Mary Poppins Returns, 2018. Directed by Rob Marshall. Starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, and Angela Lansbury. SYNOPSIS: During a tumultuous time everyone’s favourite Nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s young children. It is […]
Comic Book Review – Doomsday Clock #8
Ricky Church reviews Doomsday Clock #8… In the build-up to the start of Doomsday Clock, DC and Geoff Johns had billed the series as a philosophical battle between Superman and Dr. Manhattan, but while Manhattan was key to the mission of Watchmen‘s characters, Superman has hardly been in the story. That thankfully changes in Doomsday Clock #8 as Superman […]
Blu-ray Review – Smallfoot (2018)
Smallfoot, 2018. Directed by Karey Kirkpatrick. Featuring the voice talents of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, Yara Shahidi, Ely Henry, Jimmy Tatro, Patricia Heaton, Jack Quaid, Sarah Baker, and Justin Roiland. SYNOPSIS: A Yeti is convinced that the elusive creatures known as “humans” really do exist. Out of […]
Movie Review – The House That Jack Built (2018)
The House That Jack Built, 2018. Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, Riley Keough, Jeremy Davies and Ed Speleers. SYNOPSIS: The story follows Jack, a highly intelligent serial killer, over the course of twelve years, and depicts the murders that really develop his inner madman. Though the wilful […]
Movie Review – Lasso (2018)
Lasso, 2018. Directed by Evan Cecil. Starring Sean Patrick Flannery, Lindsey Morgan, and Andrew Jacobs. SYNOPSIS: Hackett’s Rodeo is a backwoods tourist trap with animal activists, stoic cowboys and old fashioned attractions. When a busload of senior citizens turn up to sample the pleasures of traditional rodeo entertainment, little do they know that something sinister […]
The Fantasticast #312 – Fantastic Four #208 – The Power Of The Sphinx
Stephen Lacey and Andrew Leyland are your guide to Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four. Starting at the very beginning of the Marvel Age of Comics, they cover every issue of The Fantastic Four, every spinoff title (Strange Tales, Marvel Two-In-One, and more), every guest appearance and every cameo, in order of publication… Whammosplang! Hello, […]
Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebee. 2018. Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Justin Theroux, John Cena, Angela Bassett, Pamela Adlon, and John Ortiz. SYNOPSIS: On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her […]
Movie Review – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. Featuring the voice talents of Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Nicolas Cage, John Mulaney, Mahershala Ali, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Kimiko Glenn, Luna Lauren Vélez, Chris Pine, Kathryn Hahn, Zoë Kravitz, Oscar Isaac, and Lake Bell. SYNOPSIS: Spider-Man […]
54th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Vox Lux (2018)
Vox Lux, 2018. Written and Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin, Jennifer Ehle, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Romanova, Christopher Abbott, Erik King, Matt Servitto, and Maria Dizzia. SYNOPSIS: An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star. Brady Corbet’s Vox Lux (the film follows up the […]
Movie Review – Ben is Back (2018)
Ben is Back, 2018. Written and Directed by Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones, Mia Fowler, Jakari Fraser, David Zaldivar, Alexandra Park, Michael Esper, Tim Guinee, and Courtney B. Vance. SYNOPSIS: Follows the charming yet troubled Ben Burns (Hedges), who returns home to his unsuspecting family one fateful Christmas […]