Category Archives: Movies
My 6 Favorite Things of 2019
Happy New Year, everybody! Like pretty much every pop culture site on the internet, I do a round-up for my favorite things of the past year. Unlike all those professional sites with their professional standards and plenty of employees, I just try to bang out my favorites in a couple different categories. Mostly, there were a ton of good TV shows this year!
I had a little trouble coming up with some bonus categories. I don’t really listen to music, so I can’t judge that. And I need to get my Lists of Six up to six. Sometimes I’ve done my favorite toys of the year, but then I didn’t really buy too many memorable action figures or LEGO models. And sometimes I’d done my favorite new thing on the internet, but I don’t think I saw too many new and exciting things. And there weren’t many memorable movie trailers!
So join me after the jump to see what I eventually came up with! Along with my favorite video games, TV shows, movies and comic books! Feel free to share your own favorites in the comments!
Let’s Get Weird With It With Tenet
I’m home from another lovely Christmas holiday with my family! But I don’t have much to share. In comic book news, I got the first compendium of Saga! That thing is a beast! My family is great!
So let’s just ease back into blogging with the trailer for Tenet, the next weird movie from Christopher Nolan!
I’m not sure what to make of all of this, other than it looks pretty cool! Weird and cool are Christopher Nolan’s cup of tea, and I’m sure we’ll all have a really good time. Somebody remind me to rewatch his Dark Knight trilogy one of these days.
Tenet comes out on July 17.
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6 Thoughts on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Here we are at the end of the Skywalker Saga of Star Wars movies and I’m glad it’s over. No more waiting, no more anticipating. Now Star Wars is free to tell new stories with now protagonists and new adventures! But before we get to all of that, let’s take just a moment and think over Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Movie Rating: 7/10 – Good.
I went into this movie ready to be cynical. I’d read a bunch of reviews, seen all the headlines and prepared myself for something aggressively fan-servicey. I was perfectly happy with The Last Jedi, aside from a few nitpicks, and I found it laughably funny when I heard how drastically Rise of Skywalker attempted to “course correct” to appease the haters. How disappointing.
But it turns out, I’m a sucker for good Star Wars fan service! I loved almost all of the twists and surprises and came out of the movie feeling excited and entertained. A couple of the fan service things made me roll my eyes, but I’m pleased with the overall film. It was all perfectly fine.
Join me after the jump for my full thoughts on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker! There will be FULL SPOILERS for the movie!
There’s Gonna Be a New Top Gun Movie
Top Gun: Maverick is going to be the next movie franchise to get a sequel several decades too late. It worked for Jumanji, but it didn’t work for Men in Black. At least Top Gun has brought Tom Cruise back.
Will it be any good? Who can say. Next year is going to be packed with interesting movies. I was never a huge fan of the original Top Gun. But this is a pretty good trailer. It makes the case for this movie to exist. So let’s keep an open mind and give Top Gun: Maverick a try!
The film comes out on June 26.
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