Author: Bill Watters

It’s taken far too long for “Black Widow” to finally come to the big screen, but now that it’s finally here it’s a solid and entertaining entry into the MCU pantheon of films, and easily among the top of the solo outings. Beyond it being a combination origin story and solo adventure, it also beings a new flavor of film to the Marvel franchise. Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff finally gets her change to be showcased in the type of adventure her character was created for. It’s her Black Widow along with Hawkeye who are most often framed as the lesser…

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Tomorrow War” has all the elements one could hope for in a Summer science fiction action film. An alien invasion, time travel, an improbable everyman tapped to save the world, an even more improbable family throughline, and lots of action set pieces. The one thing it somehow manages to have forgotten in the mix, however, is heart. Chris Pratt plays Dan Forester, a former special forces soldier turned school teacher who is trying to get a research grant to become a full-time scientist. In the midst of his career turmoil and inter-family strife, his family is…

Amazon Prime Video’s new Science Fiction thriller, “The Tomorrow War,” is slated to land on Earth on Friday, July 2nd. However thanks to our friends over at Amazon, you can watch it today, July 1st, at 7:30pm (pacific time, so that would be 10:30pm for folks on the East Coast). Better yet, you can see it even if you don’t have Amazon Prime. If you want to RSVP (strongly encouraged), just follow this link, and you can find the rest of the particulars there. If you hadn’t heard about this latest alien-invasion thriller, here’s the full synopsis from IMDB: The…

One of our favorite actresses EVER Jamie Lee Curtis, is getting a very special honor at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. One of the premiere events in the world of cinema, this year’s event will honor the actress with a lifetime achievement award. Also, “Halloween Kills” will have it’s world wide premiere there, too! Here’s what Jamie Lee Curtis had to say about the news: “I am incredibly humbled to be honored in this way by the Venice International Film Festival. It seems impossible to me that I’ve been in this industry long enough to be receiving ‘Lifetime Achievement’…

Disney+’s “Loki” Marvel Studios series is absolutely magic from the start. Spoiler-free review for the God of Mischief.

If you see anyone badmouthing “Cruella” who hasn’t actually seen the film, please do everyone a favor, roll up a newspaper and bap that individual over the head with it. I will be the first one to admit that when I first heard that there was a film based on the antagonist from Disney’s classic animated “101 Dalmatians”, my first thought was “and who thought that was something we really needed?” But then I recalled that I thought the same thing when I had heard about “I, Tonya,” and boy howdy did that turn out to be amazing (and win…

“A Quiet Place Part II” is one of those rare occasions where a sequel to a surprise hit actually does justice to the original. Writer, Director, and actor John Krasinski (of “The Office” fame), returns once again, but only in an opening flashback sequence (after his untimely demise at the end of the first film), before he settles back behind the camera. When the first film came out in 2018, it was an immediate hit, with an excellently crafted story about an alien invasion by a species with superhuman-levels of hearing (although blind otherwise). Sitting in a theater with everyone…

“Those Who Wish Me Dead” is so very silly while also having some decent grace notes among the characters. It might have been made by a student of the works of Guy Ritchie. Unfortunately it wasn’t a very good student film, which is a shock, since it was written and directed by Taylor Sheridan (the same fellow who wrote both “Yellowstone” and “Sicario”). Angelia Jolie stars as Hannah Faber, a tough as nails smokejumper with PTSD. She ends up finding a young boy, Connor (played by Finn Little) who has damning information about a mob boss’s accounting irregularities. Connor is…

The past few years has only served to remind us what a powerhouse filmmaker can do with the ability to deliver some amazing original content. Unfortunately, the latest release from the DCEU’s chief architect Zack Snyder, “Army of the Dead,” doesn’t even begin to hold up. Dave Bautista leading a rag tag group of zombie-fighting mercenaries on a casino heist in the midst of a sea of the undead – how could it go wrong, right? The result is so lackluster and drawn out that one might start to think back on the horrid “Train to Busan” sequel, “Peninsula” and…

It’s been a turbulent time for “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano, who plays the bounty hunter, Cara Dune. Ever since social media posts surfaced in 2020 with anti-masker sentiments there have been calls for her removal from the Disney+ series. Lucasfilm has released a statement indicating that the actress is no longer employed by the company. Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable. While Carano had previously posted anti-trans…