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Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red: Directed by Ken Cunningham. With Laura Bailey, Haley Joel Osment, Will Friedle, James Mathis III. The Avengers meet a dangerous new foe quite unlike anything they’ve ever encountered before. A lower quality animation than I was expecting for a Marvel LEGO movie, but about what I would expect for a direct to dvd adventure that would have limited to no advertising. There’s some really funny jokes here (a nice MC Hammer / Mjoirnir joke is my favorite) and the entire “code red” thing ends up being pretty silly but fun. Buy On Amazon!
Gen V: Created by Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke, Craig Rosenberg. With Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips. From the world of “The Boys” comes “Gen V,” which explores the first generation of superheroes to know that their super powers are from Compound V. These heroes put their physical and moral boundaries to the test competing for the school’s top ranking. If there was any doubt that they were going to be able to keep up the quality from the transition from “The Boys” to “Gen V”, let me assure you, this is among the best content in that...
Clerks II: Directed by Kevin Smith. With Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith. A calamity at Dante and Randal’s shops sends them looking for new horizons – but they ultimately settle at the fast food empire Mooby’s. Another film by Kevin Smith that’s still as hilarious as the day I watched it, but still feel like there’s some topics here that just generally wouldn’t be approached because of how nuclear the pure racism or bigotry from the some of the characters land and we generally don’t even joke about the type of these that are joked about here....
Ms. Marvel: Created by Bisha K. Ali. With Iman Vellani, Matt Lintz, Zenobia Shroff, Yasmeen Fletcher. Kamala, a superhero fan with an imagination–particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel–feels like she doesn’t fit in at school and sometimes even at home, that is until she gets superpowers like the heroes she admires. Doing a quick rewatch to remind me how much I loved the character, the actor, and just about everything about this show. i think I like it even more this second time around and I really liked it the first time. Now it’s on to Secret Wars, maybe...
Babylon 5: The Road Home: Directed by Matt Peters. With Bruce Boxleitner, Claudia Christian, Peter Jurasik, Bill Mumy. John Sheridan finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. After I finished the TV series, I checked out the latest movie, choosing to skip all the other ‘made for tv movies’ and luckily “The Road Home” picks up just moments after the final episode of the original tv series, so the story flows extremely well with the order that I watched it in. It does continue some of the more silly...
Expend4bles: Directed by Scott Waugh. With Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren. Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on, the Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. Much worse than I was expecting, and I’m sure you know that no one was expecting much from this franchise of goofball comedians that formed a merc squad to be the “expendables” that can take care of big issues with little responsibility. Believe me when I say this was shot nearly completely on...
Babylon 5: Created by J. Michael Straczynski. With Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst, Andreas Katsulas. In the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years. With a new movie out (“The Road Home”) I figured I’d check out my purchased copy of B5 on Vudu, but then I remembered that they refused to upgrade it to HD when I had purchased it just days before the HD version dropped, so instead I ended up...
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Directed by Eric Appel. With Diedrich Bader, Daniel Radcliffe, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Richard Aaron Anderson. Explores every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle. I didn’t think they really needed to go as hard as they did with this mostly fictional biopic, but they DID go hard! I’m particularly impressed with Daniel Radcliffe, he’s done some great work after his Potter years and this is by far among the best Buy On Amazon!
Clerks: Directed by Kevin Smith. With Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer. A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof. It had been a minute since I’ve seen this and they had it on Paramount+, so I guess I’m starting another Kevin Smith marathon? Maybe just the Clerks stuff this time around and not all the films. This is the first of them though and it’s as rough as a movie can be, but shows that with a solid script...
Earth Moods: See a vast array of colorful and calming corners of the world. Travel to blue glaciers, arid deserts, lush rainforests and pulsating metropolises to escape from the cacophony of everyday life. Great to put on while you’re having a morning breakfast conversation with your wife about your day’s plans which ends with her taking a nap. Buy On Amazon!
