For a genre that is bound only by what can be dreamt up in limitless imagination, there are a surprising amount of commonalities and suspiciously similar themes that often crop up in fantasy literature. Why is it that so many…
Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim and Anna Kendrick tackle some tough questions in Netflix’s Stowaway. Our reviewer says the story requires viewers to make too many leaps of faith, but there are worthy moments along the way. “Do not grieve,…
Anthony Mackie’s Sam (Falcon) and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky (Winter Soldier) work through some bro issues in one of the laugh-out-loud scenes from Disney+’s The Falcon and Winter Soldier. (Photo courtesy Disney+) Out of all my many hobbies, the most taxing…
One thing that I’ve always appreciated about streaming services is that they give film and television makers an unprecedented level of creative control that might not be possible through more “traditional” means. Free of outside pressures such as strict rating…
When RKO released the cultural touchstone that is King Kong in 1933, the titular titan served as a dire warning of how man should not exploit nature or attempt to control it for selfish reasons. When our other favorite giant beastie, Godzilla,…
Our reviewer says The Lost Pirate Kingdom is a mix of genres that fails to gel. When the Disney World first opened in 1971, there was one Disneyland attraction that was conspicuously missing: Pirates of the Caribbean. According to park…
I was a sophomore in high school when The Great Recession hit, but if my future grandchildren were to ever ask me what it was like to live through such a historic time, the only thing I could respond with…
Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff) and Paul Bettany (Vision) star in Disney+ first addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and set a high bar for everything to come. Here’s a not-so-fun fact for you: Thanks to some stupid virus that you’ve…
Anthony Mackie and Damson Idris star in Netflix’s Outside the Wire. We live in a world that has had flying cars and robots that are indistinguishable from humans for at least two years. This advancement has happened despite the perpetual…
The Ripper follows the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe (pictured in second row, second from the right), a serial murderer of 13 women, among numerous other acts of violence. I have always been (somewhat guiltily) interested in the stories and psychology…