The Last of Us (2023) was great in all respects and takes the cake for best video game adaptation to date. The casting, setting, costume design, and storytelling all worked together to tell a compelling story and a worthy adaptation of the critically-acclaimed video game.
How many holes do you have? Recently, people have bashed the last few installments into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and not without good reasons. Some of the criticism is valid, however, most of it appears to be a byproduct of the high experienced with the conclusion from Phase Three. After Avenger’s: Endgame, audience and critic…
Yes, Avatar: The Way of Water was worth the wait. Like its predecessor, Way of Water was filled with ground-breaking and breathtaking special effects featured within the fascinating world of Pandora. It is also one of the few movies that is elevated by seeing it in 3D.
The Ghost of Christmas Present, one of the three ghosts in an advanced operation that preps all year to haunt and change one perp on the night of Christmas Eve. Considering retirement, Ferrell decides to take on an “Unredeemable” (Ryan Reynolds) as his final haunt.
Mourning the loss of Gamora in the events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the Guardians of the Galaxy devise a plan to give Peter a Merry Christmas. Doing so revolves around Drax and Mantis traveling to Earth to get Peter the greatest present ever: The Legendary Kevin Bacon.
After the noble House Atreides is assigned to protect the planet Arrakis, Paul must travel there with his family to ensure his house’s future. The planet’s desert sands supply Spice, one of the galaxy’s most valuable resources that makes space travel possible in addition to being a potent hallucinogen. But when political upheaval puts House Atreides in danger, Paul must face his fears and venture into the desert in search of the native blue-eyed Fremen that live there.
The final chapter in Daniel Craig’s saga as 007, No Time To Die picked up right after the events in Spectre with Bond and Madeleine Swan (Léa Seydoux) taking a well-deserved vacation. Turns out, they were going to the city where Vesper Lynd, Bond’s first love, was buried so he could say goodbye and move on with his life. But, even after putting Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) behind bars, Spectre still tracked them down. And James, thinking the only possible way was that Madeleine betrayed him, put her on a train and vanished. That is, until his old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) seeks him out to help put a stop to a new mysterious villain wielding a dangerous weapon.
Warrior follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a Chinese martial arts prodigy who immigrated to San Francisco in search of his sister. After proving he can fight, he becomes a hatchetman for the Hop Wei, one of Chinatown’s most powerful crime families, only to discover his sister (Dianne Doan) is married to the leader of the Long Zii, an opposing gang
Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is an NPC living in Free City, a violent and beloved video game. Everyday he wakes up, gets coffee, and goes to work at the bank where he is constantly getting robbed. While he enjoys his life, he still feels like something is missing. But when Guy sees the girl of his dreams, he decides to change things up and become the hero of the story.
The Suicide Squad was a hilarious and wacky adventure following some of DC’s lamest and most expendable villains. Gunn’s movie is unique in that it lies somewhere between a sequel and a reboot, with all the characters from the 2016 Suicide Squad being played by the same actors in the newer film. Following the disappointment…
Trying to remain off-the-grid, Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) is attacked by an assassin and forced to confront her dark past as a spy and the relationships she left behind when she became an Avenger.
A sea monster is drawn to the surface world by his curiosity, where he, disguised as a human, learns more about the world and friendship.
Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg) is a diagnosed schizophrenic who knows how to do things without learning them and has dreams and hallucinations that seem to belong to other people. He then discovers that he is an Infinite and that these memories are from his past lives and that each time he dies, he is reincarnated into a new body. And only he has the knowledge to stop Bathurst (Chiwetel Ejiofor), another Infinite with sinister plans.
17-year-old Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) is just an average guy whose dad happens to be Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), the most powerful superhero on Earth. But as Mark begins to develop his own powers and is trained by his father, he begins to learn that being a superhero is not as it seems.
Walter Mitty works at LIFE Magazine and frequently has vivid daydreams to escape his mundane life. But as the magazine prepares to print its final issue, the image sent in for the cover is lost. With no way to contact the photographer, Walter embarks on an adventure to find him and get the image for the final issue.
He’s back Zack Snyder’s Justice League is finally here, and it was epic. Even with the four hour runtime, I was ready for even more, and not once during the movie did I think any scene was unnecessary or should have been cut. For those of you on the fence thinking it’s just the same…
Inspired by the Gentleman Burglar Arsène Lupin, Assane (Omar Sy) uses a similar skill set to get revenge on those who framed his father and sent him to jail. Lupin was good and more enjoyable than I thought it would be. While originally I thought it was just another heist movie, it turned out to…
Another music-based movie, Blinded by the Light follows Javed (Viveik Kalra), a Pakastani teenager in Lutton, England during the ‘80s, who discovers how relatable Bruce Springsteen’s songs are to his own life. The film not only featured Springsteen’s music, but also focused on the racism against Pakistani in England during the ‘80s, the struggling economy…