Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is a Misleading Misfire

My what big horns you have.

While there have a been a few live-action Disney remakes that have been surprisingly good, I can't say the same for sequels of live-action Disney remakes. When was the last time 102 Dalmatians and Alice Through the Looking Glass were talked in a positive light? If you were expecting Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, to break that curse, you are sadly mistaken.

Double Feature: The Addams Family & Gemini Man

The Addams Family return for a new generation and Will Smith battles himself from a younger generation.

Joker: All Joke No Punchline

Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker

The Joker is one of those characters who didn't need an origin story. Not knowing what made him a sadistic psychopath is what made him a scary but memorable villain. True, there have been several iterations that hinted his past but never the whole picture. Tim Burton's Batman being the one exception but isn't seen as part of the Batman lore and neither is this version, brought to us by Todd Phillips, the director of The Hangover. 

Abominable is an Adorable Adventure.

It struck me odd when DreamWorks premiered its first film of the year with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World but there was no word for their next film Abominable. By early spring, a trailer did surface in theaters but strangely not online until weeks later. One would take this as a bad sign but now that now having seen the film, I was glad to be wrong. 

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Serves a Satisfying Cessation and Plenty of Pudding.

Series revivals are, if not already, the next big thing on television. Cartoon Network gave Samurai Jack a conclusive ending on its Adult Swim block in 2017 with a series finale following its cliffhanging cancellation fourteen years after its original run. Disney Channel brought back That's So Raven and Boy Meets World with a sequel series: Raven's Home and Girl Meet's World with a "where-are-they-now" scenario (Lizzie McGuire being the next in line). Taking a page from both networks, Nickelodeon revived a couple of their classic catalogs with Hey Arnold! and Rocko's Modern Life with made-for-television movies that like Jack, provided a proper conclusion to these cancelled cartoons. 

Per Aspera Ad Astra: Through Hardship through the Stars.

The moral of the story is that if you were part of the Ocean's gang, don't be an astronaut. Just ask Matt Damon (The Martian), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Anne Hathaway (Interstellar) and George Clooney (who gave it shot twice and still turned for the worse with Solaris and Gravity). Brad Pitt is the next in line to be mesmerized by the beauty and horror of outer space.