Category Archives: Movies

6 Mutants to Join the Ninja Turtles in High School

I very much enjoyed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. It was fun, funny, full of energy and life, and was just plain cool all around. So I’m very much excited for the announced sequel, as well as the announced two-season cartoon on Nickelodeon! It’s going to be called Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and will serve as a bridge between the two movies.

What’s with the mouthful titles?

Based on how Mutant Mayhem ended, I’m pretty much assuming that the new cartoon series will feature the Turtles in high school. That’s a great premise, and one I don’t think we’ve seen before. All the young voice actors from Mutant Mayhem are returning for the Turtles, and it should be a blast to see them as real teenagers in a real high school, just like they wanted! Should be a fun watch. And what would be even more fun? Filling the high school with other teenage mutants from the wider world of the Turtles!

So join me after the jump as I rattle off some of my favorite old school TMNT mutants who deserve a chance to step up and being recognized in cartoon form, at long last!

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Animated Ninja Turtles!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are hot right now. Mutant Mayhem didn’t blow up the box office, but the toy sales were through the roof, and there should be more on the way. To celebrate, the internet hero at Tell It Animated has done a video on live action Ninja Turtle appearances! It’s madness.

As always, this is a mini-masterpiece. This dude found his niche and I hope he’s having a lot of fun with it. And consider me on board for a sequel video of the various animated Ninja Turtles. That one should be fun!

And, as always, do Robin!

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Have You Heard of The Creator?

There’s a new sci-fi movie coming out next week about a futuristic robot uprising. It’s called The Creator, and I think it’s flying under a lot of radars. It’s made by Gareth Edwards, the guy behind Star Wars: Rogue One, so it’s probably going to be good. I’ve slept on this one all summer, but trailers like this one are getting me very interested.

This looks really cool. It also looks really dense, like one of those sci-fi films that maybe goes too hard into the sci-fi and loses audiences. I don’t know and won’t know for sure until I’m actually in the theater watching this thing next week. Thankfully, it will be playing in my local theater, so I’ll get a chance to watch and decide for myself!

The Creator comes out on Sept. 29.

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6 Things I Want to See in Beyond the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is out on digital download and whatever else people use to watch movies at home these days. It’s one of the best movies of the year, and a hugely awesome experience. I loved the movie, as if that was in question. And I’m very much looking forward to the announced sequel: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

Prototype logo so far

Sadly, the plan to release Beyond the Spider-Verse next year probably isn’t going to happen. I thought they were making these two movies back-to-back, but I guess that’s not the case, and work has barely begun on the threequel. Oh well. I’m a patient man, and I’ll see it when I see it. I once did a list of what I wanted to see in Across the Spider-Verse, and some of it actually came true! So if I do this list of what I want to see in Beyond, maybe some of those will come true as well.

Join me after the jump for six things I hope to see in the threequel/trilogy conclusion. And feel free to share your own hopes and dreams in the comments below!

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New Wes Anderson Short Film Incoming

I’m a big Wes Anderson fan! I love his movies, I love their style, I love their energy and their humor; they’re great films. We already had Asteroid City released this year, which I very much enjoyed. And now we’re getting a new short film on Netflix, called The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.

This is based on a Roald Dahl short story, which I haven’t read. Anderson already adapted The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Dahl, and is a big Dahl fan. So here’s hoping this Mr. Sugar bit is just as good. It’s not a full length movie, which is fine. I’ll take any Wes Anderson project he feels like putting out.

The Wonderful Story of Mr. Sugar comes to Netflix on Sept. 27.

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