The Brick Knight Rises in The Lego Batman Movie

(Originally Published on February 17, 2017)

With the surprise success of 2014’s The Lego Movie, Warner Bros. takes the Marvel route on building its own cinematic universe. With its roster of the DC Extended Universe losing steam maybe it’ll have a better chance with Legos in the first of these spin-offs: The Lego Batman Movie.

Star Wars: The Last Review (Not)

The force has awakened and the Resistance scored a major victory over the First Order, but the war is far from over. The stakes are higher as Rian Johnson (Brick & Looper) writes and directs the second chapter in a galaxy far, far, away in Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi.

Better Late Than Never Vol. 1

Since October I've had the chance to see a lot films but have written on only three. (Sad, I know) I plan to write a full review for many of these but in the meantime (and with The Last Jedi upon us) these are my very brief thoughts on what has been playing the multiplex these past couple of months.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Strikes Back (Ft. Crit. Hit)

We live in an age where a new Star Wars movie premieres each year; a fanboy's dream ever since the days of the classic and prequel trilogy. Now that Disney has the rights these new installments, The Force Awakens and Rogue One have been well-received by both critics and audiences, myself included. Well, maybe more with one than the other. 

Justice League Lives Up To its Namesake

From Left to Right: Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ray Fischer as Cyborg, Ben Affleck as Batman, Jason Momoa, and Ezra Miller as The Flash.

With Hollywood going through a superhero cinema renaissance and Marvel being front and center, it's no secret that its rival company DC comics haven’t had the best of luck with critics and audiences. As a fan of both properties, I’ll admit Marvel has made better films but DC isn’t all that bad. Granted Man of Steel is mediocre with some high and low points and while I understand the hate behind Batman v. Superman I have my gripes with it as well but found the end result adequate. Suicide Squad, has been the only unpleasant film from DC; I fell asleep on a second viewing. After Wonder Woman brought a glimmer of hope for the franchise could Justice League do the same or was everyone right to think this was dead from the start?