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  • Film Review: The Flash

    Film Review: The Flash

    By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This When I was a kid, there were three superheroes that I really connected to instantly. Spider-Man, Batman, and The Flash. The former two were mainly through movies; Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and Tim Burton’s Batman being some of my earliest memories of watching, and falling in love with, movies. But it…

  • Film Review: Elemental

    Film Review: Elemental

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Pixar has had it rough the past couple of years haven’t they? Not necessarily entirely their fault though – there was a global pandemic that happened and moreso then any other genre family animation got crippled. And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time for the company, who were…

  • Film Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Film Review: Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation In 1996, Beast Wars: Transformers hit television screens to divisive reception from old school fans and mostly non-existent critical attention. The series, meant to reignite interest in the Transformers brand a decade of stagnation and give it the boost that it needed to survive into the new millennium, eventually gained…

  • Disney’s Massive Slate Change (Or Why the WGA Strike’s Effects Are Just Beginning)

    Disney’s Massive Slate Change (Or Why the WGA Strike’s Effects Are Just Beginning)

    By Matthew Moorcroft It was only a matter of time, but the first studio to be hit by the WGA strikes is Disney, who just announced a massive shift to their schedules by moving a large chunk of their films. The main targets appear to be Marvel, Star Wars, and Avatar, all of which got…

  • Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Ever feel like you just witnessed cinematic history being made in the moment? That’s what it feels like watching every minute of Across the Spider-Verse, the long anticipated sequel one of animation’s most bold and ambitious offerings of the past decade. And while animation is just catching up to that…

  • Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Comics don’t have endings. One of the unfournate truths about getting into superhero stories is that many of them are static on purpose. This is for practical purposes, mainly – maintaining a sort of status quo keeps the character from straying too far from the public consciousness while also allowing…

  • Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

    Film Review: Evil Dead Rise

    By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Similar to the creatures the films revolve around, the Evil Dead franchise just never dies. Having gone from cult hit in the 80s to influential horror icons in the 90s all the way to gore-infused throwbacks of the 2010s, it’s been a wild ride for the series that had it’s…

  • Is YA Nostalgia In Full Force?

    Is YA Nostalgia In Full Force?

    By Matthew Moorcroft Less 12 hours ago, as I am writing this, The Hollywood Reporter broke that a Twilight TV series is in the works. The show, which is being developed by Sinead Daly (The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Tell Me Lies), is in early development at Lionsgate who will sell the show to a…

  • TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6

    TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6

    By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Joel has always been a uniquely fascinating character to me. In the realm of mentor figures, he’s always been one of the few that the writers are not afraid to critique and deconstruct; his imperfections are brought forth as part of the main core thesis of his character. And yet,…

  • First Details Arrive On ‘Knuckles’ As Show Begins Production

    First Details Arrive On ‘Knuckles’ As Show Begins Production

    By Matthew Moorcroft After having been in announced in 2022 with very little since, we finally have our first major piece of news to come out for the Knuckles show, and all of it is pretty fascinating stuff when all is said and done. Both Deadline and Variety were reporting this information prior. The series,…