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…
Review by Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer In a case of art imitating fake science, the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise seems to have copied too much of its own DNA, enough so that the original strand is no longer recognizable, nor viable. A messy hodge-podge of half-grown ideas frantically…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer Fifty two years into its history as one of the pioneer sci-fi staples of popular culture, Star Trek has seen six TV series, thirteen feature films, one (AHEM) questionable animated cartoon and countless spoofs. Now, with the rising popularity of the CBS hit Star Trek: Discovery, several new projects…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer Given the incredibly successful (not to mention lucrative) box office results from superhero films of the last decade or so, it’s no surprise that DC is following the Marvel Cinematic recipe of releasing standalone films of its Justice League heroes. Having destroyed expectations with the 2017 Wonder…
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…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer So it has come to this. Eighteen films and ten years in the making, the culmination of three separate Marvel “phases” of films whose plot evolutions invariably led to an epic showdown with a mad Titan named Thanos, whose will is hellbent on ridding existence of…
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 Writer With a considerable budget, a veteran fantasy and sci-fi helmer like Steven Spielberg and a pro special effects house like ILM, it was a foregone conclusion that this cinematic adaptation of Ernest Cline’s clumsy but earnest 2011 novel would dazzle its audience with its torrential display…
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…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Film Writer In what could be called a modern-day derivative of good old Tom Clancy techno-thrillers — minus the techno part — that speaks to the current mood of distrust between the major superpowers, Red Sparrow helps showcase Jennifer Lawrence’s versatility in both linguistics and appearance, however at a slow…