Schlocky, silly fun. The land of Eternia is lost, and their prince, Prince Adam, is hidden away on Earth. After fifteen years, can Adam answer the call to adventure and save Eternia?? Mattel and Amazon Studios produce this movie adaptation of the He-Man cartoon, directed by Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings). The…
Tag: action
Review: Spider-Man – Brand New Day
Bucking the trend a little: It crams a lot in, but stays afloat. Peter Parker has lost everyone he cares about, but Spider-Man’s job is never finished. While he battles the foes of New York City, he is confronted with an elusive enemy. More than that, it seems his powers are changing… Spider-Man: Brand New…
Review: Toy Story 5
At best, it is retreading old ground. Jessie fears she is losing her human friend Bonnie to technology when Lilypad, a sentient touch screen computer, arrives. It would seem toys everywhere are being abandoned in favour of “tech.” Can the toys turn things around? The now 31 year old franchise has a new entry, co-written/co-directed…
Review: Disclosure Day
Well, that was a waste of time. Two fugitives are on the run from a shadowy intelligence agency hellbent on keeping Government secrets hidden. Meanwhile, a weather reporter for a News channel starts speaking an alien dialect. Disclosure Day was widely touted as director Steven Spielberg’s “return to form” as it is about aliens. Oops,…
Review: Star Wars – The Mandalorian and Grogu
A superfluous jaunt, full of CGI monster battles. Despite the fall of the Galactic Empire, evil separatist movements still exist. The New Republic sometimes needs mercenaries and bounty hunters to mop up problems. Din Djarin, a Mandalorian, and Grogu, are tasked in aiding the Hutts crime syndicate in exchange for information on the whereabouts of…
Review: Project Hail Mary
Are sci-fi epics back? Sci-fi epics might be back. Our Sun is dying, and the solution lies in a remote solar system. One man stands between our extinction and our salvation… and he didn’t even want the job. Project Hail Mary is an adaptation of the Andy Weir novel of the same name. Weir’s name…
Review: Cold Storage
That was pretty silly. But an enjoyable kind of silly. A highly contagious, fatal fungus from space is sealed within a forgotten military bunker. But when it starts to break out, hapless heroes have to save the world. Cold Storage, directed by Jonny Campbell, stars Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Liam Neeson…
Review: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Your mileage will certainly vary with this one. A man from the future bursts into an American diner and recruits several customers at random. His intent? To save the world from impending AI catastrophe. Is he talking nonsense? Can the team succeed if it is true? Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is directed by…
Review: Mercy (2026)
Silly, cliché, and slightly disturbing. Mercy ultimately isn’t anything good. A law enforcer finds himself on trial for the murder of his wife. His judge, jury, and executioner is a powerful AI program. Mercy stars Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, who both must have needed to pay off private yachts or something. Timur Bekmambetov directs…
Review: Iron Lung
For a debut actor, writer, director, distributor, it is remarkable how good this actually is. The stars in the universe are disappearing, humans are disappearing. So begins a radical search for answers and solutions on deadly worlds. One such world is a moon of blood, and the only way to explore its depths is in…