Tag: action
REVIEW: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
This March brought the latest attempt to bring the world’s biggest roleplaying game to the big screen. When I saw the first trailers for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, I thought they looked good, but I was still a little nervous. I’m aware of several Dungeons & Dragon...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 2, Episodes 15 and 16, “The Summit” and “Plan 99”
***SPOILERS*** In “The Summit,” the Batch tracks Dr. Hemlock to an Imperial summit. Once there, Omega and Wrecker place trackers, and Hunter, Tech, and Echo run into Saw Gerrera. He’s bombing the meeting, leveling the whole Imperial installation, and killing the officials there. Th...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Mandalorian – Season 2, Episode 5, “The Pirate”
***SPOILERS*** “The Pirate” opens on Navarro as Gourian Shard attacks the city to avenge his slain pirates. Greef Karga contacts Carson Teva and asks him for aid in removing the pirates. Teva requests permission and backup from the New Republic and is denied. As the people of Navarro fle...
Read MoreREVIEW: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
The tagline for John Wick: Chapter 4 should have been “Go big or go home.” This is a big movie, certainly the biggest in a series that keeps getting bigger. It has the longest running time yet for a John Wick film at almost three hours. But unlike the lumbering behemoths in the Fast and …...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 2, Episode 14, “Tipping Point”
***SPOILERS*** “Tipping Point” finds an Imperial vessel transporting clone troopers. They’re attacked by Rex and Echo, seeking to rescue the prisoners. Meanwhile, Dr. Hemlock asks Crosshair to help him locate the Bad Batch. He denies knowing anything, so Hemlock sets the probe on h...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Mandalorian – Season 3, Episode 4, “The Foundling”
***SPOILERS*** In “The Foundling,” Din encourages Grogu to train with the other foundlings. The child Grogu challenges (and defeats) is taken by a giant bird. Din, Bo-Katan, Paz Viszla, and others follow the creature to save the boy. Many people theorized that this episode would have Gro...
Read More
