Everything about Joker from his actions, mannerisms and goals contrast with each other. One minute you want to hate him and the next minute you can’t help but cheer for him. I’m going to be frank, this is not a movie review article and that’s because Joker is a masterpiece film, no question. What I would like to discuss here is mental illness and how the Joker might be a warning sign… (Credit to artist for picture)
While JOKER’s plot may tread familiar ground, it’s the man we walk it with that truly makes this film stand out as one of the best films of 2019. It should be said that without Joaquin Pheonix, the movie wouldn’t work. But with him, this movie earns itself a 9 out of 10. Who’s laughing now?
From the mind of Soul Eater, Atsushi Ōkubo, wrote and illustrated a new series about the most badass group of firefighters to ever come out of anime. This is the story of a young boy who wants to be a hero all while battling the demons of his past. I Introduce to you Fire Force!!!
Spider-Man: Far From Home takes place shortly after Endgame’s conclusion, dealing with the world’s recovery from what they are calling ‘The Blip’, as well as the loss of many of the prevalent Avengers. Now Avengers: Endgame is a tough act to follow and any Marvel film that comes after it would have some pretty big shoes to fill. Unfortunately, Spider-Man: Far From Home struggles to even live up to the rest of its peers in Phase 3, let alone Endgame.
Most people dismiss Godzilla due to outward appearances, saying “every film is the same” or “the dubbing is awful”. Well, with the newest film in the Monsterverse, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, I think it’s finally time I said my piece on just why I love this giant monster so much. I love Godzilla because of how varied his character is, how varied the films themselves are, and how personally connected I feel to him…All Hail the King!!!
It’s no secret that video games have not made the transition to feature films well. From the infamous Super Mario Bros. The Movie to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Hollywood has struggled with how to adapt this form of media for decades. With Detective Pikachu, I can definitely understand why someone would hold Detective Pikachu at a high standard. Ultimately, the most revolutionary thing Detective Pikachu does is establish a baseline of quality for video game movies. If it’s not at least as good as Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, then in my opinion, it isn’t worth watching….here is my review.
Well readers it’s time for another Black Clover piece, but this time I won’t be writing about why Black Clover is such an amazing show. I’ve already stated that. Instead, I will be discussing why the main character, Asta, is considered the underdog of 2019!!!
I am a member of ARMY. There I said it. I finally revealed my secret to the world. I know I’m too damn old to be obsessing over a Korean boy band, but things happen. BTS has taken the world by storm and with impending enlistment, their meteoric rise to fame may come to a sudden halt. At the moment, I don’t want to think about this imminent doom and dread. I’d rather bask in the glory that is BTS and everything that has to do with them.
At New York Comic Con 2018, I was in a panel getting a sneak preview of The Reign of the Supermen, so I was pretty stoked to see the movie before it dropped on DVD. As a fan of DC cartoons and comic book history, I knew that Superman died, but is then brought back to life due to shenanigans. If I had not seen The Death of Superman I would have been completely lost during The Reign of the Supermen had I watched it without prior context. It was a cool experience to see these films as a person who had never been too much into Superman and because I saw them in unison, my view of Superman forever changed…
At the early screening I attended, every single person there was in stitches at every joke this film made. Not only that, but the film inspired genuine awe from children in the audience, with reverent whispers of “Wow…” when Shazam first took flight. I honestly cannot remember the last time any superhero film, let alone a DC one, inspired that much amazement. This is what DC was always supposed to be – characters we aspire to be, ones beyond us yet ones with values that we can uphold ourselves…
There is this unbelievably stupid myth that Brie Larson is “anti-men”, specifically, “anti-white-men’. That sentence is so stupid it hurt typing it. Brie Larson has a history of dating men, many of which are white, so either she's a supreme hypocrite in her Against White Male (AWM) agenda OR she doesn't hate people based off of the color of their skin or their gender and is fighting for fairness and inclusion within a system she finds lacking….I propose the latter!!!
For years there has been a demand for the first female Doctor. That wish was granted when Jodie Whittaker was declared the new Doctor. Many fans were not receptive of this decision and people said the show was now ruined because the Doctor was now a woman. Millions of other fans thought this was the moment of a lifetime…
December 2018 released the prequel to the Transformers’ franchise, Bumblebee. My only concern with this movie was that this was going to be another ‘style over substance’ film with too many transformers, little plot and character development, and scantly clad females…. I was wrong.
From the trailers I saw and how cool the character has been portrayed over the last few years, I was pretty excited to see this movie. I had to rant about how cool Aquaman is because it’s the truth, and the movie does reflect this awesome new Aquaman for a wider audience. A great end for 2018’s DC Extended Universe.
A year ago, when the first teaser trailer for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped, I admit I wasn’t sure how to feel. After watching the movie twice within days of each other, I can safely say that not only is Into the Spider-Verse my favorite superhero film of the year, but it could be my favorite film of 2018.(Note: Image was created by the legendary Chuck Collins, creator of the famous Bounce Graphic Novel.)
I remember when Miles Morales was first introduced in 2011. Obama was re-elected for a second term, and Spider-Man was black! Looking back, it seems crazy that we thought both of those things were impossible. People lost their minds at the idea that the mantle of Spider-Man would not be Peter Parker and instead given to an Afro-Latino youth from Brooklyn….
For those still unaware (or for anyone who hasn’t read my two other articles on this anime), I have a deep love for My Hero Academia. When I heard that My Hero One’s Justice came out for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC, I just had to jump on the opportunity to write about this little gem. This is the series’ first major foray into the video game market, aside from the 3DS game My Hero Academia: Battle For All, which was never released outside of Japan. So, how well does the series fare as a video game? Well, let’s get into it! For the sake of clarity, I’m only discussing the Nintendo Switch version of the game.
Yep, I can’t believe this either. The tech gods at Game Freak and Nintendo, for some strange odd reason have teamed up with Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. and are taking a huge risk with Detective Pickachu. With Ryan Reynolds voicing the yellow electric pocket rodent, will this movie be a sleeper or a keeper? Here’s what I think.
As the Sony pictures’ Venom hype comes to a close there is one last thing that needs to be addressed and that is who was the better Venom, the 2007 version played by Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3 or the 2018 version played by Tom Hardy in Venom?
