By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor in Chief and Occasional Spymaster Summer blockbuster season can be a mixed bag. What exactly do I mean by that? Well, for one, it’s a pay off for the many of us who’ve drooled over teasers for months, even possibly a year before the actual release date. For another,…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Infrequent Traveler From Jotunheim By and large, there have been countless colorful, eccentric and oft-powerful beings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (aka the MCU), ranging from intergalactic genocidal tyrants (re: Thanos, Ego, Hela, Dormammu) to well-intentioned sidekicks (Korg, Mantis, etc.) But sometimes, some of these characters just want…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Disney Classicist Let’s face facts: with the torrential output of live action adaptations that have originated from the House of Mouse over the last decade (some much better than others), it was only a matter of time before producers and writers decided it was time to dig deeper…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Believer in Clever Examples of Solipcism It’s a fairly loaded question, ine that has bothered or at least fascinated philossophers and scientists for eons: What is the nature of the universe, and can we ever truly trust our own reality? That is a great query posed by many…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Fan of Things That Fly Safely (Note: This film was originally screened during the 2020 Toronto International Film Fest’s Midnight Madness program) We’ve all seen variations of the worst case scenario when it comes to flying, be it a mid-air hijacking (see Air Force One) or something very odd…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Fan of All Things Amazonian Here it is, the much awaited, much delayed DC Extended Universe sequel we’d hoped to catch earlier in the year, before the Covid-19 pandemic created a rescheduling nightmare for the majority of film studios. Gal Gadot is back in the titular role, this…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Adoring Fan of Imperial Swordplay and Heroism Despite the audience malaise stemming from countless Disney live-action remakes of established animated classics, I daresay we may very well have finally met that fine-edged balance between source material and reinvention by a gifted filmmaker, so to lure in new viewers…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Temporal Mechanics Aficionado Are you the type of viewer that catches minute details in a complex movie the first time around, or do you require repeat viewings to truly grasp every intricacy? Either way, good luck. By and large, Hollywood films have long been our very own Cliffs’ Notes…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Wyld Stallyns Fan Since 1989. So, get this, my excellent friends: reality is on the verge of collapse due to a paradoxical singularity which can only be prevented by the one song that could prophetically unite all that is, was and ever will be in the form of a…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Gold Rush Enthusiast As one of the few films to be released before the global pandemic, Chris Sanders’ first live-action film based on Jack London’s timeless tale of a dog’s adventures as he is thrust into the Northern wilds during the 1890s, didn’t get its fair shake at…