So before, I mentioned that Karl Urban felt like odd casting for Johnny Cage because Lewis Tan was a lot opportunity for the part. The movie has been out for a good while now, and I did end up watching it multiple times. I enjoyed it immensely. Urban was fun as an older, has-been Johnny Cage, and things played out in a way that made me okay with stuff I was concerned about before.
(more…)Okay, okay. I’ll admit it. At first I was kind of a hater on the new Mortal Kombat that’s coming out soon. The previous one was enjoyable, but it felt a little weird and not in a good way. Having the star of the film portray an original character instead of one of the plethora of characters he could have played was a choice. That choice felt even more weird when said star, Lewis Tan, basically played Johnny Cage in Cobra Kai. So I became bitter when Karl Urban was cast as Johnny Cage for Mortal Kombat II, rather than retroactively fixing the first by recasting Tan as Johnny.
(more…)DC Studios continues to differentiate itself by not following a set-in-stone timeline for their films, and instead going with what has a script officially ready. It’s an approach that I appreciate; it gives creatives time to actually be creative and come up with an engaging story. One of their upcoming movies is on the villain Clayface. And really, I am here for it.
(more…)I found it hard to imagine a Street Fighter that could outdo the fun of the original from the 1990s. Everybody — I mean everybody was chewing scenery. They knew the film was gonna be ridiculous and they leaned into it, yet still maintained a sense of sincerity. There was heart behind it. And Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia were taking turns stealing the show with their iconic scenes and one-liners.
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The conclusive season of The Boys is fast approaching, but showrunner Eric Kripke still has his claws in Supernatural star Jensen Ackles for the spinoff Vought Rising. For those who don’t know yet, it centers around Ackles’ Soldier Boy and his antics in the 1950s, and the horrible company surrounding him.
(more…)The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day was released, and I’ve been sitting on it, unsure of what I thought about it. There are things that I like a lot, but there are things I’m disappointed with. The disappointment part is what made me apprehensive on posting about it. I wanted to mostly keep this website positive. Mostly.
I guess a little negativity is good? Maybe. I’ll start with the disappointing part. Which, oddly, I should probably add a spoiler warning for, even though it’s just a trailer. It seems like an odd choice to put a significant and crazy plot point in the trailer.
So! Spoiler ahead!
(more…)It almost felt like a miracle that we got a second Dune movie, with it not really being a massive IP property, and it being more of a passion project for the director. One of the incredible things about the films was shooting on location in a desert, and the gorgeous cinematography. Of course, the acting was really good. Okay, okay, that’s three things, but you get my point.
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Back in 1996, a fantastic superhero film that wasn’t Marvel or DC was released starring the great Billy Zane. Sure, one year later he would play a dashing villain in the hugely successful Titanic, but for this, he played the dashing hero in The Phantom.
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