Reviews

The Last Outlaw doesn't break the mold but it certainly is fun. The general premise of the film is fairly shallow but the characters are great. From the bank robbers to the posse I found the characters more believable than I expected given the film's introduction.

Mickey Rourke plays his role decently even though I wasn't terribly fond of the accent/demeanor of the character for much of the movie, but by the end he grew on me.

I really enjoyed the entire supporting cast. The bank robber gang was likable and certainly worth rooting for despite being murderous criminal scum. By the end of the movie there is a near perfect reversal of roles both for the posse and bank robber gangs, and the climax was thoroughly enjoyable when viewed alongside the fantastic theme song.

For people who enjoy movies with rough edges I heartily recommend this.

This is coming off of finishing episode 1.

First, the show starts with a really bizarre encounter with Maggie on the beach where she is attacked by a zombie shortly after hiding from some zombies walking past. She kills the thing with her scope instead of the knife in her belt. She also appears to scream in anger/frustration which is weirdly uncharacteristic of her supposed badassitude that the walking dead developed. There was no audible scream so I assume we are expected to believe she is exerting herself the same way she would be if she were actually screaming because she sure wouldn't scream and alert the zombies she just saw ambling past, right?

Then she goes to a bar with working electricity, functioning more or less like a roadside bar would function today instead of in the world that we saw develop over 11 seasons. It was weird and out of place...

The show carries on with weird oddities for the rest of the episode. Maggie's relationship with negan is right back to where it was prior to the walking dead finale. She either forgot their last encounter or decided to dismiss it. The writers on dead city must have created this show prior to seeing the end of walking dead because the tiny bit of closure negan and Maggie had is mostly gone here.

I am going to try and be optimistic for this show bit it isn't starting on a high note. And the number of 10/10 reviews has me gobsmacked. Did we watch the same show? Even if I were to back off from my nitpicking I wouldn't rate this higher than a 6 or 7.

I came for negan and Maggie, but after the first episode I am really only sticking around for negan. I hope they do better to give Maggie some depth. Lauren is a great actor but this script is not very solid.

Visuals are decent though. Especially if you dig dark washed out backdrops that obscure the cgi used on the sets.

The myriad negative reviews of this movie initially put me off watching it, but on a whim I decided to check it out. I'm glad I did because it was really enjoyable.

I like that this movie takes a novel approach to sci-fi storytelling. Instead of focusing on human characters on an alien world it revolves around human-like aliens on a relatively alien-like version of Earth (as it would be if we were to step back 65 million years).

I've got some thoughts running through my head regarding some of the symbolism in the movie (man+woman leads crashed on Earth, the bodies in the swamp, the cataclysm, the timelapse at the end). There is probably some deeper meaning to all of this, and I'm thinking it may have something to do with delivering the genetic code to Earth that would eventually evolve into humans. This may be a stretch, but the movie is constructed in a way that allows the viewer plenty of room to imagine.

Regardless of deeper meaning I think the movie was shot well, intelligently addressed most of the sci-fi elements, and captured just enough plot-tension to keep me interested without feeling out of place. This is certainly a movie I'd watch more than once.

Just watched the first episode for the first time today and I'm surprised this isn't a more talked about show. It is absolutely ridiculous and silly (much like the Adam West Batman).

Episode 1 has a hilarious amount of bee puns, ludicrous dialogue and plot elements. Dracula confronting Queen Bee by threatening her with hornets and wasps (for which he apparently controls) is simply beyond goofy.

There are great 70s sound effects throughout (computer sound effects, dramatic tones etc.) and a fitting musical backdrop.

If you're a fan of the Adam West Batman you'll probably like this show. It has a similar camp comedy quality to it. It is light-hearted goofy fun and definitely worth checking out.

I'll start this review by saying I enjoyed Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Both series had some minor issues but Obi-Wan Kenobi makes them both look fantastic by comparison.

It was nice to see Ewan McGregor return to the role of Obi-Wan but his performance is heavily overshadowed by the absolutely terrible dialogue, plot direction, characterization of pretty much every side character and ridiculous use of force powers, stealth, lightsaber combat and general logic.

This is not Star Wars for adults. This is Star Wars for young kids and/or teenagers, which is incredibly frustrating because they are not the demographic that was around to appreciate the era of Star Wars that this show is based.

After finishing the short run here are a handful of really asinine things I wrote down while watching the show: 1: "Why is Reva running like a tiger?" 2: "Why is child-Leia so annoying?" 3: "How do no stormtroopers not notice Obi-wan walking with the giant bulge (Leia) under his cloak.." 4: "How is it Obi-Wan and Reva can whisper without any storm troopers hearing them... and why did she send him back into the building with only two guards when they had like half a platoon outside with giant guns...." 5: "What exactly is Reva's motivation for chasing Luke down? She goes from hating vader to wanting to take revenge against luke? What..." 6: "Oh god... are we seriously getting a redemption lead-into-spinoff with this terrible Reva character?"

The 5/10 I'm giving this is generous. If it wasn't for Ewan McGregor and some half-decent fight scenes in episodes 5 and 6 this series would be a 3 or 4 out of 10.

Really quite disappointing how bad this turned out.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that movies produced by Sony are middling, at best. Morbius is no exception. The premise is solid but there isn't a whole lot Sony can do with the character given its limited pool of Marvel properties.

Morbius is a film that should have come out 5 years later. Similar to Venom, one of the key players in the Morbius mythos is not present (Spiderman). So what we're left with is an origin story to a character that exists in the same universe as Venom but without Spiderman. We're also presented with a villain that, as far as I know, doesn't exist in the comics. Whereas fans of Spiderman were elated to see multiple universes come together in No Way Home, Morbius feels incredibly isolated.

Sony simply can't produce quality super hero movies, it seems. Morbius tries hard to be violent and action-packed but has issues with pacing, motivation and relevance.

On the up side, Jared Leto does a fine job as Morbius. They kept the design fairly consistent with the comics but as I've already mentioned isolated the character without the appropriate pool of Marvel side characters to work with.

The runtime is short enough that you can watch Morbius without losing much of your day and it isn't bad enough to avoid. Morbius is just expectedly disappointing coming from Sony.

If you set your expectations low and avoid the troll reviews you may enjoy Morbius. Just know it, like Venom, appears to be too isolated to engage with the greater Marvel story arcs and characters.

I saw the first 5 episodes and generally enjoyed the show. Having He-Man play a side line character was a bold move but it gives something fresh to the series. Having said that, this is certainly a show with some rough edges. The motivations of the main character Teela are fairly superficial given we essentially begin the show far into the mythos of He-Man vs Skeletor. The viewer isn't attached to Teela and He-Man's relationship long enough to give his departure any emotional resonance. In a similar vein none of the main characters or villains have much character development outside Teela and Evil-Lyn (and even then we're not given much).

This show pretty much requires at least some knowledge of the material prior to watching and it also requires a fairly open mind if you compare it to either of the two big He-Man shows (the original and the 2002 series).

I say take this show with a grain of salt. It isn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination but it certainly doesn't have much compelling attributes in the story or characters.