This review contains spoilers. From the moment Ahsoka set foot aboard the Ghost at the end of Star Wars Rebels‘ previous season, I have been nervous about characters and stories leftover from The Clone Wars getting in the way of what Rebels does best. This trepidation was allayed somewhat when the fantastic Season Two opener, “The Siege of Lothal”, managed … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Lost Commanders”
Can we please just stop making new Terminator movies? I get it; for years now, we’ve been living in a time where reviving dormant or dead series to capitalize on brand recognition is Hollywood’s flavor of the day, and after Harry Potter and The Avengers blew open the doors for long-form serialization, every studio was … Continue reading Movie Review – TERMINATOR GENISYS
Note: This review contains SPOILERS A few months ago, I gave you some of my initial impressions on Star Wars Rebels‘ Season Two opener after it premiered at Star Wars Celebration, but now that it’s been released to the public and I don’t have to worry about holding back spoilers (and because I was able to hear … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Siege of Lothal” (All Spoilers Edition)
The past few years have been rough for Pixar. They went from being the studio that was seemingly invincible after 15 years and 11 excellent films to the studio that made Cars 2. In fairness, Pixar has only released three films over the last few years and two of them were pretty okay, but when … Continue reading Movie Review – INSIDE OUT
I love talking about movies. I love that experience of walking out of a theater and discussing the film I’ve just seen with someone, breaking it apart, looking at the pieces, understanding how the whole thing fits together and what makes it work (or not). It’s exciting to me, and it’s the whole reason I … Continue reading Movie Review – JURASSIC WORLD
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. When my friend Mark Diba gave me the list of movies I was to watch for losing this bet, he gave them to me in … Continue reading “Movie” Review – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: BELLE’S MAGICAL WORLD
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. The most amazing quality of these silly DisneyToon movies is how utterly devoid of content they are, and it’s a quality that makes them extremely … Continue reading “Movie” Review – THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL’S BEGINNING
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. I am now three movies into this silly bet, and already I am beginning to feel exhausted. These are movies that are not just bad, … Continue reading “Movie” Review – THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME II
Thanks to the spread of information through the Internet, what was once a unique interpretation of a film has grown into a nearly axiomatic statement. Brad Bird’s The Incredibles espouses objectivist ideals, or at least that’s what the prevailing wisdom suggests. Myself, I’m not so sure. The film unquestionably deals with objectivist themes, but it … Continue reading Movie Review – TOMORROWLAND
I recently lost a bet with my friend Mark Diba, and now he’s making me watch seven dreadful movies produced by DisneyToon Studios. Follow along with my decent into madness HERE. Tonight I revisited Atlantis: The Lost Empire for the first time in almost ten years, and was incredibly surprised by just how good it is! … Continue reading “Movie” Review – ATLANTIS: MILO’S RETURN
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