Category: Movie Reviews

  • Enjoying Every Minute of Youth with Toy Story 5

    Enjoying Every Minute of Youth with Toy Story 5

    At the end of Toy Story 4, it seemed that everything was right with the toy world. Woody (Tom Hanks) found his place in the world, and the other toys knew that they had to stay for Bonnie (Scarlett Spears). Was it a happy ending? That depends on which character you connected to and if…

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  • Welcome to the Weekend at the End of the World

    Welcome to the Weekend at the End of the World

    Imagine proposing to the love of your life, only for it not to turn out as you expected. The humiliation is one thing, but having that disaster streamed online is another level of humiliation. For Karl (Clay Elliott), this is only the beginning of a bad day for himself and his best friend Miles (Cameron…

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  • The Furious will Rock your World

    The Furious will Rock your World

    From the moment The Furious starts, we know we are in for something special. The movie gives a general overview of where it takes place and then drops you into the story. A journalist, Matiia (JeeJa Yanin), is looking into kidnappings of kids in rural areas and is following a lead. Once inside, she has to…

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  • Getting the Truth on Disclosure Day

    Getting the Truth on Disclosure Day

    Steven Spielberg has blessed us all with some amazing movies about life from other planets. From Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and War of the Worlds, he has managed to humanize what others deem a threat to mankind. Disclosure Day is a heist movie disguised in a sci-fi shell that asks: What if…

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  • Having the Power with Masters of the Universe

    Having the Power with Masters of the Universe

    I still remember the first He-Man figure I got: Merman. Yep, the Woolworth’s we went into only had Mer-man and Beast Man. A friend of mine already had Beast Man, so I chose the weird-looking fish guy. This was the beginning of my He-Man era as a kid, and playing with those figures and reading…

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  • Finding Hope in the Backrooms

    Finding Hope in the Backrooms

    There are corners of the internet that I am not well-versed in. The genre of “Creepypasta” is new to me and one that has spawned a life of its own. Backrooms is a part of this genre. Images and videos of empty office spaces that are infinitely connected have spawned a full-feature movie directed by…

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  • Take a Classic Adventure with The Mandalorian and Grogu

    Take a Classic Adventure with The Mandalorian and Grogu

    It’s been seven years since we last saw a Star Wars movie on the big screen. There is no fanfare in front of The Mandalorian and Grogu. There is no crawl telling the audience what happened before. Instead, this time we get a few lines on the screen filling a few gaps, and then we…

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  • Mortal Kombat 2 is for the Gamers

    Mortal Kombat 2 is for the Gamers

    Let me start by saying this: If you are going into Mortal Kombat 2 looking for a thought-provoking movie, this is not it! Mortal Kombat 2 knows that it is a movie for the fans of the game. While it tried to use Cole Young (Lewis Tan) as the entry point in the first movie…

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  • The Scares are Legit in Hokum

    The Scares are Legit in Hokum

    There is a moment in Hokum where Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) is sitting in a dumbwaiter and counting down. During these tense seconds, the camera’s focus switches between Ohm in the dumbwaiter and the dark corridor he is staring at. As you sit there, watching him count down, the anxiety starts to build. The use…

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  • Flying Through Space with Project Hail Mary

    Flying Through Space with Project Hail Mary

    In cinema history, we have seen many movies about the near destruction of Earth. From Armageddon, Deep Impact, and The Day After Tomorrow, we have seen planet Earth in peril many times.  Project Hail Mary gives us this tale again, with the sun being the villain this time. The sun is dying, and a team…

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