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After being in a long period of development hell, going through the hands of many backers, filmmakers and actors, the now Netflix Original “Triple Frontier” released to the streaming platform in March. The movie is set up as an action adventure, following a group of former special operations forces soldiers, who, for different reasons, decide… Read more »
Category: Reviews
Top MCU movies as the franchise moves into Phase IV
Over the past two years, I’ve written a lot about the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the franchise. So in honor of “Endgame’s” release, here is an updated list of Top 10 MCU films. Click the links to see full reviews of some of these movies, along with… Read more »
‘Avengers: Endgame’: A spoiler-free case for greatness
To describe “Avengers: Endgame” in a few words, it would be: It’s great and you should watch it. If that’s all you want to know, I completely understand if that’s all you read from this review. I know I did the same before I saw it for myself. For those that want to know more,… Read more »
Passion behind ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ makes it successful.
“Alita: Battle Angel” is an action/adventure film set in the 26th century. The story follows a young cyborg girl named Alita who wakes up with amnesia in a place called Iron City. It’s a desolate city stuck in the literal shadow of Zalem, the last of the sky cities. Based on the Japanese manga… Read more »
Fanfiction-turned-movie misses out on true complexity of story
Young teens and their moms crowded into the theater to watch the new movie “After,” based off the novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The romantic drama was recently released to theaters April 13. What most people may not know about this film is that it was originally written as a fanfiction. In… Read more »
Mort Garson’s last masterpiece — exploring “Plantasia”
By Louie Sharp/For the Muleskinner One of the most unlikely success stories in music history is that of Mort Garson’s 1976 Moog masterpiece “Mother Earth’s Plantasia.” “Plantasia” was the last release by Garson, and it followed an eclectic stream of ambient synthesizer experiments based on such wildly different ideas as sensuality, the Zodiac, the musical… Read more »
‘Aquaman’: A good movie from the DCEU film franchise
“Aquaman” marks one of the most recent entries into the DC Extended Universe film series, which seems to have improved in recent years with “Wonder Woman.” Its early films were very flawed and only divided audience members on their quality, such as “Man of Steel” and “Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.” This film follows… Read more »
Emo fans rejoice — American Football is back and as poignant as ever
The first thing that stood out to me about American Football’s third self-titled LP, “LP3” was the album’s cover – gone is the famous house in Urbana, Illinois, that was featured so prominently on the covers of their first two LPs, replaced instead with a hazy shot of a lake at sunset. This change is… Read more »
“Widows:” More than a crime movie
Sometimes filmmakers try to use a safe, or at least commercial, film genre to tell a story with a deeper meaning. Take for instance the Netflix film “Triple Frontier.” It’s about a group of ex-special forces operatives who, motivated by their personal debts, to steal a cash fortune from a drug lord. On one hand,… Read more »
The DC Extended Universe: Marvel’s less successful cousin
With the release of “Aquaman” at the end of 2018 and “Shazam” scheduled to release April 5, the DC Extended Universe is still moving forward despite heavy competition from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The franchise began as a response to the success of the Marvel film franchise under Disney. So DC, owned by Disney’s… Read more »
