Google 90 Feet From Home and you get that Shawn “The Heartbreak Kid” Michaels is starring as an alcoholic, abusive stepfather to two teenage boys just trying to survive. Dig a little deeper and you’ll see that director/screenwriter Brett Bentman’s script has its basis in reality. Sit back and watch the film – and recognize… [Read More]

In the third episode of DC Universe’s already-cancelled Swamp Thing, Alec/Swamp Thing fights for his soul against the rising flood of bugs (The Rot?) while other characters succumb to their baser desires. It’s disheartening to watch the show knowing that it’s already terminal because the storyline, acting, and special effects are certainly better than the… [Read More]

June enjoyed building imaginary worlds with her mother (Jennifer Garner), worlds that extended into the real-world where she made amusement-park-like rides out of supplies around the neighborhood. But when her mother gets sick, her father sends her to a camp for math-loving kids. Thing is, June believes her father needs her help, so she runs… [Read More]

Not another remake! That was my cry of frustration after already getting sucked into the remakes of MacGuyver and SWAT. While the first one will enter 2020 in its fourth season as a midseason replacement, and the third was re-upped in May, both of them seemed to re-invent the expression of their older versions. Magnum… [Read More]

Based on the six-part miniseries by James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II, the world of the Turtles collides with Gotham in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While we all know that the title is a false front – seriously, two sets of good guys actually battling each other? Only the X-men would do… [Read More]

In Vincent D’Onofrio’s sophomore directorial outing, the “Kingpin” of Brooklyn puts Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, Chris Pratt, and newcomer Jake Schur through the paces of the final year of Billy the Kid’s life. While more famous versions (Young Guns I & II) exist, this version proves to be just as interesting, and potentially more philosophical… [Read More]

We can make it. Don’t do the math. — John Robinson As the latest version of Lost in Space opens, the twenty-fourth colonization crew of The Resolute, aimed to reposition humanity in the Alpha Centauri system, is stranded after an alien robot attack. The Robinson family is among the shipwrecked on the strange new planet,… [Read More]

With the Superman franchise limping into its third sequel, DC Comics needed a new flagship in 1989. With a surprising twist, Warner Bros. tabbed Tim Burton, off of the success of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Beetlejuice (not exactly heroic fare), to be the director, and the actor known for comedies, Michael Keaton. Thirty years later,… [Read More]

Isn’t It Romantic swings away at the consistent tropes of romantic comedies. The heroine is likable but clumsy; there is usually a flamboyantly gay best friend with no life outside of the scenes shot with the heroine; the heroine has a work-related enemy dead set on preventing the heroine’s happiness for no apparent reason. All… [Read More]