The United States of America in 2018 is a weird place. Every day something happens that just sounds completely made up. Did you hear the one about the billionaire who was trying to build a mini submarine in order to misguidedly help a bunch of Thai boys that were trapped…
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The Greatest Achievement of Avengers: Infinity War
This post contains spoilers. Don't Read anything else unless you want the movie spoiled. Avengers: Infinity War has finally done something that I’ve been begging for many years, it took them 10 years and 127 movies to finally kill someone. At the end of the post credits scene of…
The Good Villain
The following contains spoilers and if you haven't seen it you shouldn't read this. Don't act like I didn't warn you. The best thing about Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther is its villain. Even using the word “villain” to describe Erik Killmonger is doing a disservice to the character. Erik…
Paddington 2 and The Curse of "Kid's Movies"
I don't believe there's such a thing as "kid's movies". Maybe that's because I don't have children or maybe it's because I'm a bit immature but I feel like bad movies have long been masqueraded as "kid's movies". The Smurf movies are objectively bad movies, but…
The 10 Movies I Enjoyed The Most in 2017
This year I watched 38 movies that were released this year(4 of them were Netflix exclusive) and overall it was a good year though not particularly a great one for movies. Most of the movies I saw were in the B-C grade area with only one clear standout amongst…
Why You're Wrong About The Last Jedi
If you argue like Last Jedi didn't "feel" like Star Wars movie, what have you been watching?…
Boris Sent Me: What Exactly Happens in 'Monster Mash'?
There's no debate 'Monster Mash' is the best Halloween song. I'd go so far as to say it's one of the best Holiday songs period. It's definitely better than 'The Christmas Shoes'. Released in 1962 Bobby Pickett's classic tells us a fantastic tale that includes scientific discovery, a massive house…
The Miracle of Blade Runner 2049
Before I even start this, Don't read it if you haven't watched the movie. There's all the spoilers. Every single one. Blade Runner 2049 is a really good movie, it’s visually striking, it’s impeccably acted and directed, the world in which it takes place is fascinating, the sounds…
The 5 Best Kumbia Kings Songs
Revisiting the Latino Music pioneers that combined Latin music rhythms with Hip Hop and R&B years before these ruled the top of the international pop charts I don't think there's a Latino person out there who doesn't like the Kumbia Kings. If they don't admit it, they're just…
I May Have Unknowingly Inspired Baby Driver
I know it's impossible to say because I've never met the gentleman but Edgar Wright wrote Baby Driver for me. It takes almost presidential levels of narcissism to believe an amazing director's ambitious concept project he has dedicated a large portion of his life to is made is for you,…
Baby Driver Wants You to Like It
There’s a lot to like about Baby Driver. It’s impeccably shot and edited, the music is very good, the characters in the movie are all very cool, and it features the best car chase scenes in years. What I liked the most about it though is how the…
I tried to hate Guardians of the Galaxy 2
There’s a scene in the Guardians of the Galaxy 2, where Yondu the blue skinned glowing mohawk whistling arrow man nervously walks up to another ravager leader and tries to gain his approval and the camera pans up to Sly Stallone wearing a normal jacket with some LED strips…
One Punch Man and All Powerful Heroes
Let me just say this right at the top, If you like superheroes at all you should watch this show. There’s no denying that I’ve had problems with the whole idea of superheroes and superhero movies/shows. I’m probably just an angry old man now who’s…
Logan and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad genre
Wolverine finally got a good movie because it did things superhero movies don’t do THERE BE SPOILERS BELOW DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT LOGAN SPOILED I don’t need to go into it, we all know most super hero movies are bad and that there’s…