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2025: The Best Of The Year So far: August Edition

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I haven’t seen everything, but as of my last count, I’m at 217 films. It’s slowing a bit as I try to back catalog my reviews onto Rotten Tomatoes, but here’s how I see the year so far. Top 25 Films So Far: #1- deaf President Now #2- Tornado #3- The Parenting #4- Lavender Men #5- My Dead Friend Zoey #6- Sinners #7- The Assessment #8- She Rides Shotgun #9- The Amateur #10- the Ruse #11- Thunderbolts #12- Ballerina #13- Materialists #14- Magazine dreams #15- K-Pop Demon Hunters #16- Bonus Track #17- The Luckiest Man In America #18- Bridget Jones … Continue reading 2025: The Best Of The Year So far: August Edition

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Cast: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richard’s, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Eben moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, Ralph Ineson as Galactus, Julia Garner as Silver Surfer, Natasha Lyonne as Rachel, Paul Walter Hauser as Mole Man, Sarah Nyles as Lynn, Written By:Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson,Jeff Kaplan, Ian springer, and Kat Wood, based on the Marvel comic created by Stan Lee Directed By: Matt Shakman (WandaVision) Notable Producers: Kevin Feige Original Score By: Michael Giacchino (The Batman) Studio: Disney/Marvel Release Year: 2025 Runtime:115 minutes Rated PG-13 Audio description does exist for this film. However, my regal did … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Best of 2022: Top 10 original Scores

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Here are my picks for the top 10 original scores. Basically, in my top 5, only one of these films was nominated for an Oscar. Of the entire top 10 actually, i only have 1 Oscar nominee. To be fair, I haven’t seen Babylon yet. 10) Windfall 9) Violent Night 8) Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness 7) RRR 6) Top Gun Maverick 5) Spirited 4) Bones and All 3) All Quiet On The Western Front 2) Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio 1) The Batman Far and away my favorite score of the year was The Batman. I’ve been obsessed … Continue reading Best of 2022: Top 10 original Scores

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Werewolf By Night

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Where I Watched It: Disney Plus Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: William Michael Redmond I’m starting to realize now in this stretch of Marvel that we are finally getting characters out of my depth. She-Hulk has already hit me with some deep cuts, and now Werewolf By Night is doing the same thing. I’m not familiar with this character at all. I wasn’t aware this was happening, and when it did, it made me a little sad. This is one of those projects where a lot of visual effort was made to make the film look like a … Continue reading Werewolf By Night

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The Batman

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Starring: Robert Pattinson, Zoey Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, John Tuturro, Andy Serkis, and Peter Sarsgaard. Directed By: Matt Reeves Where I Watched it: HBO MAX English Audio Description Available?: Yes Narrated By: Jedidiah Barton The Plot: In his second year as a masked vigilante, Bruce Wayne (Pattinson) is struggling to clean up your rather run of the mill gang members, street thugs, and drug dealers. But, when a new serial killer presents himself, leaving riddles behind at his crime scene, Bruce finds himself struggling with the kind of vengeance he always imagined for himself, with the truths … Continue reading The Batman