven’t cared for some of the changes made to his lore, I had faith that it was leading somewhere and decided to go with it. Then, they announced that the third movie would inv...
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