Author: Derrick Murray

“Couples Retreat” (2009) feels like mismatched halves of two different films that happen to have the same faces.

HBO Max has finally released “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.” It’s good enough, which is about as much as we could ever ask it to be.

Let’s look at some big surprises, snubs, and some well deserved nominations across the 2021 Academy Award Oscars.

We are just about a week away from the arrival of Marvel Studios’ most unlikely buddy cop duo, “Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” Easily one of the most anticipated series coming to Disney+, the prospect of the show was actually one of the reasons I was keen to purchase the streaming service in the first place. Of course, the pandemic threw just about everything into chaos, mucking up release schedules that were clearly set in motion years ahead and leaving the studio scrambling and guessing all over the place to re-plot the course. With that, we were given “WandaVision” as…

When it comes to poorly reviewed films, I’ve talked at length about too many narratives unfolding at once as being a common mistake among a majority of them. “Dark Crimes” has the opposite problem (kind of) in that I’m not even entirely sure it has a one single narrative to begin with. Most of the time I can piecemeal a plot together from fragments of whatever is unfolding, but I’m not entirely sure “Dark Crimes” even has a singular plot to summarize. A brooding, grotesquely sexualized crime drama, the film is plagued by an indecipherable script and gloomy asthetic, clinging…

As someone with an unhealthy obsession with true crime and serial killers, “Eye for an Eye” (1996) is exactly the kind of revenge thriller I should have in top recommendations. On paper, it has the basic layout of a run of the mill mom turned revenge huntress. With its star studded cast, this should’ve been a no brainer for any fan of the genre. Unfortunately, “Eye For an Eye” executes its thin premise so poorly it feels exploitive, desperate to manipulate the emotional rollercoaster of a parent’s worst nightmare with a payoff that feels more shallow than cathartic. Directed by…

One of the most recognizable arcade games is getting a sequel of sorts 30 years later and coming to Console and PC. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge” is a retro style, co-op side scroller game developed by Tribute Games, creator of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Game” and some other nostalgic retro remakes over the last few years. Fans of the 1989 classic and its follow up “Turtles in Time” should be very excited to channel some old school turtle power, and take solace in the capabilities of the studio behind this new entry. The official gameplay synopsis is…

The Coen Brothers iconic film “Fargo” is just as a much of a breath of fresh air now as it was 25 years ago.

If you’re in to docuseries, here are 3 solid suggestions to check out if you have time- two on Netflix, one on SHOWTIME.

When it comes to 90s action films, there was about a 3 year stint where every single film followed the exact same formula. I don’t mean similar themes for the genre, I mean pretty much any action film from 1995 to 1997 is practically identical, down to the exact plot and characters as all of the other films before and after. “Executive Decision” is both elevated and held back by these constraints, falling victim to becoming “another one of these” rather than leaving its mark on the genre in any memorable way. There’s still enough to be enjoyed, but it…