“It’s all about the legacy they left with me, it’s destiny.” (Unmarked Spoilers) The 60th film in the Disney Animated Canon, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, concerns the Madrigal family, who possess a miracle candle that gives them magical powers, a living house called the Casita, and created the surrounding village. One day, …
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A child’s plaything
A review of Chucky season 1. (Unmarked Spoilers) Chucky is the latest iteration of the long-running Child’s Play series. Each installment concerns serial killer Charles Lee Ray aka Chucky (Brad Dourif). Right before his death, he transferred his soul into a doll, eventually learning how to split his soul into multiple vessels at once. And now he’s back …
…Who you gonna call?
The movie fans have been waiting for (Unmarked Spoilers) Phoebe (McKenna Grace) is a young prodigy who moves into the home of her recently deceased grandfather’s house along with her brother Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and mom Callie (Carrie Coon). There Phoebe discovers evidence that said grandfather was one of the Ghostbusters, and despite being a …
…In your neighborhood…
The underrated sequel (Unmarked Spoilers) The OG Ghostbusters are back, baby. You got Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Ackroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson). After saving the world by besting a literal god, everything should be coming up roses, right? Wrong. Much like Men in Black 2 or Alien 3, this is …
If there’s something strange…
The beloved original and not so beloved remake. (Unmarked Spoilers) Ghostbusters is a 1984 film about an awesome Ray Parker Jr. song and nothing else. I’m kidding, of course. It’s about the antics of a team of ghost hunters as they try to save the city from a supernatural menace. The film was remade in 2016, …
Welcome to the Jungle
Cruising (Unmarked Spoilers) Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a scientist searching for the Tree of Life, whose petals cure any disease. Unfortunately, she was born in a time where she had the wrong parts and gender to be taken seriously. No, not today, 1916. She has a map. She just needs an arrowhead to …
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
Luckily this movie’s more heaven than hell. (Unmarked Spoilers) Shaun (Simu Liu) is an unambitious valet who spends his days Ferris Bueller-ing cars with his best friend Katy Chen (Awkwafina). At one point, Katy shoots down the possibility of them becoming a couple, and for the most part, they do have a like brother and …
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Don’t hate the player
Just a sweet sweet fantasy, baby (Unmarked Spoilers) Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is a friendly non-player character in Free City, this multiplayer game that’s all about destruction. Every day he and his buddy, Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), sit in the background as players, distinguished by their sunglasses, hold up the bank where they work. Everything changes when …
Duper
Before any Guardians or Squad, there was the Crimson Bolt (Unmarked Spoilers) Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson) is a troubled man whose wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), is “stolen” by a drug lord named Jacques (Kevin Bacon). Subsequently believing himself to have been given a mission from god, Frank becomes a superhero, the Crimson Bolt, to rescue …
Downtown
Not what I was expecting in the best ways. (Massive Unmarked Spoilers) Eloise “Ellie” Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) has recently come to Soho to study at the London College of Fashion. Except when she goes to sleep, she’s transported to her dream destination, the Swingin Sixties. More specifically, she sees through the eyes of Sandie (Anya …
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