Around twenty years ago, an absorbent and yellow and porous sponge made his big screen debut. About 2,700 years ago (roughly, nobody knows), Homer wrote the Odyssey. There’s a lot more in common between these dudes than you might think.
Continue reading “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at 20: Stephen Hillenburg’s Odyssean Swansong”Top 27 Films
Hey! Since I’ve turned a certain age today, I thought I’d list my current top 27 films (liable to change and/or switch around), with a couple of quotes from each (WordPress doesn’t let me do single spaces between entries, so… you’ll have to deal with looking at plenty of doubles). But if you’re a fan of few words, then you can check out a list with no quotes on my letterbox account, a link to which is sitting at the end of the post.
Continue reading “Top 27 Films”Review: Arcane Season 2, Red One
Apparently both these joints shelled out $250,000,000 across their respective productions. Funnily enough, one of these guys employed that dollar far more efficiently than the other.
Continue reading “Review: Arcane Season 2, Red One”Double Review: Paddington 3, Heretic
Two reviews, two rather different films. One contains lots of marmalade, the other contains lots of blood. Which one’s which, well, you’ll just have to work out that conundrum for your good old self.
Continue reading “Double Review: Paddington 3, Heretic”Review: The Penguin
There’s a lot to be said for the 18-rated superhero flick. Whether we’re talking big screen or small screen, a lot of high-quality fare coming out the supe pipeline has taken a gorier, more adult approach. It was a while ago now, but 2012’s Dredd was one of the first films in the emerging superhero era to go big on the violence and see it pay off with many fans despite its underwhelming financial success. Deadpool was an obvious hard hitter in the big screen department, taking in substantial revenue and revitalising the superhero industry at a time when it was starting to get dull. Don’t forget about the smaller guys, though. Daredevil represented Marvel’s best TV series of the era, providing a healthy dose of violence alongside solid plotting, laying the groundwork for what great supe shows could do for an adult audience.
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