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[Double Feature] Captain Marvel

7/30/2020

David: Captain Marvel was the MCU’s first woman led superhero film. This is something that should have been made a tent-pole film so that the torch could have been successfully passed to... READ MORE

Shannon: Pretty sad that I'm just now writing about this movie. I don't know how many times I've watched it since it came out, a handful for sure. But FINALLY I have time to sit and write about... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Alita: Battle Angel

7/23/2020

David: Adopting movies from Manga and comics into motion pictures has always been a bit of a tricky business. Though both are visual mediums, one is largely “live action” while the other is... READ MORE

Shannon: This was an interesting movie to say the least. As for the synopsis, it follows a cyborg who was revived by a scientist (Christoph Waltz), however she can't remember a thing. So the film... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Avengers: Endgame

4/9/2020

David: I can’t think of a more ambitious thing than what Marvel did in order to build to this moment in cinematic history. The idea of taking 22 films and giving them an overall cohesive story is an... READ MORE

Shannon: I guess it's a bit late to work on writing a review for this movie, but hey we do a lot of older movies so what's the difference with this one? I made the mistake of seeing the newest... READ MORE

[Double Feature] Christopher Robin

7/8/2019

David: Are there any actors out there that so effortlessly portray boyish glee as Ewan McGregor? I’m a big fan of his, for many reasons, this being amongst the foremost. He somehow manages to interact...

Shannon: Oh. My. Goodness. This is literally the cutest, most sweetest movie I have ever seen. It was so cute that I just wanted to cry the whole time. I LOVED IT. Ewan McGregor stars as grown...

[Double Feature] The Spy Who Dumped Me

7/8/2019

David: Kate McKinnon has a very particular brand of funny. Honestly, it’s very hit or miss for me. There are times that she really knocks it out of the park, and she has been doing more voice acting...

Shannon: I’m not usually the biggest fan of movies that star people from Saturday Night Live. Not that I have anything against Saturday Night Live, I just don’t find a lot of their type of comedy funny...

[Review] Detective Pikachu

5/13/2019

Shannon: I remember in elementary school when Pokemon first came out. Just like I am today, I had the mentality not to jump on the bandwagon just because my friends were doing it… alas though, I... Read more

[Double Features] Incredibles 2

5/10/2019

David: I fell head over heels for the first Incredibles movie when I first watched it. It has continued to be one of my favorite movies, and I’ve passed on the love of it to my sons. The sequel was...

Shannon: Yay… another Disney movie to watch and review (no, that wasn’t meant to be read in a sarcastic tone, I’m actually always excited for Disney movies). This time, a sequel. I loved the...

[Double Feature] The Predator (2018)

4/15/2019

David: The Predator franchise has always been about less than some of the other headier franchises in horror. It’s compared and contrasted beautifully with the Alien franchise, but it never reaches...

Shannon: I remember watching this movie’s original counterpart before this website thing started, because David told me I had to. It was a classic right? Well I agree with him, I enjoyed the...

[Double Feature] Mission Impossible: Fallout

4/8/2019

David: After coming off of Rogue Nation, I expected a bit of a letdown. The last few iterations of the Mission Impossible franchise just seem to keep building on each other, with increasingly large set-pieces...

Shannon: I've never been disappointed in a Mission Impossible movie. They are always full of action, espionage, and literally impossible feats that Tom Cruise somehow pulls off. This new film...

[Double Feature] Skyscraper

3/14/2019

David: I wasn’t exactly thrilled at the idea of this movie when I heard it was coming out, and I wasn’t thrilled when I sat down to watch it either. However, I will admit that Dwayne...

Shannon: Boy oh Boy did I think this movie would be somewhat decent since The Rock was starring in it - there haven't been many movies that I've seen starring him that I haven't...

[Double Feature] Aquaman

3/11/2019

David: I was extremely wary of this film. Despite loving the majority of James Wan’s work, taking Aquaman and making him BA and also making him “Bro-man” was a bit of a risk...

Shannon: With the underwhelming Batman V Superman and Justice League, but the totally awesome Wonder Woman, I had no ideas on what to expect from Aquaman. I could only imagine...

[Double Feature] Mowgli

2/25/2019

David: Andy Serkis is the undisputed king of motion capture performances, after his performances stole The Lord of the Ringsseries and The Planet of the Apes remakes. When I heard he...

Shannon: Because I'm such a huge Disney fan (yes, I know this movie isn't Disney), when I saw this other take on the classic Jungle Book story I wanted to add it to our watch list...

[Double Feature] Black Panther

1/30/2019

David: I’ve sat on this review for a few days, partly because I had to think about all the thoughts I had about and surrounding this movie. Though Civil War approached some of the political...

