As I'm sure is the case with a lot of guys my age, I loved reading comics when I was younger. Still do every now and then. Anyways, outside of the obvious ones of Batman and Spider-Man Superman and stuff like that, one of my other favorites was all of the stories Dark Horse Comics would come up with using various movie properties. Aliens and Terminator and Robocop were very common, but so was Predator. I'm happy to see that…
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Elvis 2022
First and foremost, god damn was the casting of Elvis perfect. This genuinely may be the best casting for a music biopic since Val Kilmer in The Doors.
For the first act, I genuinely didn't know if this movie was meant to be sincere or comedic. It came across as Walk Hard with the frantic editing and camera work of JFK. The subtlety of the world building was so non-existent, that I was partially expecting horns to pop out of…
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Unedited Footage of a Bear 2014
The best example of Resnick's Lynchian take on Adult Swim-style comedy, and possibly the best of Adult Swim's line of "infomercials" so far (sorry Too Many Cooks).
Maybe the oddest thing about this is how it's simultaneously morbid, disturbing, and funny. Nothing is more horrific than the fear of the unknown, and this short is a great example of that. What's the message? What's the reality in this? What's happening next? I didn't know any of these answers while watching…
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Captain America: Civil War 2016
The Craptacular Revue: Bonus Episode!
Everything that Batman V Superman failed at, this movie succeeds with. New characters are naturally integrated into the story, both sides have sympathetic logic, and everyone is well-developed.
Spider-Man is handled really well, with probably the most accurate and well-executed film version of Peter Parker (even if it is in a pretty short amount of time). Characters that I've never cared much for, like Ant-Man and Scarlet Witch, are played perfectly here and at the…
