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Box Office Report: ‘Doctor Strange’ Stays Put, ‘Firestarter’ Fizzles

By Matthew Moorcroft A new release this weekend goes to battle against reigning champion Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Does it work out? Let’s break it down. 1 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($61 million) Unsurprisingly, Doctor Strange held onto the first place spot in it’s second weekend, albeit with…
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TV Review: Arcane Season 1, Episodes 4-6

By Matthew Moorcroft Episode 4 (Happy Progress Day!) – Highest RecommendationEpisode 5 (Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy) – Highest RecommendationEpisode 6 (When These Walls Come Tumbling Down) – Highest Recommendation Directed by Pascal Charrue & Arnaud Delord Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung TV-14 Progress is a bitch, isn’t it? I…
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Film Review: Firestarter (2022)

By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This Directed By Keith Thomas Starring Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes R We live in a weird age of Stephen King resurgence where pretty much everything that he has adapted is either getting brought back for a do-over or some kind of continuation. And with the amount…
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The ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Teaser Has Me Feeling All of the Things

By Matthew Moorcroft I can’t stop watching the trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water. This tends to happen sometimes when I hyper fixate on a particular upcoming release, but it usually happens closer to said release as I prep myself and my own ADHD goes into overtime trying to compensate for things. It’s only…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: Attack of the Clones

By Matthew Moorcroft No Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…
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TV Review: Moon Knight, Episode 6

By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Mohamed Diab Starring Oscar Isaac, May Calamawy, F. Murray Abraham, Ethan Hawke TV-14 And thus another MCU Disney+ series comes to a close, and it’s once again time for people to ask “did this really need to be a show?”. The answer isn’t exactly as black and white…
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Box Office Report: ‘Doctor Strange’ Dominates with 11th Highest Opening of All Time

By Matthew Moorcroft Welcome to summer! With audiences slowly beginning to return to theaters, Marvel opens up May with one of the biggest films of the year. But how well did it do, actually? Let’s break it down. 1 – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187 million) The question wasn’t how Doctor Strange…
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TV Review: Arcane Season 1, Episodes 1-3

By Matthew Moorcroft Episode 1 (Welcome to the Playground) – Strong RecommendationEpisode 2 (Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved) – Strong RecommendationEpisode 3 (The Base Violence Necessary For Change) – Highest Recommendation Directed by Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Mia Sinclair Jenness, Kevin Alejandro, JB Blanc TV-14 So I think we are…
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Film Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Rachel McAdams PG-13 As the Marvel Cinematic Universe grows larger and larger, there is a temptation to constantly get bigger and bigger in terms it’s stories. And why wouldn’t you? After the entire universe gets snapped away and brought…
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Star Wars Wednesdays: The Phantom Menace

By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by George Lucas Starring Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd PG Welcome to Star Wars Wednesdays! Every Wednesday I’ll be talking about/looking at a new piece of Star Wars media, starting with the movies and going onwards into the shows, games, and maybe even comics and books…