Tag Archives: Ewan McGregor

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) Review

A FANTASTIC TALE OF LOVE, DISOBEDIENCE, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE   Throughout the many years in the filmmaking industry, Hollywood studios has had a long history of competition, which can sometimes mean producing a movie to outdo and outshine a rival studio. Because of this, some studios have on occasion create similar movies to one another competing studio within

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Birds of Prey (2020) Review

PREY FOR GOTHAM!   It has been said (many times) that the DCEU has certainly had a sort of “rocky road” during its expansion / continuation over the years. While the franchise has had its certain highs points with the releases of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Shazam!, the DC Extended Universe has surely had some flops, including Justice League and

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Doctor Sleep (2019) Review

YOU’RE MAGIC. LIKE ME!   In 1980, director Stanley Kubrick, who became famous with such iconic movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket, presented the psychological horror film titled The Shining. Adapted from author Stephen King’s book of the same name (released back in 1977), the movie, which starred Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman

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Christopher Robin (2018) Review

THE RETURN OF OLD FRIENDS   Since the start of the 2010s, Disney has undergone a sort of renaissance resurgence by going through some of its most beloved and cherished animated features and bringing them under a new light of live action. Beginning back with 2010’s Alice in Wonderland (presented as sequel to the original tale), Disney began its journey

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Beauty and the Beast (2017) Review

THE TALE AS OLD AS TIME RETURNS   La Belle et la Bête or more commonly known in English as “Beauty and the Beast” was originally created by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. First published in 1740, Beauty and the Beasts would then be rewritten, republished, and reimagined for years, but still keep the fundamental elements of its original

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Mortdecai Review

DEPP’S ART-HEIST CAPER MISSES IT’S MARK Over the years, actor Johnny Depp has played some interesting roles that are both unique and odd in their own right. A debonair pirate (the Pirates of the Caribbean movies), a wacky mad hatter (Alice in Wonderland), and an eccentric chocolate maker (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), a neurotic chameleon (Rango), and a deranged

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