I’ve always felt that Fallout, the long-running and beloved video game franchise now helmed by Bethesda Game Studios, would make for great live-action entertainment. Its retrofuturistic style, dark underlying themes, sardonic humor, and gleefully gory action seemed custom-made for the big or small screen treatment. But knowing the history of video game adaptations all too … Continue reading
One of the most eagerly anticipated action movies of the year is only a few weeks away. George Miller returns to the post-apocalyptic wasteland with “Furiosa”, the fifth installment in his beloved Mad Max franchise. “Furiosa” serves both as a spin-off and prequel to Miller’s extraordinary “Mad Max: Fury Road” from 2015. The trailers have … Continue reading
Todd Phillips’ 2019 “Joker” turned out to be a blockbuster smash, making over $1 billion at the global box office and earning Joaquin Phoenix an Academy Award for Best Actor. Gritty, violent, and rooted in realism, “Joker” took the legendary DC Comics villain in some dark yet captivating directions. To no surprise a sequel was … Continue reading
I don’t cover much television, but occasionally a must-see show comes down the pike that I can’t pass up. One of the latest is Prime Video’s upcoming “Fallout”, an eight episode series based on the extremely popular Fallout video game franchise from Bethesda Game Studios. Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (Nolan will also … Continue reading
I for one have thoroughly enjoyed Legendary’s MonsterVerse movie franchise. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” makes for the fifth film in the shared universe which dates all the way back to 2014 and Gareth Edwards’ terrific “Godzilla”. It’s considered the 38th film of the entire Godzilla franchise and the 13th King Kong feature. It … Continue reading
Dev Patel jumps head-first into the action arena with “Monkey Man”, an intriguing revenge thriller that marks the 33-year-old actor’s directorial debut. The ambitious “Monkey Man” is a brutal and bloody amalgamation that attempts to pull equally from Hollywood and Indian action cinema. Patel’s management of both styles, in front of and behind the camera, … Continue reading
