Two movies this week. First, Mark checked out Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. It’s a martial arts heavy, family-centric (Fast and Furious style not Disney style) origin story of the Joe known only as Snake Eyes. Then, we both took … Continue reading →

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Film Studies 10-15: Free Guy & Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Kevin Smith has revived the Masters of the Universe franchise on Netflix. We’ve taken a look at the first five episodes and breakdown the positives and negatives as we saw them. The fans are seriously divided. Some think the show … Continue reading →

Home Screen – Masters of the Universe: Revelations

Catching up time again. This time three of the biggest blockbusters of the summer! First, we’ll start with the latest in the saga of Dom and Friends with F9! Then, we’re heading to N0t-Cuba to follow the adventures – or … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-14: Summer Catchup #2

With so many movies coming out in rapid-fire fashion, we had to jam pack 5 movies into one review. First, Nicholas Cage is a truffle farmer whose pig has been kidnapped. Then, The Purge returns but some people don’t want … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-13: Summer Catch-up

In Avengers: Endgame, Loki steals the Tesseract and peaces out causing a temporal rift in the approved timeline. So the events must be reset by the Time Variance Authority. We watched all six episodes of the latest Marvel television offering … Continue reading →

Home Screen – Loki

30 years in the future, aliens take over the Earth and decimate the world’s human population to mere thousands. So they’ve come back in time to get more soldiers. Chris Pratt is a teacher and former military man is drafted … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-12: The Tomorrow War

After a year-long postponing, the MCU finally continues with Black Widow. It’s the backstory of Marvel’s under-celebrated cornerstone. Natasha finds out that the Red Room is still active and churning out more Widows and she needs to shut it down. … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-11: Black Widow

This week is a double feature. First, Steven Soderbergh directs a mind-bending mystery surrounding a heist, criminals, and the police. An important document is the trophy at the center of huge game of betrayal before betrayal. Only in the end … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-10: No Sudden Move & A Quiet Place Part II

Our favourite part-time co-host, Scott White, brings us another of his wonderful cinematic picks. This time it’s Curse of the Wolf. Dakota is a young woman cursed with being a werewolf and wanting to break away from her pack. But … Continue reading →

Or Is It? – Curse of the Wolf

A group of strangers arrive on Fantasy Island for a getaway weekend where they each get to play out their own chosen fantasy. But is there something more sinister going on? Is there an ulterior motive to them being on … Continue reading →

Or Is It? – Fantasy Island

Well, it’s been decades since John Kramer, a.k.a. Jigsaw, died and now there’s a copycat killer on the loose. It’s up to Detective Zeke Banks to solve the mystery but he’s not well liked by the cops in his precinct … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-9: Spiral – from the book of Saw

You thought the story was over? You thought the doll was destroyed and that ended Brahms reign of destruction. Hell no! A new family moves in next door and the young boy, Jude, finds Brahm buried in the woods. So, … Continue reading →

Or Is It? – Brahms: The Boy II

Zack Snyder wow’d audiences with his cut of Justice League earlier this year. Now, Netflix brings you his follow up to his 2004 Dawn of the Dead. He wrote it, directed it, and even did his own cinematography. Las Vegas … Continue reading →

Film Studies 10-8: Army of the Dead

In 1993, a student was killed when a prop gallows malfunctioned. 20 years after, the play was done again leading to the mysterious deaths of three high school students. Now, a young high school acting hopeful does the “Charlie Challenge” … Continue reading →

Or Is It? – The Gallows Act II

It’s the year 2000 so you know what that means . . . angry white boy music! . . . er I mean a modern spin on a classic tale. Dracula comes to 2000 America to hunt down the daughter … Continue reading →

Or Is It? – Dracula 2000

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