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Hellboy: The Crooked Man: Directed by Brian Taylor. With Jack Kesy, Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph, Leah McNamara. Hellboy and a rookie B.P.R.D. agent in the 1950s are sent to the Appalachians, where they discover a remote community dominated by witches and led by the sinister local demon, the Crooked Man. I actually watched this …months ago? It might have even been last year, but I was so unaffected by the film that I forgot to even put it on a “to review” list. It’s not actually a terrible film, but it had such a limited budget that all it really...
Whisper of the Heart: Directed by Yoshifumi Kondô. With Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi. A love story between a girl who loves reading books and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses. This is another exceptionally well crafted look into the lives of normal yet captivating characters that are just living their lives in their normal manner, but through the fascinating lens of Studio Ghibli. I’m about 90% sure that this movie is the inspiration for the lo-fi girl youtube channel that got me through many long nights of studying...
Star Trek: Section 31: Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. With Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Sam Richardson, Robert Kazinsky. In Star Trek: Section 31, Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, and must face the sins of her past. There’s a couple soundtrack elements that remind me of the Borg themes from First Contact, which was a vastly superior film. Also, quick question, at the beginning of the film, when the evil Terrans beam down, there’s like a thousand people there that stretch about a half mile back. can they even hear...
Captain America: Brave New World: Directed by Julius Onah. With Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas. Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must discover the motive behind a nefarious global plan. I have it on blue rays now! It’s a pretty film that missed a couple cool opportunities to be cooler and didn’t stick the landing in the 3rd act. I was ultimately satisfied, but imagine what could have been! Buy On Amazon!
Severance: Created by Dan Erickson. With Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman. Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs. Season one was vastly better this second season, but I think I feel that way because they were asking some really cool questions and setting up some really weird situations, but hadn’t tried to answer any thing yet. The answers provided in season two don’t work for me...
2560. Humanity finds its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity dropped out of slipspace into a devastating ambush launched by the Banished. As this fierce enemy alliance seeks to claim a powerful weapon hidden within the ancient Forerunner ringworld known as Zeta Halo, the surviving UNSC forces now find themselves compromised and its leadership out of reach – with remaining personnel forced to abandon ship and take their chances on the fractured, unpredictable surface of the Halo ring. Why wasn’t this part of the game Bungie? Why did the game start with Chief as...
Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Directed by Jeff Fowler. With Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance. I got this for free by signing up for a chicken nugget newsletter and they still haven’t sent me a single email yet. Sonic 3 isn’t as good as the first two, but is still good enough that I’m happy I own this due to my corporate spam sellout....
Pom Poko: Directed by Isao Takahata. With Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki. A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. “Raccoon dogs” are not “racoons” as I understand them, but after a quick wikipedia journey 15 links deep, I remembered that I was watching a movie and got back to this delightful yet depressing story of animals being killed in humanity’s quest for more space. This is mostly a cute story about loveable shapeshifting creature trying to find their way in an increasingly dangerous world, but...
De blob: Directed by Douglas Carrigan. With Dee Bradley Baker, Corey Burton, Cam Clarke, Chris Cox. When Chroma City is invaded by the sinister INKT Corporation, the titular blob must set out to restore color to the city and its citizens. I played these out of order, finishing “de Blob 2” back in 2018 and loved every single aspect of that game, so when I saw the original game was on xbox for just a couple bucks I jumped at the chance to purchase and play it. It doesn’t have all the same game mechanics of the sequel, but it...
Superman: Directed by James Gunn. With David Corenswet, Alan Tudyk, Grace Chan, Bradley Cooper. Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned. I got to experience this the same day that I traveled from Florida to Pennsylvania with a day that started at 3am and this showing was at 10pm at an AMC PRIME theater, which was a first for me. The seats were heated, they reclined all the way down...
