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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
The good ole time travel to an older time period in the third movie trope (see Back to the Future III and Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead...
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
They went a little cartoonish with this one. There was a bit of expansion on the lore of the turtles becoming mutants but that is where...
Aug 29, 20231 min read
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
The fans spoke and WB said “Eh, why not? We need subs.” I still stand behind the fact Wonder Woman movie coming out before Justice League...
Aug 28, 20231 min read
Fant4stic (2015)
Sooo if you told me the Fantastic Four characters went into the public domain and an indie filmmaker took the reigns, this is what I’d...
Aug 27, 20231 min read
Talk to Me (released 7/28/23)
This wasn’t originally on my watch list but I had been hearing good things about it. It is by A24 which is a bit more arthouse but they...
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Strays (released 8/18/23)
I have mixed feelings about this one. If you turn on your 12-year-old brain, this movie is amazing. If you turn on your adult brain, it’s...
Aug 25, 20231 min read
Gran Turismo (released 8/25/23)
I got good vibes from the movie’s trailers but it was a better experience than I expected. The movie is based on the real story of a kid...
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (1990)
This is a cheesy delight. The only downfall is the serious moments are undermined by the humor so they don’t hit. That being said, this...
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
The middle part of this movie was bland but the climax was perfect. A time limit with impossible odds. Henry Cavill is fantastic as...
Aug 22, 20231 min read
Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
This movie was an odd choice to take Wonder Woman. They shoehorned in a way to bring in Steve Trevor in the oddest way possible. Wonder...
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Ant-Man (2015)
This movie definitely comes off as a palate cleanser after the high stakes of Age of Ultron. It's stylish and the characters are all a...
Aug 19, 20231 min read
Blue Beetle (released 8/18/23)
I feel like I compare DC movies to Marvel but never the other way around. Not sure if that is good or bad yet. This feels like Stark Suit...
Aug 17, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)
Jeremy Renner had the best running joke in this movie. I haven’t laughed so hard at a full-circle joke in my life. This is pretty par for...
Aug 16, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
You can tell they decided they were just going to have fun with these movies now. It’s inevitable when you have to keep ramping up to go...
Aug 15, 20231 min read
Birds of Prey (2020)
This movie had a bad case of horrible marketing. It had like 2 or 3 different names around the time of release. This was an underdog of a...
Aug 14, 20231 min read
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
This movie fell a little short compared to its predecessor. There were a couple of parts where it felt a little too cheeky. Tony had...
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Meg 2: The Trench (Released 8/4/23)
The Jaws knockoff is back at it again. But this time, there are Jurassic Park vibes. From hungry human-sized dinosaurs to humans...
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible 3 (2006)
This one is a million times better, mostly thanks to the villain. Nothing shows stakes like the villain casually saying he is gonna find...
Aug 9, 20231 min read
Mission Impossible 2 (2000)
This time we have a deadly virus that could be used to sell the vaccine to said virus. This is definitely a product of the time with the...
Aug 8, 20231 min read
Joker (2019)
There is no denying that this is a solid film. My biggest complaint about this movie is this could have been essentially the same movie...
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