REVIEW: The Matrix Resurrections fails to rise By Matthew Martin| December 23, 2021 Movie Reviews Matrix Resurrections is a frustratingly mediocre movie that did not know what to do with the handful of good ideas it had to work with. Full review here...
REVIEW: Marvel’s Hawkeye is the MCU’s best Disney+ show (?!) By Matthew Martin| December 23, 2021 TV Blogs Hawkeye is great for every fan of the MCU looking for a fun watch this holiday season (or any season for that matter). Here are eight things I loved the most...
Spider-Man’s post-No Way Home future By Matthew Martin| December 22, 2021 Movie Blogs With the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Disney and Sony are certainly already planning the next series of Spidey films. What might they have in mind...
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” is Schulz’s rejection of “holiday modernism” By Matthew Martin| December 20, 2021 TV Blogs As beloved as it is, it must never be forgotten that the point of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was to be Charles Shulz's impassioned rejection of holiday modernism...
The Fellowship of the Ring is still awesome, twenty years later By Matthew Martin| December 19, 2021 Movie Blogs As we conclude our look back on the best films of 2001, we end with the biggest movie of the year; the one that, for years, fans thought could never be made...
REVIEW: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME is the hero’s best film yet By Matthew Martin| December 17, 2021 Movie Reviews Here is your spoiler-filled review of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME because there is no way to talk about any of this movie without spoiling what makes it so great...
What GET BACK reveals about the Beatles By Matthew Martin| December 15, 2021 Music Blogs Peter Jackson's restoration of The Beatles' infamous Get Back/Let it Be recordings is, put simply, the holy grail of Fab Four Lore...
Your Christmas Watchlist for 2021 By Matthew Martin| December 14, 2021 Movie Blogs It's that time of year! Matthew is in the Christmas spirit as he walks us back through his favorite holiday films, one from each decade!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Twenty five years later (Part eight) By Matthew Martin| December 12, 2021 TV Blogs Our look back on Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 25 years of cult popularity continues with a look at the final year of the Buffyverse, Angel's fifth season...
Which system had the better launch: A battle of four Nintendo consoles By Matthew Martin| December 1, 2021 Video Game Blogs 2021 is a big year for Nintendo: The SNES, N64, Gamecube, and Wii all enjoy big birthdays this year. Let's celebrate them all by looking back on their respective launches...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is still awesome, twenty years later By Matthew Martin| November 26, 2021 Movie Blogs Matthew takes a melancholic look back on the first film in the delightful Harry Potter franchise, which was released twenty years ago!
Resolving the AEW has too much talent and not enough TV argument By Matthew Martin| November 25, 2021 AEW WWE has fired a LOT of people this year, and a few of them are finding their way to AEW television. Is AEW's roster getting too big? No, and here's why not...
Your SO OF COURSE preview of WWE Survivor Series 2021! By Matthew Martin| November 20, 2021 WWE Blogs Because you always must account for Vince McMahon's insane whims, THIS is your SO OF COURSE preview of WWE SURVIVOR SERIES 2021!
REVIEW: Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the acceptable use of nostalgia By Matthew Martin| November 19, 2021 Movie Reviews Ghostbusters: Afterlife, unlike the 2016 reboot, leans VERY hard into nostalgia. This proves to be the film's greatest decision...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Twenty five years later (Part seven) By Matthew Martin| November 19, 2021 TV Blogs Buffy the Vampire Slayer ended eighteen years ago, wrapping up one of cult television's most enduring series. Also Angel's fourth season happened (sigh)...
Happy twentieth to Nintendo’s underrated gem, the Gamecube By Matthew Martin| November 18, 2021 Video Game Blogs Happy 20th birthday to Nintendo's "little lunch box that could." The Gamecube might have failed to beat the PS2 but it made me a ton of happy memories all the same...
AEW FULL GEAR 2021 (sort of, not really review): A new era continues By Matthew Martin| November 17, 2021 AEW I was at Full Gear 2021. It was my first AEW show. Hopefully it will not be my last. Here are a few reflections on a still-young company that has quickly found its footing.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (20 Years Later) By Matthew Martin| November 8, 2021 Movie Blogs Released at the height of Square's popularity, ambitions, and ego, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a mostly-forgotten monument to how hard it is to adapt a video game...
REVIEW: Eternals is the worst MCU film by a mile By Matthew Martin| November 5, 2021 Movie Reviews Eternals is a failure in almost every way. I'm legit shocked. Full review here...
WWE WrestleMania XL and the regularly scheduled winner “for the fans” By Matthew Martin| November 3, 2021 WWE Blogs WWE WrestleMania XL is three years away, but if history is any indication that means someone in the midcard today is going to main-event the show in 2024...
