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I’ll admit, before the release of the film in 2018, I wasn’t confident Venom would see much success at all, let alone enough to warrant a follow-up. But here we are, over 800 million dollars at the box office later and only a couple of days away from the release of the film’s sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, I think
Read MoreMalignant is the most fun I’ve had watching a horror movie in a long time. Since James Wan busted on the scene with 2004’s genre reforming hit Saw, his work has been consistently divisive (to say the least). But, the man doesn’t fail to reassure audiences that he knows what he’s doing, putting out two billion-dollar films in the last 6
Read MoreShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is the first Marvel Studios origin film since the radical universe-altering events of Avengers: Endgame and Loki. Before director Destin Daniel Cretton took this job, he was primarily known for grounded true-story dramas like Short Term 12, The Glass Castle, and Just Mercy. Cretton is the latest in a line of Marvel directors transitioning from
Read MoreReminiscence seemed like exactly my kind of thing — drama, love story, sci-fi — it’s all there. Even just watching the trailer, I could tell it took after one of the most interesting films ever: Blade Runner. Reminiscence might be interesting, but for all the wrong reasons. Spoilers for Reminiscence below, final warning! Reminiscence follows a man named Nick (Hugh Jackman),
Read MoreEditor’s note: This is a guest review that was written by David Meyers, who saw Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings at a special early screening for fans. The review contains only mild spoilers, if that, for the film. Marvel is focused on the future. After the prequel of Black Widow, Marvel Studios has released its first front-facing movie
Read More★★★★ / ♥♥♥♥ The Suicide Squad directed by James Gunn is the latest adventure of the Suicide Squad introduced by David Ayer in 2016. Keeping few of the original roster, the new film features an all-star cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, John Cena, David Dastmalchian, Peter Capaldi, the voice of Sylvester Stallone, and cameos galore. The
Read MoreWhen Spider-Man 3 came out in 2007, I was 4 years old and definitely had no concept of what a film should be. However, I did know what a film could be — and after seeing Spider-Man 3, I knew that films could be AWESOME. I am self-aware and I am definitely aware of the fact that not everyone else was
Read MoreFor my entire life, all I’ve heard about is how great He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was. My Mom and Dad were born in the mid-70s, so He-Man was very much my dad’s bag. However, my only experience with He-Man (beyond catching one or two local late-night tv eps) was a VHS of the live-action film from the 80s.
Read More★★★ / ♥♥♥½ When the social media reactions for the G.I. Joe reboot Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, things weren’t looking so great. As a matter of fact, the Rotten Tomatoes score for the film sits at 44% as I type this review. But if I can be honest, the negative reviews only got me more excited. I have a weird
Read MoreIn the past, a couple of us here at The Cosmic Circus have taken it upon ourselves to come to the defense of certain movies and creative decisions that are looked on negatively by a lot of people. I tackled Spider-Man 3 and Amazing Spider-Man 2, and more recently Brian and Uday approached the depiction of Taskmaster in the new Marvel
Read MoreClose your eyes and imagine for a moment that it’s 1999. “Genie in a Bottle” by Christina Aguilera is a chart-topper, and the Budweiser Frogs commercials were still on TV. There were distant rumblings of the thing called “Y2K,” and shiny AOL CDs were probably delivered to your house a few times a month. Enter Wing Commander, a sci-fi action movie
Read MoreI went into this movie NOT looking forward to it, NOT expecting to like it, NOT expecting to be surprised or even mostly entertained. And thankfully, I was wrong. For most of it. Black Widow starts with a really sweet opening. The dialogue is a bit clumsy but the tone and direction are strong, and Lorne Balfe’s score really sells it. Heading into
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