Just Your Regular Joe

So it's been a while. First of all, I want to give a massive apology for the lack of any recent content. I made so many schedules with the intent to see them through and I've failed greatly in doing so. Work has taken so much of my time even more than usual and that takes all the energy I have to pursue the hobbies I love. It should be clear that right now I do have intentions to get this blog back up and running. Hopefully, if things go well, I'll be starting a new job sooner that will give me much more free time to work here. When that starts I will make an honest effort to make sure that posts are created on a week by week basis. So at the very least, there is still something to look foward too. I know there's a lot going on in the world right now, so all I can say is that I hope to see you all back here eventually when the time is right, stay safe, and take care!

       Do you like cheese? I surely like cheese. Maybe too much can bad for your system, but it is meant to be enjoyed. And when it's nostalgic? Well, that's just a winning formula right there.      Anaconda is an adventure monster film following a documentary film crew in the Amazon rainforest that ends up being wrapped into a dangerous scheme by a snake hunter (Jon Voight) seeking, as the title would have you believe, a giant anaconda. A cast also features some well-known faces such as Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, and Owen Wilson.      This is the type of film that I ate up back when I was a child. Anaconda has two things that I still retain a soft spot for. Snakes and monster movies. Even the ones that are really, really bad. This film and its sequels would be a childhood passion of mine even when I began to realize these movies may not be as perfect as I once did. Not because I don't enjoy w...

          I promise that for the sake of this review that "We live in a society" memes when be kept to the bare minimum. That doesn't mean the temptation doesn't exist, however. In fact, it is quite the opposite. Admittedly while Todd Phillips's smash hit could be thematically reduced to that one phrase, I've found it much more interesting to discuss how Joker explores that message and thus the film's title character.    Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the clown prince of crime, this psychological thriller follows the downward spiral of a failed stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck, whose trying to find something akin to happiness in the seemingly broken Gotham City. He makes a critical decision that may end up dragging the city into a descent of madness along with him. For intents and purposes, this film serves to provide a possible explanation for how a man like Joker could exist.       Anything that centers on this charact...

         To celebrate the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong set for release this November, I've decided to take a look through the previous installments of Legendary's Monsterverse series. So it would be remarkably short-sighted on my end to not review the film that gave the series the shot in the arm that the franchise desperately needed.      Directed by Gareth Edwards, Godzilla serves as a reboot of Toho's long-running franchise centered around the cinema's most iconic big green lizard. The narrative centers on a soldier (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) caught in the midst of the conflict of gigantic proportions between Godzilla and two parasitic monsters titled Mutos. All while he is trying to find his way home back to his family. The cast also includes other faces such as Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, and Bryan Cranston.      America has dabbled with the series before in ...

The blog update is going to delayed until tomorrow. Sorry guys, there is some stuff I need to take care of. Tuesday and Wednesday will bring things right on track I can assure you.

     Keep a memory of me, not as a king or a hero, but as a man: fallible and flawed.      Based  on the Old English epic poem, Beowulf follows the tale of a great warrior who fights terrifying beasts in a path that would lead him to become king. However, as the film progress, we learn that Beowulf's nature may not be as sincere as he lets on.      One of the most interesting things about this film is how it chooses to interpret the poem. Without going too deep into spoilers for the uninitiated, the poem, while extremely important to understanding Old English literature, made for a rather simple narrative. Not that it's inherently flawed in regards to how it functions as a poem, but when translating to film, Director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avery went for a more deconstructive approach. By cleverly choosing to frame the story as fiction vs. reality, Beowulf is not only a very entertainin...

     The Prince of Egypt  is an animated musical drama that comes from Dreamworks Animation. Starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, and Jeff Goldblum, the film adapts the book of Exodus following the story of Moses from his days as a prince of Egypt to the man who would ultimately lead his people of slavery.       Nostalgia can be a funny thing—that moment when you look back and reflect on what may have been simpler times. I'm sure they are many who remembered the past fondly because it seemed like everything it should be at the time. Of course, this can never last forever. Things change. People move on. And then you wonder why life can't be the same as it once was.     For Moses, however, the cracks in his simple life start emerging when the reality of who he is starts to sets in. A prince of a mighty empire came from the same lowly slaves he looks down upon. Surely it must be some ...