Taking place years before his introduction in the original film, Solo introduces us to the film's title character as he begins his smuggling career, meeting Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian along the way. This movie is better than I expected. Even from the start, I was not excited by the idea of this movie. I didn't understand…
Six years after he was initially teased in the mid-credits scene for The Avengers, Thanos finally arrives in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in active pursuit of the six infinity stones which, when paired with his gauntlet, will allow him to destroy half the universe's population with the snap of a finger. It is up to 18-films' worth…
In the not too distant future, the world has been ravaged by a mysterious creature that hunts on the basis of sound. The film follows a single family as deal with this new world, especially in light of their incoming child. Directed and co-written by The Office's John Krasinski, who also stars, the film joins Jordan Peele's Get…
In the not terribly distant future, the world's major cities are all now slums. The one source of hope is a contest set up by the late James Halliday, the creator of the virtual reality world of OASIS, the winner of which will take control of Halliday's shares and of the OASIS. Based on the…
After her husband suddenly returns from a highly mysterious, year-long mission, a biologist is whisked away to investigate a covert area of the United States, which had been impacted by a meteor strike. Loosely based on the first book of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy (more on that someday), this story of a deeply mutated area of…
After the events of Civil War: Infinity War, Prince T'Challa returns to his home country of Wakanda in order to take his late father's place as king. Once there, he must confront the sins of his father and ancestors in order to determine his country's place in the world. There's a lot of good things to…
As an energy crisis leads to international tensions, a group of International scientists are sent into space with a particle accelerator, in hopes of creating an alternative energy solution. However, after a seemingly successful run, they find themselves apparently stranded in space without any guidance system. This is a movie that I have known about…
Working as a janitor in a secret government laboratory, the mute Elisa (Sally Hawkins) finds herself falling for the lab’s latest asset (Doug Jones), who was recently brought in by a crazed colonel (Michael Shannon). As a piece of disclosure, this was a hastily-written piece that I just wanted to get written and posted before…
Rey (Daisy Ridley) finally meets with the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and hopes to bring him out of his retirement in order to join the Resistance's battle against the First Order. However, she learns the lesson to never meet your heroes, all while the Dark Side beckons her. Elsewhere, Poe (Oscar Isaac) butts…
Based on the book of the same name, aspiring actor Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) meets aspiring actor/writer/director/probable vampire Tommy Wiseau (James Franco), and over the course of five years, their friendship burgeons and dwindles, all culminating in the world premiere of their film, the infamously/wonderfully terrible The Room. I will start this review by clarifying…
