Jurassic Park has certainly stood the test of time and expectations will be high for Jurassic World Dominion.
Author: Two cheesecakes
Two cheesecakes
Texan, y'all! Cinema glutton, horror enthusiast, sci-fi nerd, comic lover, and I like Japanese stuff too (the culture, kaiju, martial arts, samurai, some anime). Love me some Mario, Sonic, and Pokemon.
Before the film even came out, Todd Phillips’ “Joker” was said to contain “glorified” and “excessive” amounts of violence. And, of course, people fell for this idea; sharing and retweeting till the whole world got to hear, “I heard about this movie and you shouldn’t go see it, otherwise you’re a Nazi,” to paraphrase. I’m happy to say, this is not the case for the film. Violence: yes. Excessive: I wouldn’t call the six he did “excessive”. Glorified: Ah, that is the sticky, isn’t it? Allow me to paint a picture for the ONE scene I would say has cathartic…
Making ‘Practical Magic’ Practical
“I feel like something bad is going to happen to me. I feel like something bad has happened. It hasn’t reached me yet but it’s on its way.” -Alice Palmer Alice is dead. Drowned. She hadn’t been the same since a trip with her friends to Lake Mungo. Alice had lost her phone. Now, after a family outing, she’s dead. Her mother is in denial. Her father blames himself. Her brother has buried himself in work. The house is quiet, but not at rest… Lake Mungo is a dramatic horror film from 2008. It was made in the style of…
In today’s day in age, getting into comics is easier and less stigmatizing than ever. What with quarter yearly film releases of superhero movies. Streaming services. Apps to read comics. Funko Pop figures of every Deadpool variation. And loot crates, so you don’t even have to keep up with your geek culture, it’s processed and itemized for you. So, you’d think that the old issue by issue readers would rejoice in this renaissance, right? No, that is not the case. We are accused of gatekeeping, complaining about change, called racists, sexists, and homophobes. And why? Because we LOVE comics, we…
“Ah come on, Adrian, it’s true. I was nobody. But that don’t matter either, you know? ‘Cause I was thinkin’, it really don’t matter if I lose this fight. It really don’t matter if this guy opens my head, either. ‘Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody’s ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I’m still standin’, I’m gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren’t just another bum from the neighborhood.” -Rocky Rocky Balboa is a small time…
Imagine you’re a simple man with simple ways. A widower. You run a shop. You have a dog, and a son you love with all your heart. He’s the only thing that keeps you going, the only thing you have to look forward to waking up. Now imagine coming home to find him dying. As you try to wash away the hurt like so many scrapes in the past but it doesn’t help. He dies in your arms. You know exactly who did this to your boy. So I ask, what would you do? If you’re Ed Harley, you remember…
Remakes suck. That is the consensus with most the viewing world. However, there are a few that are forgiven, even praised: David Cronenburg’s ‘The Fly’ starring Jeff Goldblum, Chuck Russell’s ‘The Blob’ starring Shawnee Smith, and the most beloved John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ starring Kurt Russell, and more than likely one or two more of your own personal favorites. But why are these few so good (besides being well written, acted, and directed)? I believe there are certain rules to follow in the event a remake/reboot should happen, and if a movie falls into at least 2 of these, I…
Put aside your thoughts of Arnie mowing down fleets of the undead with a chain gun while spouting one liners (I like, “You’re all in grave danger”). Maggie is not that kind of movie, not one bit. This is a movie about a simple mid-western farmer spending the last remaining days of his daughter’s life with her before she succumbs to a lethal disease. This is a movie about fatherhood, discovering who your parents are as people, the acceptance of death, and, most of all, love. Wade Vogel, our mid-west farmer with an Austrian accent, received a voice message…
“Growin’ up, I remember reading the book Alice in Wonderland. After Alice went down the rabbit hole, a flower talked to her. She was surprised. You don’t need to be a psychiatrist to know if a flower ever spoke to a man, that man would know terror. When the world isn’t the same as our minds believe, then we are in a nightmare. And nothing is worse than a nightmare… except one you can’t wake up from.” -‘Alamo Joe’ Rogan Eric Cord is a college graduate, loves old cars, has a beautiful girlfriend, and a best friend, Teddy, who is…