Category: Movie Reviews
REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
In film discourse, you hear a lot about creativity and the overuse of certain tropes and plot points. However, it’s always interested me that a lot of the most famous and beloved movies contain these tropes and archetypes, and are even celebrated for them. As for me, some of my favorite movies...
Read MoreREVIEW: Kim Possible (2019)
I try not to judge movies based on trailers because they are often misleading and sometimes poorly edited. Everybody can probably name a movie that had bad trailers but ended up being pretty good, and vice versa. That being said, from the very first promo image of Disney Channel’s live-action Kim ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
The latest Scooby-Doo animated feature, Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost, was a story I never thought we’d see. However, thanks to Warner Bros. animation fans like myself, we’re finally going to get to experience the end of this particular chapter in Scooby-Doo history. Scooby-Doo...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
This week saw the release of the long-awaited sequel to 2014’s surprise hit The Lego Movie, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. I love the first Lego Movie, and unlike some, I wasn’t surprised when it turned out to be great; the marketing leading up to its release was appealing, and you could tel...
Read MoreREVIEW: Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Spike | Jan 31, 2019 | 0
Where were you the day Superman died? Back in 1992, in the middle of the last real boom of the comic book culture, nothing caught the attention of the general public like the announcement of the “Death of Superman” comic book saga. DC’s announcement garnered unprecedented media at...
Read MoreREVIEW: Glass (2019)
M. Night Shyamalan is a polarizing figure. His journey as a director has taken crazier turns than some of his movies. His first film, The Sixth Sense, was a hit, and created a bar that he’s had trouble reaching ever since. A lot of people forget about the movie he made right after The Sixth...
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