Black Panther (2018)
“It’s hard for a good man to be King.” While terribly timely and invaluably important for modern moviegoers, not least of which are those whose African culture is finally being […]
Category Archives: Science Fiction
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
“We started this together, may as well end it that way too.” After three films, 6+ hours of screen time, and a trio of blandly written books, I couldn’t help […]
Downsizing (2017)
“What won’t they think of next?” For roughly 45 minutes or so – approximately 1/3 of the film’s increasingly tiresome duration – Downsizing is all aces. It’s intelligent, witty, and the art […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
“Why are you here?” While a verifiable hit with the all-time biggest domestic weekend ever at the box office, J.J. Abrams’ The Force Awakens – the first entry in this new Star […]
The Top 50 Films of 2016
What a year for the movies. It seems like I’m always having to defend the integrity and the quality of what’s actually available out there to curious family members and […]
Geostorm (2017)
“You get us a car. I’ll get us a President.” Believe it or not, Geostorm actually starts with a bit of promise. Its preaches to us through an Al Gore inspired An Inconvenient […]
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
“To be born is to have a soul.” I’ve personally found that the great misreadings in critical reviews and deep studies on the themes of Blade Runner 2049 and the original 1982 […]
Flatliners (2017)
“Now’s the point where you say it’s all a joke.” Flatliners essentially is a cinematic version of the childhood game “Ghosts in the Graveyard,” and it deserves to be taken just […]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
“It’s okay to be vulnerable sometimes.” It’s hard to describe Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets without imitating Bill Hader’s famous SNL character Stefon as he hyped up a New York night […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
“I feel like I could be doing more.” As the sixth leading role in a film since the dawn of the new millenium – and the third reboot of the […]
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