Look More Like Little Shreks to Me | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

Seven years have passed since the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie played on cinema screens, which must mean it’s about time for a new theatrical reboot. The franchise reinvents itself once every decade or so, jumping back and forth between live-action and animation with each reworking. The latest iteration, called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:… Read More Look More Like Little Shreks to Me | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

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It’s Hostile Takeover Time | Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 3D Blu-ray

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

In most respects, Michael Bay’s third Transformers movie is just a lot more of what we already saw in the first two. Giant robots smash and bash one another for two-and-a-half hours of mayhem, destroying another major U.S. metropolis in the process, while Shia LaBeouf gets in the way and makes a nuisance of himself.… Read More It’s Hostile Takeover Time | Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 3D Blu-ray

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Bad Robots Suck | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) IMAX VAR Blu-ray

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

A huge blockbuster smash like the 2007 Transformers requires a sequel, and Michael Bay got to work cranking one out as fast as he could. Ready for release just two summers later, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is even bigger, longer, louder, and dumber than the first film. Consequently, it was another massive hit, despite… Read More Bad Robots Suck | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) IMAX VAR Blu-ray

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Sad Truth Is Better Than a Happy Lie | The Changeling (2023) Apple TV+ Series Premiere

The Changeling (2023)

As far as I can tell, the new Apple TV+ series The Changeling is not meant to have any direct connection to either the 1980 haunted house movie of the same title starring George C. Scott or to Clint Eastwood’s 2008 kidnapped-child drama called Changeling starring Angelina Jolie. I say “as far as I can… Read More Sad Truth Is Better Than a Happy Lie | The Changeling (2023) Apple TV+ Series Premiere

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Car Picks the Driver | Transformers (2007) Blu-ray

Transformers (2007)

Even though the first attempt to make a theatrical feature film (in animated form) based on Hasbro’s popular Transformers toy line resulted in a big box office bust back in 1986, the property remained too valuable over the years to resist trying again. By 2007, visual effects technology had evolved and improved to the point… Read More Car Picks the Driver | Transformers (2007) Blu-ray

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Sure Plays a Mean Super Mario Bros. 3 | The Wizard (1989) Blu-ray

The Wizard (1989)

The extended Nintendo commercial known as The Wizard has no business working at all, on any level, much less surviving for 30+ years with a modest audience of fans willing to revisit it from time to time. Unlike other notable cult films (such as the 1993 Super Mario Bros., which this pairs well with), I… Read More Sure Plays a Mean Super Mario Bros. 3 | The Wizard (1989) Blu-ray

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Everybody Loves Mushrooms | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Between The Last of Us on TV and The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters, 2023 may have finally broken the longstanding curse against video games being adapted to film or television. Both have been enormously popular in their respective mediums. Coincidentally (maybe?), fungus plays a major role in both stories. Are audiences finally ready… Read More Everybody Loves Mushrooms | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

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