Category: Fantasy

“Bumblebee” Movie Review & Trailer

Taking place in 1987, “Bumblebee” is a prequel to the Transformers series. The Decepticons have defeated the Autobots on Cybertron. The only hope for the Autobots is to flee and regroup at a later date. Optimus Prime sends B-127 to an out of the way, relatively unknown, planet to hide and wait for the rebuilding…

February 6, 2019
“Ant Man and the Wasp” Movie Review

After the first movie, Ant Man (Scott Lange, Paul Rudd) went to help Captain America in “Captain America: Civil War” and was “rewarded” for his actions by being placed on house arrest for 2 years when he returned home. Scott has not talked with Dr. Pym (Michael Douglas) or Hope (Evangeline Lilly) in quite a…

July 14, 2018
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” Movie Review

Wanting to leave the lawless planet of Corellia, Han (Alden Ehenreich) and his girlfriend, Qi’ra (Danare…..err, Emilia Clarke) steal some precious hyper-fuel, coaxium, to use to bribe officials to let them leave. Well, the plan only half works: Han escapes, but, Qi’ra is captured. 3 years pass and the two meet again to work with…

June 2, 2018
“Avengers: Infinity War” Movie Review

Thanos (Josh Brolin) has a plan to wipe out half of the sentient beings in the universe. In his mind, overpopulation is a problem, and Thanos is the only one who knows how to take care of it: By mass murder. His theory is that once overpopulation is taken care of, the remaining beings (and…

May 2, 2018
“Black Panther” Movie Review

After his father was killed in a blast in Captain America: Civil War, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has become king of Wakanda. Wakanda is a technologically advanced country thanks to vibranium, the strongest metal in the world (Captain America’s shield is made from a piece of vibranium that Tony Stark’s dad got from Wakanda) and also,…

April 18, 2018
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Movie Review

Spoilers may happen below…..proceed with caution. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Leia (Carrie Fisher) was looking for Luke (Mark Hamill) as the rebels were being attacked. Well, in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” they found (a reluctant) Luke and sent Rey (Daisy Ridley) to convince him to come help the badly beaten rebel resistance.…

December 20, 2017
“Thor: Ragnarok” Movie Review

Now we know where the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) has been for the past couple of years. He crash landed on Sakaar and has been held captive earning the right to stay alive as a gladiator. But, I get ahead of myself. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has also been missing from the Marvel Universe, but, as Ragnorok…

November 8, 2017
“Pete’s Dragon” Movie Review

Pete (Oakes Fegley) is 5 years old riding in the backseat of his parents car. The family is on vacation, an “adventure”, when a deer crosses in front of the car. Pete’s dad tries to avoid the deer, crashes, and both parents die. Why do one or both parents die so often in Disney movies?…

September 9, 2017
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” Movie Review

In the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” reboot, we catch up with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as a 15 year old sophomore in a technical high school. Peter has already been bitten by the spider, and is fast becoming a local hero, when he is recruited into the Stark Avenger Internship run by Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.).…

July 13, 2017