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“Knights of the Zodiac” Review
Knights of the Zodiac: Directed by Tomasz Baginski. With Mackenyu, Famke Janssen, Madison Iseman, Diego Tinoco. When a goddess of war reincarnates in the body of a young girl, street orphan Seiya discovers that he is destined to protect her and save the world. But only if he can face his own past and become a Knight of the Zodiac. I think you can tell exactly what kind of movie this is just from the name and the poster, and it IS that film that you think it is, but it’s also much more. Just kidding, it’s just that film....
“The Marvels” Review
The Marvels: Directed by Nia DaCosta. With Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson. Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe. Watched after adding the Steelbook to my collection, which the decision and journey to get it is worth mentioning here. Best Buy is no longer selling movies, so they’re dead to me, and Wal-Mart of all places picked up the slack and now apparently they’re the “exclusive” Steelbook retailer, so I guess the Walton family will be getting more of my...
Tales of the Dominion War
Untold stories from one of the most dramatic and popular periods in Star Trek history I’m on a bit of a short stories journey right now, starting with an unrelated (except for DeCandido’s involvement as author & editor) Precinct series, now this one about various parts of the Domion War. The conflict was a huge part of the last two seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but they still didn’t tell even a small portion of the possible stories of what the various crews were up to, the situation on Earth, or even on the allied planets. This collection...
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced on Steam
Discover the original co-op shooter-looter, crammed with new enhancements! As one of 4 trigger-happy mercenaries with RPG progression, equip bazillions of guns to take on the desert planet Pandora. Originally released in 2009, with four DLC packs released in the following year, I distinctly remember buying and trying to play through the game and letting life get in the way and me purchasing the DLC for $5 each with the assumption that I would eventually get back to the game, but I never did. They released a “Game of the Year” edition that includes all the DLC and some quality...
“Mr. & Mrs. Smith” Review
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Created by Donald Glover, Francesca Sloane. With Donald Glover, Maya Erskine, Paul Dano, Parker Posey. Two strangers land jobs with a spy agency that offers them a life of espionage, wealth, and travel. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage. Sharing similar concepts to the two other movies and television series by the same name, this version works best when it’s doing it’s own thing instead of doing what’s been done before. The sound track, action, acting, and character developments are all top notch, but there’s times towards the end of season one that it...
“Madame Web” Review
Madame Web: Directed by S.J. Clarkson. With Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor. Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed. With a story set in 2003, I would actually believe you if you told me that the movie itself was made in 2003, maybe even if you said it was made for TV. It’s not a terrible film, but it’s also not a great one, with a story...
Any idea what these are?
I’m trying to figure out if this is legitimate grass that I should be nurturing or a weed that I should be killing.
