Film Review: Annihilation (2018) FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - February 26, 2018 Article by: Anthony Florez There are theories that someday streaming services will eventually kill off the conventional theater experience and that all movie releases will eventually be direct to streaming. I both dearly hope that never happens, and firmly believe that it will not. As much as I am not really a
TV Review: The Punisher FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez Let's get right to it: The problem with Marvel and Netflix's first season of The Punisher is the same problem that Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy had; in their enthusiasm to ground the character in reality and earnestness they left behind a lot of what gave the original
6 Horror Comedies to Darken/Brighten Your Day FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - October 23, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez Last year I put together a list of my favorite scary movies, from the perspective of someone who does not, in fact, like scary movies at all. It was a thoughtful list mostly devoid of my two least favorite cinematic techniques: the jump scare and torture porn,
Game of Thrones: Season 7, [Ep 6-7 Review] FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez Sam: "Hi, Bran." Bran: "Three Eyed Raven." Sam: "...what?" Bran: "I am the all-seeing, all-knowing Three Eyed Raven. And guess what?" Sam: "What?" Bran: "Jon Snow is not, in fact, Jon Snow. His real name is Jon SAND. Because...Dorne. He was born in Dorne and is Rheagar's bastard. I seen's it." Sam: "Actually,
Game of Thrones: Season 7 (Ep 1-5 Review) FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez Yes, Spoilers below. Read at your own risk. Season 7 of Game of Thrones is ending in just over two weeks. Let that sink in for a second. Two weeks and we're back to waiting another year for the endgame to what is, by now, with its multi-ethnic and
Movie Review: The Dark Tower FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - August 9, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez It's been a real challenge starting a review of The Dark Tower, a film I sincerely enjoyed for what it was, but for some reason feel guilty about liking. Critics are jumping up and down on the movie for being obscure, rushed, and convoluted but the impression that
Film Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez This is going to be a less popular opinion than most, and I usually don't like taking a "superior position" to mainstream reviews, but Spider-Man: Homecoming, in its perfectly safe, Marvel-approved, inoffensive little package, feels much closer to a big budget special series of Agents of SHIELD than an
Movie Review: Wonder Woman (2017) FEATURED MOVIES/TV by Anthony Florez - June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez At the Alamo Drafthouse screenings of Wonder Woman (no, not those screenings), the pre-show entertainment includes an eight minute long montage about the on-screen history of Wonder Woman and it's easy to understand how fans could be frustrated that it's taken so long for her to get her own
Remembering CHRIS CORNELL (1964-2017) FEATURED THINK PIECE by Anthony Florez - May 18, 2017December 29, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez The word 'grunge' is being bandied about a lot today and it's not a description I am particularly fond of. It is the popularly accepted description of an era of rock that originated in the early nineties, primarily in the Seattle music scene, and encompasses everything from
TV Review: 13 Reasons Why FEATURED MOVIES/TV TV/NETFLIX by Anthony Florez - April 17, 2017April 19, 2017 Article by: Anthony Florez Let's get the PSA out of the way first: suicide is not an option and if it is something that's being considered, please seek help in some form. This is the centerpiece and the primary flaw of 13 Reasons Why, a show that strays dangerously close to fetishizing the