Review: I’m Not Okay with This
Netflix’s I’m Not Okay with This, delivers a swift coming of age drama. It places the powered person origin story into a frenetic exploration of self-discovery. Young Sydney (Sophia Lilllis) begins the rapid-fire series running in the streets, presumably running from something horrible. I’m Not Okay with This draws its source material from Charles Forsman […]
Comic-Con @Home Panels
This year’s San Diego Comic-Con was canceled a few months ago, but social distancing won’t stop the global nerd collective from gathering online. Comic-Con @Home panels will run on the originally scheduled dates, July 22-26, 2020. Streamed panels are just one feature of this @Home experience, but we do know the panels will be streamed […]
Top 5 Movies About Space Based on True Stories
Science Fiction is easily one of the most popular film genres. The genre has crossed all entertainment mediums with one of the most committed fanbases in the business. Yet, the majority of Sci-Fi films are fictional. The stories told are ones of great adventures, mysteries of the unknown, and often serve as metaphors for real-world […]
Review: Defending Jacob
There is no back to normal, there is just before and after. The story of Defending Jacob follows the Barber family as their son goes to trial for allegedly killing a classmate. Andy Barber, played brilliantly by Chris Evans, works as an Assistant District Attorney initially involved in the murder investigation. Yet, when his son has […]
Review: Upload
Amazon Prime’s Upload takes a 21st Century approach towards the afterlife. The series focuses on Nathan, a tech entrepreneur who dies in a self-driving car accident. At the hospital, he can have surgery or get uploaded. His girlfriend’s family foots the bill to upload him to a digital afterlife called Lakeview. There he meets his […]
Review: TNT’s Snowpiercer Worth Getting Your Ticket Punched
Review: TNT’s Snowpiercer Review: Snowpiercer — Humankind’s obsession with progress doomed the planet to a frosty death. A few stalwart humans find themselves on a train to nowhere, designed to ensure their future of humanity. The private project derails before it begins as hundreds of people stowaway on the train creating an unexpected class of […]
Review: Hollywood
Glitz, glamor, and the gilded age. 1940s Hollywood finds itself revered and scandalized. In a time when the culture changes and the second World War had just finished, Hollywood designed studios to churn out movies and use every trick in the book to capture an audience’s attention. Problem was, they did this at any cost. […]
Review: Amazon’s Hunters Goes Down a Dark Path Toward More Darkness
Amazon’s Hunters Goes Down a Dark Path Toward More Darkness Amazon’s Hunters. I was in. The Karate Kid of Nazi hunter movies. I was hoping that was the pitch. The young orphaned Padawan, recently deprived of his grandmother’s love, taken in by a mysterious man who happens to be in the business of exacting revenge […]
Review: Little Women
Many American classic books have already become feature films. Little Women is one such novel that has many big-screen adaptations. Little Women from Greta Gerwig is the latest interpretation putting a 21st-century spin on this late 19th-century story. The film received a Best Picture nomination and belonged amongst the best of 2019. Now out to buy and […]
Getting Ready for Snowpiercer: The Snowpiercer Timeline
You won’t be able to watch Snowpiercer until May 17 (though I have seen it and all I will say at this point that it is worth a watch). But unlike other SciFi shows, most notably Star Trek, the Snowpiercer team, from network to graphic novelists, don’t want any questions about timeline or canon. On […]