Shannon: For some reason, I've had this movie in my Marvel BluRay collection ever since it came out, but have not seen it. The film was recently nominated for Best Picture in the...

[Double Feature] Adrift

1/22/2019

David: Sam Claflin may be one of the best men in Hollywood that lends the spotlight to his fellow female costars. It’s a refreshing trend – you look at his past work in...

Shannon: Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star in this biographical drama about a young couple who embark on a journey across the Pacific with San Diego in mind for their destination...

[Double Feature] City of Ember

1/14/2019

David: Sometimes movies have trouble figuring out who to market to. I think City of Ember (and probably the movie tanking at the box office right now, Mortal Engines) are examples of that...

Shannon: I was please when I first popped in this DVD into the player to see Saoirse Ronan and Bill Murray as the two stars of the film. Saoirse is most definitely one of my favorite actresses...

[Double Feature] Ant-Man and the Wasp

1/2/2019

David: Ant-Man, the film started by Edgar Wright and finished by Peyton Reed, was fun, but didn’t really seek to add a whole lot of depth to either the characters or the MCU as a hole...

Shannon: Ant-Man is probably one my favorite Marvel movies in the franchise. The original movie was funny and had just enough science fiction in there to keep my attention. I was...

[Double Feature] Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

12/17/2018

David: Walking out of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, I couldn’t help but feel slightly shell-shocked. I’ve watched dinosaurs eat people out of stalls, dinosaurs get rounded up and...

Shannon: Jurassic World is probably on my top list of movies that I love, and I was so excited to learn that they were going to be making another one. But then I heard little rumors...

[Double Feature] Hold the Dark

11/26/2018

David: Hello everyone! This is my first post in a while – I’ve had to focus on some things like the upcoming play and everything else, but it’s good to be back. Hopefully you checked out some...

Shannon: I wouldn’t exactly call this movie a horror movie. Yeah, it’s got some creepy tendencies, but it’s more of a suspense thriller than anything. A confusing one at that. I did not understand...

[Review] The Last Fiction

11/6/2018

by David

I recently started covering more Anime films as part of a request from my friend Enoch. I’ve slacked recently, but I’ve slacked on most films recently just due to commitments in real life outside of film criticism. So, when I was building up my naturally over-ambitious schedule for SLIFF, I was delighted to see that it featured this Iranian film based on classic Persian literature. I found out during research that The Last Fiction is the first animated movie to be made entirely in Iran..

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[Review] A Trip to the Moon

11/5/2018

by Shannon

A Trip to the Moon starts off just as you would expect, building up Tomas as the main character and sharing on screen the troubles he faces day to day with an overbearing mother and a father that’s not around too much. When he meets the girl next door, some things change, but it’s evident that he still can’t deal with things that are happening in his life. His best friend is completely worried about an upcoming exam while Tomas is distant in thoughts.

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[Double Feature] Jaws

11/1/2018

David: Scaring an entire generation out of the water, Jaws also inspired the summer blockbuster season. Jaws also launched Spielberg from being another talented director to being the huge...

Shannon: Originally we were going to watch The Meg in place of this film, but sadly it wasn’t on DVD soon enough for Halloween/Horror Movie month, so I suggested Jaws because...

[Double Feature] Avengers: Infinity War

9/7/2018

David: I’m probably in the minority out here in the amateur critic world. I really enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War, all three times that I’ve watched it. However, I’m not going to sing its praises...

Shannon: Infinity War is a compilation of everyone we’ve seen so far in the Marvel Universe (minus all the X-Men that is). The story itself intertwines the Guardians of the Galaxy stories...

[Review] Captain Harlock: Space Pirate

9/6/2018

by David

To date, the most recent anime films that I’ve covered have been the more traditional animation style. Here, the animation team chooses to forego this traditional style in the adaptation of this classic manga story in order to give us a hyper realized animation. This 3D generation, which has become much more popular in video games as our computers have the ability to keep up with our eyes, is one of the true standouts of the film. Though there are a few moments..

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[Double Feature] The Fifth Element

8/30/2018

David: So awhile back, I reviewed Luc Besson’s Valyrian and the City of a Thousand Planets. It had been a long time since I had watched the Fifth Element, and I remember thinking that...

Shannon: Back when I watched Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, I remember David and all the other movie reviewers that I follow talk about how similar it was to this movie...

[Double Feature] Minority Report

8/29/2018

David: o I didn’t quite realize how many different Spielberg movies we were covering as part of Science Fiction month. To date, we’ve covered two directors the most this month...

Shannon: When this movie first started, I was a little scared of what it might turn into film-wise. The shots in the beginning sequences are all blurred together and confusing and what not...