Movie Breakdown: Barbie
Pre-Screening Stance: Barbie is seemingly most of the world’s most anticipated film of 2023. For me, it’s definitely way, way up there, but when any movie has a hype train off the rails and marketing...
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Movie Breakdown: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Pre-Screening Stance: Weirdly, the only thing I know about Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is that it features a scene where Tom Cruise launches himself off a mountain via a motorcycle. What the...
Movie Breakdown: Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Pre-Screening Stance: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out 15 years ago but it was so disliked that it’s still hanging over the franchise and seemingly damning The Dial of Destiny....
Movie Breakdown: Asteroid City
Pre-Screening Stance: I wasn’t a huge fan of Wes Anderson’s last effort, The French Dispatch, but hey, it’s Wes Anderson, so of course I’m happy to dive right into Asteroid City. Just judging by the...
Movie Breakdown: No Hard Feelings
Pre-Screening Stance: Jennifer Lawrence is a real talent and Gene Stupnitsky’s last film – 2019’s Good Boys – was solid, but I haven’t exactly been chomping at the bit to see No Hard Feelings. Something...
Movie Breakdown: The Flash
Pre-Screening Stance: Oh boy. This movie. Given Ezra Miller’s issues and the production problems and just everything else about it, I’m not sure it’s something that anyone can be excited about. With that being said,...
Movie Breakdown: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Pre-Screening Stance: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a fantastic movie, and so far I haven’t seen anything that indicates Across The Spider-Verse will be anything less than a worthy follow-up. Post-Screening Ramble: Spider-Man: Across The...
Movie Breakdown: The Little Mermaid
Pre-Screening Stance: The track record for Disney’s live action remakes of its animated films isn’t exactly great (the only one I’ve ever actually liked is Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book), and if we’re being honest...
Movie Breakdown: Fast X
Pre-Screening Stance: I’m one of those people that unabashedly loves the Fast & Furious movies, but even I was feeling like it was time to let the whole thing go after the just all-around bad...
Movie Breakdown: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3
Pre-Screening Stance: I saw a note the other day that May 2 marked the 15-year anniversary of Iron Man. If I’m being honest, I thought it was much older. In fact, the entire “Infinity Saga”...
