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Jun 30, 20231 min read
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (released 6/30/23)
Something about this movie just didn’t hit me right. It feels like an Indiana Jones adventure, but something just isn’t there. The best I...
Jun 29, 20231 min read
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The movie that started a whole subgenre in the action world. I do feel watching now that there is a good bit of borderline slapstick....
Jun 28, 20231 min read
Bumblebee (2018)
This is what a Transformers movie should have been. This is a coming-of-age story with Transformers action sprinkled in. This is very...
Jun 27, 20231 min read
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
This movie gets a lot of flack. Most of the issues stem from Lex-related things. The first two acts are about the fallout and fear people...
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Iron Man 3 (2013)
This movie got a lot of flack for the Mandarin twist. I never hated it, but I see the issue. You have to admit Trevor is a treasure. The...
Jun 25, 20231 min read
No Hard Feelings (Released 6/23/23)
While the story beats are 100% expected for this movie’s basic plot, it is more about the unexpected moments between those beats. I was...
Jun 24, 20231 min read
Asteroid City (Released 6/23/23)
This is a quirky movie, to say the least. It has a very meta sense of storytelling. The movie you watch is part of a play that is being...
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Elemental (Released 6/16/23)
This probably could have gotten a few more points if it didn’t have the cliche of a Romeo and Juliet-type story. I also noticed how...
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
There are only so many ways you can introduce a previously unknown race of robots that want to turn Earth into Cybertron. I do like the...
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
This go round, it was obvious they wanted to do something different. There is a new cast of human characters and it actually had an evil...
Jun 20, 20231 min read
Man of Steel (2013)
I’m gonna be real, I forgot how good this movie was. The story of Clark coming into his powers and literally being told by his dad the...
Jun 19, 20231 min read
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
As I was watching the movie I reminisced about where I was when this movie came out. I just graduated high school and Peter was so...
Jun 17, 20231 min read
The Blackening (released 6/16/23)
This movie actually shocked me a little bit. It had nice reveals and clever jokes that play on the stereotypes you’d expect in a film...
Jun 16, 20231 min read
The Flash (released 6/16/23)
The fan service is what really pushes this movie over the top. It basically gave the middle finger to Marvel’s explanation of time travel...
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Deep fake technology was not ready in this movie. JFK in the opening is horrifying. Anyways, This movie was ok. Much like the previous...
Jun 14, 20231 min read
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
The scale of the movie was definitely larger than the previous film. More robots and a more global scale conflict. The story itself was...
Jun 13, 20231 min read
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The third act of the story has the character at rock bottom. The villain has the upper hand. The hero, with the help of their allies,...
Jun 12, 20231 min read
The Avengers (2012)
This was my favorite movie for the longest time and god damn it still slaps. The dialogue was comic book-y. Reliving the build-up and...
Jun 11, 20233 min read
Video Game High School: An Essay on the Best Original Web Series Ever Made
I wanted to post about this show here because it is honestly the best project ever to come out from a youtube channel. When you finish...
Jun 9, 20231 min read
Transformers: Rise of the Beast (released 6/9/23)
While I appreciate the effort of trying to be faithful to the cartoon from back in the day, it does the usual plot devices. I think they...
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