Category: Movie Monday

  • Lucifer (Season 1): The Devil Went Down to Los Angeles

    Lucifer (Season 1): The Devil Went Down to Los Angeles

    You know, I started watching this show because I was curious. Then I discovered that it’s, quote, “based on characters by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg”. In case you’re new around here: Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite writers. So now I’m invested. It’s been a hot minute since I watched a…

  • Phase 1 of the MCU Was Weird

    I got bored recently, as I so often do. So, I decided to put rewatch the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just to put something on in the background while I worked. Maybe I’ll watch those new shows on Disney+ when I’m done, who knows? I’ve got a lot of nostalgia for these movies. I still remember…

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Mess

    *Insert obligatory “J.K. Rowling is a terrible person” line here*. We all know it, let’s move on. This is, without debate, the most important movie in the Harry Potter franchise. Granted, it kind of got handed that for free; this is the one where Voldemort gets revived, after all. But it’s not just that. This…

  • Why Don’t Natural Disaster Movies Work?

    You know what’s terrifying? Natural disasters. Let’s face it: the planet we live on is more than capable and willing to kill us. It can do it whenever and wherever it wants. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, so on and so forth. These disasters often result in catastrophic destruction, people losing their homes, their pets, their…

  • Spaceballs: Mel Brooks’ Masterpiece

    I watched plenty of Mel Brooks’ movies as a kid. But none more than this one. Of all his movies, this one is the most blatant and outlandish. It was like he and his team took Star Wars, stripped it away of 90% of its essential parts, then crammed in whatever crap they could find…