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Heading into the third film in the John Wick franchise, it’s a refreshing kind of sequel – one that knows exactly what is expected out of it, and it takes a perverse relish serving it up the same way that Wick himself serves up point blank headshots.  John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, hits the […]

For as much as popular culture loves the classic fantasy works of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and so many others, little focus have ever been placed on the author behind the worlds that has captivated readers (and viewers) for nearly a […]

Whether Avengers: Endgame wound up being the best superhero film of all time, or something as horrid as Age of Ultron, there is no debating that this crowning entry into the 22-film franchise is an event. There’s few other entries in cinematic history that are as awaited with this much anticipation – Star Wars: The […]

Any horror fan has seen at least one or two films where a possessed human fights against monsters to keep them under control and contained within them (it’s that whole good vs. evil within us metaphor for beginners); unfortunately it’s also a perfect analog to the new reboot of ‘Hellboy’. Somewhere inside is a really […]

With each generation of horror films, there are different levers that filmmakers pull on to make us cringe and jump. Jordan Peele’s newest film, Us, leans further into the horror genre than his freshman directorial outing, 2017’s Get Out. As with Get Out, Peele’s ability to craft a scene that looks like a normal, upper-middle […]

Over the past 11 years, we’ve all sat through twenty films which together make up Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. However for as many of these films as we’ve seen, they’re just as often able to make an audience feel like there’s something new being explored. It’s hard to imagine that it was only a year ago […]

As painful as it is to imaging that a full forty years have passed since Ridley Scott’s masterpiece of science fiction horror, Alien, first appears on the big screen, we can ease that feeling knowing that 20th Century Fox is about to wow us with an all-new remastering into an UltraHD 4K HDR release. The […]

Fighting With My Family, the new origin-story chronicling the real-life rise of Saraya-Jade Bevis to become WWE superstar Paige, is something entirely unexpected – a wonderful, well-performed, self-assured, success. Drawing a direct parallel to the film from professional wrestling isn’t entirely off-base: it tells a story that’s not entirely true (things are embellished and over-emphasized for […]

Fighting With My Family, the new origin-story chronicling the real-life rise of Saraya-Jade Bevis to become WWE superstar Paige, is something entirely unexpected – a wonderful, well-performed, self-assured, success. Drawing a direct parallel to the film from professional wrestling isn’t entirely off-base: it tells a story that’s not entirely true (things are embellished and over-emphasized for […]

Sure, traditional superheroes have successfully  made the leap from comics to  the big screen, however when it comes to manga, the success rate has been more subdued. I’m thrilled to say that while Alita: Battle Angel is unlikely to threaten Blade Runner on anyone’s top films list- it’s a vibrant universe, well-paced, action-filled, and a fine […]