Film Reviews Archives - Page 2 of 42

November 18, 2021December 4, 2021

ROCKY IV – ROCKY VS. DRAGO [Review]: The Definitive Director’s Cut.

Thankfully, writer/director/star Sylvestor Stallone shows more deft-of-touch in the editing of his recut Rocky IV than he did in the film’s new title Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago - The Definitive Director’s Cut. It’d be easy to assume that this new version of the much-derided 1985 classic is the theatrical version with some additional footage …

Continue reading "ROCKY IV – ROCKY VS. DRAGO [Review]: The Definitive Director’s Cut."

October 29, 2021November 12, 2021

DUNE [Review]: Fear Is The Mind Killer.

After the expected delay due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, at long last, director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of author Frank Herbert's seminal, wildly-influential sci-fi epic, Dune, has hit theaters and HBO Max simultaneously. Having influenced everything from Star Wars, to Alien, to nearly every single fantasy and sci-fi epic since its publication in 1965, this …

Continue reading "DUNE [Review]: Fear Is The Mind Killer."

October 25, 2021October 27, 2021

MOODY’S TOP 10 TOY REVEALS [Hasbro PulseCon 2021]: Real American Heroes.

Now that Hasbro PulseCon 2021 has come and gone (kinda lame, right? Like.. where the hell do us Toy Dorks go from here!?!?), I decided to cough up a personal Top 10 list of toy reveals from the weekend. Mind you, I don't collect Fortnite or Power Rangers or Ghostbusters, and, trust me, my wallet …

Continue reading "MOODY’S TOP 10 TOY REVEALS [Hasbro PulseCon 2021]: Real American Heroes."

October 16, 2021

THE BATMAN [DC FanDome 2021]: Vengeance Has Arrived.

From Warner Bros. Pictures comes Matt Reeves’ The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson in the dual role of Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne. Starring alongside Pattinson (“Tenet,” “The Lighthouse”) as Gotham’s famous and infamous cast of characters are Zoë Kravitz (“Big Little Lies,” “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”) …

Continue reading "THE BATMAN [DC FanDome 2021]: Vengeance Has Arrived."

October 7, 2021October 12, 2021

007 – NO TIME TO DIE [Dual Film Review]: Closing Time.

An epic ending to an epic run with the character deserves an epic review. A decade-and-a-half after catching the midnight screening of Casino Royale, my now-wife and I caught the swansong for star Daniel Craig, No Time To Die. It is fitting that a monumental -- and extremely unique -- run of the nearly 60-year-old …

Continue reading "007 – NO TIME TO DIE [Dual Film Review]: Closing Time."

August 5, 2021August 8, 2021

THE SUICIDE SQUAD [Review]: I’m A Motherf___ing Superhero!

You could probably get away with calling writer/director James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad an R-rated version of Guardians of the Galaxy, but it isn’t entirely fair or correct. It’s a complicated comparison, much like Gunn’s status with Marvel Studios that allowed him to make the film in the first place and whether or not The …

Continue reading "THE SUICIDE SQUAD [Review]: I’m A Motherf___ing Superhero!"

July 22, 2021January 1, 2022

SNAKE EYES [Review]: Sympathy For The Underdog.

Ever since this geek discovered the "Classified" Deluxe Snake Eyes action figure from Hasbro just under one year-and-a-half ago, I have been Deep Six into the nostalgic G.I. Joe abyss ever since. Buying that one fig on EvilBay opened up an entire pre-order mess battling Target employees and B.O.T.S for Cobra Island goodies. This has …

Continue reading "SNAKE EYES [Review]: Sympathy For The Underdog."

July 9, 2021

BLACK WIDOW [Review]: Espionage Exhaustion.

Black Widow is a film explaining what Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) was up to in-between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. The film was originally set to be released in May of 2020, but was pushed back and had three different release dates thanks to COVID-19. Unfortunately, most completed films that sit on …

Continue reading "BLACK WIDOW [Review]: Espionage Exhaustion."

Category: Film Reviews