Review| Shaun the Sheep Movie
Only a month ago I lamented the sad, missed opportunity of the Minions movie to flesh out a premise of the main protagonists search for a master to serve. After an intriguing first five to ten minutes, the premise of…
Review| Mission Impossible III
Ah, the three-quel, the film that either becomes the revitalization of a would-be franchise or the dagger plunged forcefully into the heart of it. The result of which, as is the case with most every film, is usually indicative of…
Review| Mission Impossible II
There was a time in the mid to late-90s when John Woo could do no wrong, and if you’ve seen Broken Arrow and Face Off you know the lack of wrong to which I speak. I was too young to be following what the…
Review| Mission Impossible
The Mission: Impossible film franchise, with each sequel each promising bigger and more dangerous stunts for its star, Tom Cruise, to attempt, began less with a loud bang and more with a slow burn. Brian De Palma’s 1996 film is…
Review | Ant-Man
Marvel’s 2015 summer installment has been talked about quite a bit, but not for the reasons a studio would want. Since May of 2014, when then director Edgar Wright parted ways with the movie, speculation expanded beyond Marvel’s official stance that…
Review | Minions
The latest movie from Illumination Entertainment takes the delightfully zany and crass yellow henchmen from Despicable Me & Despicable Me 2 and gives them their own spin-off movie. Minions opening minutes survey the primordial and pre-Gru existence of these dwarven,…
Re:View| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. And if you can survive a game of dodgeball as a kid, well, you can pretty much survive anything in life. Seriously, is there any sport more humiliating than…
Who-ology| S01E11 Bad Wolf & E12 The Parting of the Ways (Pt.1)
From moment one, this two-part story is a thunderstorm that only grows darker as the episodes unfold. We open on our 3 heroes being suddenly, mysteriously, involuntarily transported into separate live-action television shows that all end with human beings…”evicted from…
Review| Dope
The coming-of-age story has a long history as cultural currency for middle school and high school kids. Every four years or so, a new movie comes along as the definitive guide for an age group’s struggle with adolescent awkwardness. Phrases…
Review| Inside Out
After two long, lonely years, Pixar is back; and this time they’ve brought us one of their most original and innovative films yet, Inside Out. As its title suggests, Inside Out takes place in two different spheres: the world inside the head of…