For your listening pleasure, we present a short podcast on The Suicide Squad! This movie turned out to be a lot of fun, and we had a great time discussing it. DC’s resume is a messy affair, so it’s great to see them get something right.
You might find a few mild *spoilers*, so get…
Todd Wofford
For your listening pleasure, we present a short podcast on The Suicide Squad! This movie turned out to be a lot of fun, and we had a great time discussing it. DC's resume is a messy affair, so it's great to see them get something right.
You might find a few mild *spoilers*,…
In retelling a classic story, The Green Knight has two disparate aims, and it displays surprising skill at hitting both: First and foremost, this is a cerebral adaptation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a particular emphasis on its protagonist's struggle between a life of comfortable mediocrity and miserable heroism. From that character…
And while Milkshake is well-made, well-acted, and never boring, it really feels a few years late to the Tarantino Masquerade Ball.
Blade II represents a rare club: Movie sequels that don't completely suck. Part of that success lies in the hiring of a visionary director, Guillermo del Toro, to supply fresh air to the franchise. Indeed, del Toro imparts his now-trademark energy and visual innovation, and thus elevates the film to even rarer…
Blade II represents a rare club: Movie sequels that don’t completely suck. Part of that success lies in the hiring of a visionary director, Guillermo del Toro, to supply fresh air to the franchise. Indeed, del Toro imparts his now-trademark energy and visual innovation, and thus elevates the film to even rarer territory: Blade II…
Like its predecessor, Blade II arrived at the beginning of the modern superhero renaissance. X-Men, Blade, and Spider-Man proved the genre was ready to be fished out of the cinematic tar pits, where Joel Schumacher had drowned it back in the 90s. Blade II established that these films could also spin off viable sequels--indeed, every…
The Suicide Squad serves as fresh proof that DC's cinematic endeavor lives its best life out on the dopey fringes. Films like Shazam!, Birds of Prey, and James Gunn's new-look Squad thrive on the combined jolt of sheer silliness and low expectations, while Man of Steel and Zack Snyder's soul-shriveling cut of Justice League bog…
As I watched the noisy, expensive shenanigans of Jungle Cruise rumble and thrash across the screen, I debated whether adapting an amusement park ride into a movie was an act of sheer audacity or extreme laziness. On one hand, this is a massive production, replete with a top-notch cast and crew. On the other, the…
A lot of people probably don’t realize there are three movies in Disney’s Shrunk franchise. In a related story, a lot of people would like to forget there are movies in Disney’s Shrunk franchise. The first was a solid dose of fun, bedecked in innovative special effects and an endearingly geeky performance from Rick Moranis. Things got a little…
