Reviews

Maleficent is a badass. There’s no two ways about it. She is one of the best baddies in the Disney animated classics archive: her voice, her look, her powers, everything about her is brilliant. What a legend. It’s no surprise ...

Before we get into anything else about this film there is one thing I want to say first: this is quite possibly the worst title for a science fiction film ever. Edge of Tomorrow is the most generic, bland, unappealing ...

I was a big fan of the original X-Men films from 2000–2006. Well, the first two were good, the third one (X-Men: The Final Stand) not so much. They were fun and full of action. They also gave us Hugh ...

I am not generally a big fan of monster movies. That said, I really enjoyed Del Toro’s Pacific Rim last year, so had hope that future monster movies might take a page form his book. Sadly, that was not the ...

I remember the lead up to the millennium. There was a whole lot of BS about the Y2K bug and people making a big deal out of the change in century. I didn’t really see what all the fuss was ...

This film has been advertised as an escalating prank movie. The trailer doesn’t even hint at anything deeper than that occurring beneath the surface. As such, I had very little desire to see this film. But, after a few glowing ...

The mark of a really good book is when you can’t wait to keep reading it, but when it’s finished, you feel a large hole in your life. This was how I felt about The Way of Kings, the first book ...

In 1977, an Australian woman set off on a 1,700-mile journey from Alice Springs to the west coast of Australia – with four camels and her dog. Some people simply thought she was crazy, others assumed she would be dead ...

It is tough for a creative person – be they a writer, director, artist, actor, etc – once they’ve made it big. Everything else they do is measured up against the great success. With Joss Whedon, he’s been lucky enough ...

Since hearing that South Park’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, used their satirical genius and love of music to create a Broadway musical satirizing the  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have wanted to see it. ...