Tag: Ryan Reynolds

REVIEW: Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

I’ve been a Pokémon fan for most of my life. I’ve played all of the main series games and watched a large majority of the anime. The thought of a live-action Pokémon movie has always intrigued me. I always thought it would be about a young Pokémon trainer starting their adventure; I d...

Awesome Cheese: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

As I wrote in last month’s Awesome Cheese, comic book films expanded in major ways in the last decade. However, it wasn’t just The Losers that missed a step sometimes; even established franchises go down the wrong path. Such is the case for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Initially envisioned as t...

Why I’m Excited: Detective Pikachu

Like a lot of kids in the nineties, I grew up with Pokémon. I had the cards, I had the games, and of course, I saw the TV show and movies. Over the years, I’ve loved it whenever a Pokémon film would come to theaters (though I will admit to initially skipping the second one …

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Once Upon a Deadpool Trailer is an Early Christmas Present

Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth is set to hand audiences their two front teeth this Christmas as Fox has released the trailer for Once Upon a Deadpool. The film is a PG-13 recut of Deadpool 2, a gag for the Christmas Season so kids can enjoy Ryan Reynolds playing the fan-favorite comic book character. ...

First 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...

Putting the Super Back in Superhero

One of the most appealing things about superheroes is the element of fantasy; they are, essentially, wish fulfillment, vehicles through which downtrodden, imperfect people like us can imagine having the ability to right all the wrongs in our lives, to save the day while making ourselves a little hap...