I’ve read the Chronicles trilogy (Autumn Twilight/Winter Night/Spring Dawning), Legends (Time/War/Test of the Twins), Second Generation, and Dragons of Summer Flame, as well as a smattering of books by contributing authors (The Legend of Huma, Kendermore, Kaz the Minotaur, The Gates of Thorbardin). If I read the War…

I love all of them. Dead Man’s Chest built in every way on the first film, with some jaw-dropping action set-pieces, a fantastic fantasy villain in Davy Jones, and an Empire Strikes Back-style ending where the villains win. At World’s End wasn’t afraid to get weird with things, which I enjoyed, and the whole final…

Considering comic Yelena was almost always a villain, it’ll be interesting to see how she tries to “redeem” herself. I’m not opposed to it--there are a few villains that could or have made use of a good face turn (I’d love to see Rhino finally fully get there)--but I did always find her more fun as a villain, because…

Exactly. In the same way that many films/stories/etc. have an absolutely horrible person as the PROTAGONIST but does not in any way make them a hero. Good catch!

It’s a good movie. How does rewatching anything become a stupid political statement? lmao

I genuinely loved this movie. It has its flaws, and the last act takes some swings I’m sure will be polarizing, but I found it to be a nice mash-up of the grit of Raiders and the levity of Crusade, with the extra bonus of a metatextual examination of what it’s like to be a pulp hero in a world where neither…

This movie was honestly pretty great. It had strong Raiders vibes, played a lot of love to the other films in the franchise, had a stellar final scene, and metatextually, it’s interesting to see a pulp hero finding himself aged out of the world he knows best and having to rediscover his love for archaeology and…

You’re surprised that the world’s secretest secret agent doesn’t talk about family members or loved ones that could be exploited and used against him? The guy who told Captain America not to trust anybody, and who was betrayed by, like, the one guy he considered a close friend (Alexander Pierce)? That’s a shock to you?

I wouldn't want to be the guy trying to pick a fight with Iceman in Antarctica.

Deadwood is maybe my favorite show of all time, and I’m incredibly lukewarm on Yellowstone, but the former was airing when I was an actual child (I’m in my mid-30s now), where Yellowstone has brought discussion of Western dramas back into the cultural zeitgeist in a way I don’t think Deadwood ever did. The only other…

I also love Fear the Walking Dead and have been a bit miffed lately. I think it’s also partly because, as much as I like Lennie James, Morgan is absolutely insufferable.

I’m still miffed about the final season of Snowpiercer which has been COMPLETELY FILMED and just not released. Just shoved in the trash.

In Homecoming, on Peter’s HUD when he stops the arms deal, he scans Aaron and it straight-up says that one of his aliases is “Prowler.”

I haven’t watched the trailer yet because I’m at work, but the concept behind Paradise sounds similar to the concept behind In Time, which wasn’t a *great* movie, but one I enjoyed.

I mean, they’re consistently some of the most exciting action films in theaters, but you’re welcome to your snide hot take.

McQuarrie’s The Way of the Gun has some content that hasn’t exactly aged well (even though the characters are pretty despicable, so I take it with the same grain of salt I do, say, Tarantino’s scumbags), but the hospital stand-off and the final shootout were early indicators that McQuarrie knew how to move a narrative…

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I did like Kano (who I normally detest) and Kabal (who I love), so of course they killed them.

Incidentally. the guy you’re thinking of (Nathan Jones) was in the last Mortal Kombat movie as Reiko, but if he had any dialogue, it was one or two lines and I don’t remember them.

Incidentally, Kim Sherwood’s new 007 novel, Double Or Nothing, has a woman as 003, and Ana de Armas’ Paloma was a scene-stealer in No Time to Die. There’s no reason a woman, Jodie Comer or otherwise, couldn’t lead a spy film as a different 00 agent.