Maleficent is Disney’s latest attempt to rework one of their classic animated features in a live-action film. This one tackles Sleeping Beauty. Unfortunately, despite some nice special effects and a good lead performance, it ultimately falls short. Continue reading
Cold in July is a strange film. On the surface, it is a plain and simple revenge thriller, but there are a couple of twists that definitely throw the viewer for a loop. Unfortunately, these twists also come with an unraveling of the story’s internal logic, ruining what could have been a great movie and undermining some very good performances. Continue reading
In the Hodgepodge Podcast’s latest video review, Doug and Dirty A take a look at BELLE, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Continue reading
Belle, directed by Amma Asante from a script by Misan Sagay, is a perfectly delightful film that will please crowds, while not exactly challenging them. Continue reading
In Episode 38 of The Hodgepodge Podcast, Doug and Dirty A are joined by friend of the show Matt King to discuss X-Men: Days of Future Past as well as all other things X-Men. The episode kicks off with the big news out of DC/WB and Marvel as of late before diving into the Children of the Atom. Continue reading
Wolverine’s having a bad day
The Retroist has published another of Doug‘s essays!
This one focuses on his love of The Uncanny X-Men and how
he became a fan.
You can read the essay here and then check out all the other great
things The Retroist has to offer!
Thanks for reading!
In the latest video review, Doug and Dirty A take a look at
Jon Favreau‘s latest, CHEF.
Is the film a delectable treat or will it make you reach for the Pepto?
Check it out!
It’s another video review from Doug and Dirty A!
This time, the focus is on Seth MacFarlane‘s latest:
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST
Find out why there’s “A dollar’s worth of comedy” in this one!
Doug and Dirty A are at it again with another
SPOILER-FREE video review!
This time, the discussion centers on
If you read my X-Men Retrospective—and if you haven’t, why are you reading this first?—you’ll know that I hold the first two X-Men films by Bryan Singer in high regard. However, ever since Singer departed the franchise to go screw up Superman, the X-Men series has been on shaky ground. It took some solid steps forward with X-Men First Class and The Wolverine, but I was still nervous about X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer was back in the director’s chair, but his track record hasn’t been great lately and Fox has a habit of screwing up my X-Men. So, it’s really difficult to write this review, because I’m trying to think of a grade that can appropriately sum up how I felt about this film.
We’ll start with this: X-Men: Days of Future Past is the best X-Men film since X-Men 2. Continue reading
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