Lightning in a Bottle – Shazam

Up until recently, the box-office battle for superhero supremacy has been mostly a one-sided beat down. The DC Comics Extended…

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Failure to Launch – Dumbo (2019)

Disney’s semi-recent foray into adapting their classic animated tales into live-action doppelgangers hasn’t been the smoothest transition but that hasn’t…

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Breaking the Beast – The Mustang

Prison dramas have always been something of a niche sub-genre within the film industry. Sometimes they rise to great heights,…

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Shadow in the Mirror – Us

Horror is a tough genre…that’s just the nature of the beast. It has typically been filled with relatively low-budget offerings…

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The Future is Bleak – Captive State

Anyone who knows me knows my particular affinity for bizarre, low-budget Sci-Fi movies. The inherent challenges of telling a science-based…

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Enter the Squared Circle – Fighting with My Family

World Wrestling Entertainment Studios has always had something of a stigma attached to it. Originating from the world of professional…

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All Good Things Must Come to an End – How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Trilogies are always tough. No matter how well things are planned out in advance, changes, sometimes sweeping, are inevitable. Given…

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Changing the Narrative – Captain Marvel

Marvel Studios’ films typically have a pretty high floor. By that I mean, the worst installments in the catalog tend…

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One Small Step for Man – Apollo 11

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly why there’s been a renewed interest in the history of NASA’s Apollo program. Whether…

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