Why The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (Almost) Works
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier continues the adventures of Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes. Sam, having been given the Captain America shield by Steve Rogers at the end of
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All Things Movies With Mark McPherson
Songbird is the Worst Dystopian Film
The term dystopian refers to a state or society where there is great suffering or injustice. Fictional dystopian stories often come under the umbrella of speculative fiction, carrying a cautionary
The Oscar Nominations and Escapism
The Academy Awards are soon approaching. The nominations for Best Picture included the following: The Father, a drama about Anthony Hopkins losing his memory and his family dealing with the
Zack Snyder Owes You Nothing
To promote his director’s cut of Justice League, director Zack Snyder decided to appear on a charity stream on the week the film would premiere on HBO Max. Towards the
WandaVision is (Almost) Horror
Marvel’s Cinematic Universe has dabbled in a number of genres past the standard superhero stagings. The Winter Soldier had aspects of being a political thriller, Guardians of the Galaxy is
The Sins of Cinestate
During the 2010s, Dallas Sonnier was a rising talent of a filmmaking producer. He moved from Texas to California and would start out as a producer and executive producer on
We Need To Talk About Gone With The Wind
1939’s Gone With The Wind has had a weird resurgence in 2020. It was mentioned in a rally speech by President Donald Trump where he spoke ill of the Academy
The Video Game Movie Curse is Dead
I think there’s an odd conception about movies based on video games, that they must suffer from some curse. I wrote a book called Pixels to Premieres: A History of
Revenge of the Nerds is Worse Now More Than Ever
1984’s Revenge of the Nerds is a film that has not aged well. At all. This notion has been a little easier to accept shortcomings that become more obvious over
Missing the Movie Theater
The last movie I saw prior to the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown was a preview screening of Bloodshot, a routine and forgettable action picture of Vin Diesel playing a cyborg seeking