The conclusive season of The Boys is fast approaching, but showrunner Eric Kripke still has his claws in Supernatural star Jensen Ackles for the spinoff Vought Rising. For those who don’t know yet, it centers around Ackles’ Soldier Boy and his antics in the 1950s, and the horrible company surrounding him.
(more…)The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day was released, and I’ve been sitting on it, unsure of what I thought about it. There are things that I like a lot, but there are things I’m disappointed with. The disappointment part is what made me apprehensive on posting about it. I wanted to mostly keep this website positive. Mostly.
I guess a little negativity is good? Maybe. I’ll start with the disappointing part. Which, oddly, I should probably add a spoiler warning for, even though it’s just a trailer. It seems like an odd choice to put a significant and crazy plot point in the trailer.
So! Spoiler ahead!
(more…)It almost felt like a miracle that we got a second Dune movie, with it not really being a massive IP property, and it being more of a passion project for the director. One of the incredible things about the films was shooting on location in a desert, and the gorgeous cinematography. Of course, the acting was really good. Okay, okay, that’s three things, but you get my point.
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Back in 1996, a fantastic superhero film that wasn’t Marvel or DC was released starring the great Billy Zane. Sure, one year later he would play a dashing villain in the hugely successful Titanic, but for this, he played the dashing hero in The Phantom.
(more…)The Mars Volta was always a fun band that can get chaotic at times; with the songwriting going all over the place and lyrics that get very metaphorical and almost barely making sense, but to me, that is a huge part of the charm.
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A formative movie from my childhood was a unique take on Peter Pan entitled Hook. To get the “I’m old” jokes out of the way: for the generation younger than me, Hook takes place years after the original story, where Peter Pan leaves Neverland to be with Wendy in the real world. This leads him into becoming an adult and father, and Neverland becoming a repressed memory. Peter is then forced to face his past when Captain Hook takes his revenge by kidnapping his children.
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Yes, I titled this post appropriately. The Force Awakens was a good refresher and setting things in motion, while The Rise of Skywalker was a cowardly, “Oops, fan boys angry; let’s bring it back to what’s comfortable” kind of movie. But The Last Jedi? It not only pushed the story in a different direction, but it was also meta.
(more…)I’m a huge fan of Supernatural if it wasn’t already glaringly obvious. So naturally I follow creator Eric Kripke’s work. Which led me to The Boys at Comic-Con way back when at their first panel. I never read the comics, but it’s Kripke! I knew I was going to watch. At this point, it would be surprising if you didn’t know or haven’t seen The Boys.
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