Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer team up to play superheroes in Netflix’s newest flop. Photo from midwestfilmjournal.com. The Netflix original action-comedy movie “Thunder Force” starring Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy premiered on Friday, lacking both thunder and force. It tells the story of two childhood friends Emily (Spencer) and Lydia (McCarthy) who reunite after a…
‘To All Dust Return’ set to premiere at local drive-in theater “To All Dust Return” is a short film by URI film student. Photo by Jordan Delisle. Amity seems to have something to hide … possibly some witchy magic? Film student Alyssa Botelho’s short film “To All Dust Return” takes viewers back to colonial times…
The monkey has a supercharged axe, Godzilla knows judo Watch an axe wielding gorilla go toe to toe with the lizard apparently descended from Bruce Lee. Not interesting enough? They’re both the size of the Empire State Building. Photo from youtube.com. Movies — an experience as diverse and distinct as can be. Tales of love,…
Hot on the heels of “WandaVision,” the newest release on Disney+, “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier,” keeps the Marvel-mania alive. Photo from imbd.com On the heels of “WandaVision,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe has released their second Disney+ show, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” which tackles issues of racism and trauma in a post-Blip…
Disney’s newest release “Raya and the Last Dragon” is a hit with critics and viewers alike. Photo from metacritic.com. “Raya and the Last Dragon,” the most recent feature-length animated film from Disney+, follows the theme of distrust and builds an immersive new world inspired by Southeast Asian culture through beautiful animation and fun choreography. “Raya…
Hulu recently released a new Christmas movie with LGBTQ+ themes. Photo from Indiewire.com. Hulu’s “Happiest Season” is filled with an all-star cast playing a host of hilarious and strange characters, secondhand embarrassment for viewers and some long overdue lesbian representation in the holiday romantic comedy film genre. “Happiest Season” was released on Nov. 25, directed…
2007 film “Ratatouille” directed by Brad Bird is still relevant in pop culture today. Photo from the letterboxd.com. Inspired by a sudden resurgence of “Ratatouille” content on TikTok, I’ve rewatched the movie to see if it still holds up today. It does. Watching “Ratatouille” again feels just like the scene where food critic Anton Ego…
Hit Broadway show “Into the Woods” was made into a movie directed by Rob Marshall, released in 2014. Photo from ohmydisney.com. As a huge musical theatre fan, I’m a bit ashamed to admit to you all that my introduction to arguably the best composer and lyricist in theatre history, Stephen Sondheim, was through the 2014…
“Percy Jackson & the Olympians,” originally written by Rick Riordan, was made into a movie by directors Thor Freudenthal and Chris Columbus in 2013. Photo from TBIvision.com. Greek mythology is fascinating but often difficult to read in its original form. Within the context of Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson” series, we had access to some of…
Ryan Murphy directs the new movie musical “The Prom” on Netflix. Photo from whatsonnetflix.com. When I listened to the song “Tonight Belongs to You” from the soon-to-be-released Netflix film “The Prom,” I wasn’t transferred back to the Longacre Theatre where I saw the original stage show live in January 2019, nor to watching the Tony…