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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…
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Box Office Report: ‘The Bad Guys’ and ‘Everything Everywhere At All Once’ Big Winners, ‘Fantastic Beasts’ and ‘Memory’ Big Losers

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TV Review: Moon Knight, Episode 5

By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Mohamed Diab Starring Oscar Isaac, May Calamawy, F. Murray Abraham, Ethan Hawke TV-14 At both it’s height and it’s lowest, the MCU has mostly stayed on the course of being tame in much of it’s content – well, variably. It’s flirted with darkness before and Phase 4’s output…
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Film Review: Bubble

By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Tetsuro Araki Starring Jun Shison, Riria, Alice Hirose, Mamoru Miyano PG On paper, one could see how Bubble could be something of a sure thing. For starters, it’s directed by anime maestro Tetsuro Araki of Attack on Titan and Death Note fame, who has made a name on cinematic…