REVIEW: “NOPE” wants to be more than it is, which is just good enough By Matthew Martin| July 22, 2022 Movie Reviews Jordan Peele's third movie is a UFO story wrapped around Hollywood's convenient forgetfulness of black accomplishments in the movie industry. It's also an okay film...
Ten years later, BRAVE remains Pixar’s most underrated film By Matthew Martin| July 21, 2022 Movie Blogs Ten years ago, Pixar tested the medieval fantasy waters with a film now largely become forgotten. Let's talk about why and how Brave became the studio's most underrated film...
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 is still awesome, thirty-five years later By Matthew Martin| July 20, 2022 Movie Blogs Matthew features another awesome movie from 1987, this month features a classic from one of the best horror franchises...
REVIEW: Where the Crawdads Sing deftly blends genres to good effect By Matthew Martin| July 19, 2022 Movie Reviews Where the Crawdads Sing blends together romance, tragedy, and courtroom murder mystery into a film that's methodically paced and beautiful to look at. Full review here...
The Orville season 3 review part three (really great and really not) By Matthew Martin| July 19, 2022 TV Blogs Two more Orville episodes are in the can. One of them is great. The other could have been, but wasn't. Reviews here....
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Episode 10 review (season one ends with a whopper) By Matthew Martin| July 9, 2022 TV Blogs Strange New Worlds concludes its first season with a wonderful high-concept sci-fi idea that takes us back to one of the Original Series' best episodes. Full review here...
REVIEW: THOR – LOVE AND THUNDER is an adventure of mirth and sadness alike By Matthew Martin| July 9, 2022 Movie Reviews Thor: Love and Thunder is receiving poor reviews for doing all the things we loved about Ragnarok. I don't get it, but I will attempt to explain it in this review...
The Orville season three review part 2 (better and better and better) By Matthew Martin| July 9, 2022 TV Blogs The middle episodes of Orville's third season show how good this show can be (and it's very good!). Read more here...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Episodes 8-9 review (a 7 and a 9) By Matthew Martin| July 9, 2022 TV Blogs As Star Trek: Strange New Worlds gets ready to close out its first season, we close the book on a recurring storyline and say goodbye to a would-be major character...
REVIEW: ELVIS beautifully mythologizes the King of Rock and Roll By Matthew Martin| June 25, 2022 Movie Reviews ELVIS is one of the finest musical biopics ever, precisely because it refuses to be traditional. It is as bold and audacious as the subject matter himself. Full review here...
REVIEW: THE BLACK PHONE is a flat, dull, rushed non-horror movie By Matthew Martin| June 25, 2022 Movie Reviews Matthew checks out the new movie starring Ethan Hawke...
REVIEW: Obi-Wan Kenobi had a good season and little else By Matthew Martin| June 22, 2022 TV Blogs The long-awaited Obi-Wan Star Wars story has been told. How was it? Sometimes it was really good. Sometimes it was really bad. Overall, it was fine. Full review...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Episodes 6-7 review (the best and the not-so best) By Matthew Martin| June 18, 2022 TV Blogs Strange New Worlds continues to impress, with a pair of episodes both "outstanding" and "good enough." Full reviews of episodes 6-7 here...
REVIEW: Jurassic World Dominion – Here we go again…again By Matthew Martin| June 12, 2022 Movie Reviews At the end of the day, you can't compete with perfection. The first Jurassic Park is perfection. Sadly, Jurassic World Dominion isn't even good. Full review here...
The Orville season three review part 1 (episodes 1-2 bring ups and downs) By Matthew Martin| June 12, 2022 TV Blogs The Orville is back with episodes that are longer than ever, and plots that are more dramatic than ever. Does the new tone suit the show? First reviews here...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Episodes 4-5 review (Highs and Lows) By Matthew Martin| June 3, 2022 TV Blogs Strange New Worlds continues to be the best Star Trek shows since Voyager. Read our review of Memento Mori and Spock Amok here...
Three Men and a Baby is still awesome thirty five years later By Matthew Martin| May 31, 2022 Movie Blogs Our look back on the great films of 1987 continues with an absolutely bonkers movie about three men, a baby, a whole lot of drug dealing!
REVIEW: AEW Double or Nothing 2022 delivered an up-and-down show By Matthew Martin| May 30, 2022 AEW Double or Nothing, AEW's big anniversary show for 2022 is in the books and it brought plenty of things to love and some that disappointed...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Every episode ranked! (Part 5/5) By Matthew Martin| May 30, 2022 TV Blogs Our final look back at Buffy the Vampire Slayer features an ode to the show's greatest episode, the musical extravaganza "Once More With Feeling."
Getting AEW to the next level… By Matthew Martin| May 29, 2022 AEW AEW is doing well on Wednesday nights, but that doesn't mean there aren't new things that can help it reach the next level of popularity. Here are three ideas...
