Tag: action
REVIEW: The Flash Season 9, Episode 10, “A New World Part 1”
Much of The Flash’s final season has been disappointing at best, but last week’s stellar episode made wading through that swamp worth it. It was so good I wondered if it should have been the finale, closing out the series on a high note instead of rolling the dice with four more episodes. But if...
Read MoreREVIEW: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
After the last few years of Marvel duds, disappointments, and flat-out disasters, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 feels like a miracle. I’ll stop short of declaring it as such, but it’s an oasis in the desert made up of the remains of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe used to be. It feels like a...
Read MoreSpider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Gets an International Trailer
Today, an international trailer came out promoting Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Check it out here: This is very similar to the last trailer, with just a couple of extra clips sprinkled in. It’s still very good and displays the deft balance of comedy and drama the first film excelled at...
Read MoreCliffhanger Sequel with Sylvester Stallone Announced
Sylvester Stallone is going mountain climbing again. The action star is set to return in a sequel to Cliffhanger, one of his 90s action movies. Directed by the great Renny Harlin, Cliffhanger starred Stallone as a mountain rescue ranger with a troubled past who gets trapped on a mountain with a team...
Read MoreREVIEW: Sisu (2023)
Sisu is pretty good. That’s the most generic way possible to sum it up (outside of a raised or lowered thumb), but it’s apt. This is a fun, lean action movie that does most of what it does right, and it’s got some neat filmmaking and an interesting lead character. But watching it once feels &h...
Read MoreREVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 3, Episode 6 “Of Sound Mind”
With “Of Sound Mind,” Superman & Lois has officially become a CW show – or, more accurately, a Greg Berlanti show after the veil has been removed. It’s no longer about showing Superman in a positive light, talking about his virtues and why he still matters. He’s become a punching bag, ...
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