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Review: With a Star-Studded Cast, The Russo Brothers’ The Electric State Is Fittingly Epic Yet Still Hollow

In terms of actual box office dollars, brothers and directors Anthony and Joe Russo have to be the most successful filmmaking team in history, with such hits as Captain America: […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 14, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In Revisiting a Cartoon Cat, All That’s Left is a Mess of The Garfield Movie

    At no point during the joyless, soulless animated nonsense that is The Garfield Movie did I ever think something special was afoot. From the voice acting (Chris Pratt as Garfield? […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 24, 2024
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Marvel Sets Up a Satisfying Conclusion to This Iteration of Universe-Saving Misfits

    After months of speculation leading up to the most recent Ant-Man and the Wasp film, Quantamania, that Scott Lang was going to somehow get killed by the end, observers of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 3, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Super Mario Bros. Movie Features All the Characters, Set Pieces of the Storied Game, Just None of the Actual Story

    And I thought I was a little bit lost during the recent Dungeons & Dragons movie. I don’t live under a rock, so I know a little something about the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 5, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Franchise’s Sixth Installment, Jurassic World Dominion Makes a Case for Sticking to the Original

    When it was released in 1993, one of the reasons Jurassic Park became the mega hit it remains today is the sense of wonder and grand scale filmmaker Steven Spielberg […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • June 10, 2022
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Time-Traveling, Alien Invasion Action Flick, The Tomorrow War Is Good for an Evening In with the Sound Up

    The Tomorrow War

    The Tomorrow War is the latest sci-fi action film in which the time-travel math doesn’t quite add up (which didn’t keep me from enjoying the film, I’m just saying). Chris Pratt […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • July 2, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Pixar’s Latest, Onward Finds Adventure, Humor and Heart in a Fantasy World

    Onward

    Before I dive into the latest Pixar film, Onward, I just noticed in looking at the cast list that Julia Louis-Dreyfus voices a character named Laurel Lightfoot, which is a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 6, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Kid Feels Like a Familiar, Special Western

    The Kid

    The tendency of most modern Westerns is to go about as dark as you can, but few in recent memory go quite as morose as The Kid, the sophomore effort from […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 8, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Bigger Cast, A Bit Less Heart in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

    Lego Movie 2

    One of the most enjoyable aspects of 2014’s The Lego Movie was the big mystery behind what it was that was creating and manipulating the characters and situations. The reveal […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 8, 2019
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Isn’t Perfect, but There’s Plenty of Dino Bite for Your Buck

    Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom

    By tapping into his lifelong passion for horror films and creepy Gothic storytelling, Spanish-born director J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible, A Monster Calls) has made Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • June 20, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV

    David Ross Thinks Chris Pratt Could Play Him in the Cubs World Series Movie

    Last year, hell froze over and the Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series to end a drought of 108 years. Game 7, with its palpable tension and rain delay, […]

  • Justin Freeman
  • May 11, 2017
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel’s Latest Cosmic Adventure is a Blast

    Just when I think I have figured out what writer-director James Gunn is capable of, he goes and makes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and shows me he’s capable […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 5, 2017
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