Tag: Paramount
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Review: Argylle, Scrambled, Orion and the Dark, and The Tiger’s Apprentice
Argylle has a great premise but bumpy execution. Scrambled is an egg-cellent time. Orion and the Dark shines when it’s being esoteric. The Tiger’s Apprentice may need to go back to school. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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Review: Mean Girls (2024), The Beekeeper, Echo, and Ted
Listen on Apple Podcasts Making Mean Girls fetch (and into a musical) is a bold choice to attempt. Jason Statham + bees, what more could you want from The Beekeeper? Marvel’s Echo deserves more than the spotlight. Finally everyone’s favorite lewd bear, Ted, gets a funny but uneven prequel series.
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Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Tetris, A Thousand and One, Rye Lane, and The Big Door Prize
Will Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves roll a Natural 20 at the box office? Is Tetris a brick or a keeper? Plus two slices of very different lives with A Thousand and One and Rye Lane. Finally an existential crisis in the form of The Big Door Prize. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about…
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Review: 80 for Brady and Knock at the Cabin
The resounding theme for the week is “who exactly are these for?!” with 80 for Brady and the new M. Night Shyamalan directed film, Knock at the Cabin. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about 80 for Brady: The Paramount Pictures film 80 FOR BRADY is inspired by the true story of four best friends living…
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Top Films of 2022
Ready for our top films of 2022? These are a snapshot of some of our favorite films of the year. Important to note that they are representative of what was available in 2022. Does that mean they’ll stand the test of time (or even the test of looking back next December)? That remains to be…
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Review: Top Gun: Maverick and Prehistoric Planet
Tom Cruise undeniably knows how to make a quintessential summer blockbuster and does so with “Top Gun: Maverick.” Also who can resist Sir David Attenborough and Dinosaurs in “Prehistoric Planet.” Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Top Gun: Maverick: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick”…
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Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow
It’s time for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, All the Old Knives, and Cow. 2/3 of this week features films we don’t think live up to their potential. One of these things is not like the others… Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Sonic the Hedgehog 2: After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to…
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Review: Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
You won’t want to The Rock the boat when it comes to Disney’s Jungle Cruise and consider yourself lucky if you skip Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins. More about Jungle Cruise: Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon…
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Review: A Quiet Place Part 2 and Sweet Tooth
It’s a post apocalyptic double feature (again?) with John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part 2 and the new Netflix series Sweet Tooth which is based on the DC Comic by Jeff Lemire. More about A Quiet Place Part 2: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must…
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Review: Sonic the Hedgehog and Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Turns out the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie isn’t as much of a train wreck as one would think, and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is one of the best films you’ll see this year. In spite of a teeth-tastic disaster first trailer, “Sonic the Hedgehog” pulled its act together to be a pretty fun…