Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes – Movie Review

I never watched the original Planet of the Apes series of films (starring Charlton Heston back in the 1960s and 70s), but I am a fan of the recent trilogy of Apes films (2011-17) that told an origin story for what led the apes to take over the world from humans. (I also watched the…

Oscar Schmoscar 2024 – Oppenheimer, Barbie, Past Lives, Elemental, Nimona, & The Creator

I started this semi-annual post to acknowledge that I’m not always interested in the movies that get nominated or win Oscars. This year is definitely no exception in that there were very few nominated films that I had already watched prior to the nominations (and in fact, relatively few movies have caught my eye over…

Dune Part 2 – Movie Review

The first part of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune was amazing. Visually stunning, it delivered an engaging story that brought Herbert’s characters to life and made this incredible, fictional universe feel very real. This second part continues right where the first film left off: Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his…

Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire – Movie Review

It hasn’t been a great year for blockbuster movies, or for beloved action franchises, but along comes director Zack Snyder, with his big-budget space-opera based on a rejected Star Wars movie idea, and I didn’t really know what to expect. First off, I am an established fan of Snyder’s, having loved 300, liked Watchmen, Sucker…

Frightfully Catching Up With Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Us, and Nope

In honour of spooky season, I decided to do a little movie marathon of scary films by the recent horror-meister, Jordan Peele. Part of the comedy duo, Key & Peele, more recently Peele split his career down a very different path, becoming a celebrated writer-director of successful horror movies. When I heard positive reviews of…

Finally Catching Up With John Wick

I’m not sure why, but I have not watched any of the John Wick movies up until now. Since my TV viewing has slowed a bit, I’m making time to catch up on my movie watchlist (which is really too infinite to think about), and I just watched all four John Wick movies nearly back…

Wheel of Time, One Piece, Ahsoka, Ragnarok, Mech Cadets & Lower Decks: Fun genre TV is back! (Fall 2023)

The rush of having these six genre (aka nerd-friendly) series release within a couple of weeks brings me back to the days of watching dozens of new series whenever the fall season kicked off on network TV. Nevertheless, I now relish the flexibility of being able to watch them at my own pace (and savour…

Animation is awesome: 10 new and returning shows to prove it

Ever since I grew up in the 80s watching Saturday Morning Cartoons, I have loved watching animation. When done well, there is a dynamic fun and imaginative freedom to animation that even the most CGI-heavy live action cannot reproduce. With the streaming channels there are a lot of animated series floating around (most of them…

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Movie Review

I’m not sure what Tom Cruise’s secret is, but I enjoy every one of these Mission Impossible movies even though I barely recall what happens in them by the time I leave the theatre. Admittedly, it’s been a minute since this movie came out and the hype train seems to have moved on to “Barbenheimer”…