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In this episode, Brian, Ayla, and Uday discuss the latest Marvel film to hit theaters Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. [Warning: Spoilers for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are discussed in this podcast!] You can listen to the podcast below, or directly on Spotify, or via most sites that host podcasts. Do you agree with what they think about Wakanda Forever? Let
Read MoreIt has been more than a decade since James Cameron’s Avatar was released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. With the sequel thirteen years in the making, the anticipation for Avatar: The Way of Water has been building. Cameron’s new releases have become something of a tentpole, not just on the basis of him being one of the most well-known
Read MoreGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio embraces the darkest, most monstrous parts of humanity… and the warmest, most beautiful, the most poetic. This is a film that gracefully transcends generational lines with a pointed message for each target audience. This movie is powerful for kids, for adults, for humans. The entire saga of birth and death, rebirth and legacy, love and hate, selfishness
Read MoreServing as an adaptation of Nordic folk tales, Netflix’s Troll film has received a lot of positive reviews. What’s really interesting is that this film’s creation took almost twenty years, because that’s how long its director Roar Uthaug thought about it. Should you start up Netflix and check it out? Read on to find out what I think! [Warning: Spoilers from
Read MoreViolent Night is a pure violent delight. It’s freaking fun and an instant Christmas classic. It’s not remotely family-friendly and is so incredibly bloody, but also unexpectedly heartwarming which honestly surprised me. It’ll make you think twice about candy canes, and David Harbour sleighs as Santa. Violent Night is wildly entertaining and definitely worth watching in theaters with a crowd. Violent
Read MoreWhere do you go when you dream? Do you return to places that bring you happiness with people who make you smile? Do you go on epic adventures and live a life that is unlike your reality? The average human spends approximately 26 years of their life sleeping, which is almost a third of an average life span. During sleep many
Read MoreWeird: The Al Yankovic Story is a very weird film like Al Yankovic himself. Before you watch it, don’t expect a 1:1 recount of Yankovic’s life, even if it’s “based on true events.” Rather Weird is a fun, crazy, and in some ways revolutionary story. Keep in mind also that (as far as we know) many of the things shown in
Read MoreAfter seven years of development, Henry Selick’s Wendell & Wild is finally out. The demon-filled horror comedy is a fantastic visual achievement, with prestigious stop-motion animation that rivals the best work of an all-star career which already includes Coraline, Nightmare Before Christmas, and James and the Giant Peach. But does everything else about Wendell & Wild deliver at the same level of excellence? Wendell &
Read MoreBlack Adam is undeniably a great phenomenon in pop culture circles. This movie had been in the works since 2007 and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson never stopped fighting for Black Adam to appear on a movie screen. Fifteen years later, we finally have a film with a $200 million budget and a great cast. Whenever he was asked about the film
Read MoreWith the way media is consumed nowadays, it feels almost impossible to go into a film completely blind. However, with Netflix’s newest fantasy film The School For Good and Evil, I truly went into it without any idea or preconceived notions about what to expect. Directed by Paul Feig, there was a chance this film could go one of two ways.
Read MoreStarting with a familiar opening montage of the Superman origin story, Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons is a fun love letter to the fans that blends iconic elements from the comics and other famous iterations. The best part of the movie is the first twenty minutes, which touches on influences from Superman the Movie, Superman the Animated Series,
Read MoreDavid Bruckner’s Hellraiser has finally been released on Hulu. In the midst of the confusing and cluttered TEN previous entries that bear the name Hellraiser, Bruckner’s film stands entirely on its own as a re-imagination. Going back to Clive Barker’s source material to build something new of his own, Bruckner succeeds on nearly every level, leaving very little want for more.
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