Month: June 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is plagued with various issues that drag it down; it’s not terrible, but it’s not very good either. I hoped that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny would be the swan song for our beloved blockbuster archeologist. They needed redemption after their failure to see him out…
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The Flash
The Flash has been a controversial movie from its star Ezra Miller to its paltry box office take. But is the film itself any good? I was not a fan of the DC Synderverse. There were pieces of it I enjoyed, like Ben Affleck as Batman or Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent. But I found…
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The Venture Bros.: The Complete Collection
While The Venture Bros is set to wrap up in July 2023 with a new movie, they’ve released the entire run on DVD and digital. While it hasn’t attained the level of fame as some of its animation counterparts like South Park, Rick & Morty, or The Simpsons/Futurama, The Venture Bros. is easily one of…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Web slinger Miles Morales and his amazing friends are back in Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, which somehow manages to top the first incredible Spider-Verse film. In 2018, Sony and Marvel blew the doors wide open on both Spider-man and animation in general with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which was ground-breaking both in terms of storytelling…
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Supercell
The weather-related movie, Supercell is a 2023 film about a young boy who runs away to follow in the footsteps of his storm chasin’ poppa. Natural disaster films are hardly new. The first I remember is Earthquake (1974), but it goes back at least until The Hurricane (1937), or arguably even Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928).…