Batman
Movie Review: The Batman
4 stars out of 5It had been five and and a half weeks and I still hadn’t seen The Batman. Seven-dollar Tuesday came and went. Just wait till Monday and fire it up on HBOMax? No, I’d seen every Batman flick since 1989 in the theater and by god, I wasn’t stopping now! Which is […]
Movie Review: Joker
3 stars out of 5 Joker is not your daddy’s superhero movie. It’s a gritty, artsy, psychological exploration for people who wouldn’t know a gritty, artsy, psychological exploration if it bit them on the ass. I served with Marty Scorsese. I knew Marty Scorsese. Marty Scorsese was a friend of mine. Todd Phillips, you’re no […]
Movie Review: Batman v Superman — Dawn of Justice
2 stars out of 5 Pretty deep into this movie, it hit me: This film felt like it had been plotted out by a couple of 8-year-olds. Except, they weren’t weird, loner, clever 8-year-olds. This would be your garden-variety 8-year-old dummy. “Ooh, then we’ll make THIS happen! Pow pow pow. And then a giant monster […]
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