By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer Given this decade’s thematic movement towards the live-action adaptation of animated works, mostly thanks to modern visual effects finally able to offer worthy results, does it really come as any surprise that the mighty House of Mouse, who by now not only still owns its own animated films, but Lucasfilm,…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer We’ve all heard the various MacGyver jokes over the years: “Here’s an apple, a pen and some matches…now go build me a bomb!” The versatility with which the TV anti-hero, whose ability to create solutions to complex problems using everyday items became an 80s trademark in its…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer Like myself, I’m sure many of you were raised to appreciated quality over quantity, whether it be big or small. While he’s not as big a deal (no pun intended) as his Avengers brethren, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man and his adventurous companions (I dare not call them…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer In the age of a Disney-owned Lucasfilm, the release of Star Wars spin-offs and prequels is a Catch-22 of sorts, in that legions of fans are ecstatic to see new stories based on a legendary film series, while at the same time risking market over-saturation that could…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer Having found its solid within the DC Television Universe — not to mention the Arrowverse as well thanks to clever crossovers, Supergirl shows no sign of slowing down as it introduces villains old and new, delves further into its characters’ personal struggles and successes, while also…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer As the opening salvo of the 2018 summer movie season, Avengers: Infinity War wasted no time destroying half the universe’s population — not to mention the global box office, to the tune of roughly 2 billion dollars globally, making it the fourth biggest box office gross of all…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Film Writer As a simplistic yet effective sci-fi horror project helmed by, adapted by and starring The Office star John Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place eagerly jumps into the fray using the less-is-more approach, using the premise of an alien invasion of Earth by a sound-sensitive predatory…
Blu-Ray Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer Having received a larger-than-life introduction in the Marvel Universe’s Captain America: Civil War, it was a foregone conclusion that Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa/Black Panther would get his own star vehicle shortly afterwards. Indeed, the tale of a conscience-laden regent faced with turmoil both on a personal…
Home Video Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer As I had sat down last Christmas and marveled at the very existence of an eighth installment of the Star Wars saga — a wildly theoretical pipe dream to some of us kids of the 80s — I still found myself thinking of a line uttered by Jeff Goldblum…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Critic In a cinematic universe where global doom looms on the horizon pretty much every other Tuesday (and week-ends), the mood is more likely than not going to be gloomy with a side of glimmery hope. With all the heroes of the Marvel Universe busying themselves defending…