Posts Tagged ‘Keanu Reeves’
Film Review – Ballerina
Advertisements have gone to great lengths to let us know that Ballerina (2025) is a spinoff of the highly successful John Wick franchise. The marketing makes it painfully clear that the “Baba Yaga” himself, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) makes an appearance. Hell, even the title was marketed as “From…
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Film Review – Fight or Flight
The Josh Hartnett renaissance is upon us. The actor has carved himself some nice and varied output in the last few years. From his work with Guy Ritchie, providing solid character work in the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer (2023), to his villainous turn in Trap (2024), Hartnett has shown a willingness to try…
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Film Review – Carry-On
In a season overstuffed with hard hitting dramas, big budget spectacles, socially conscious documentaries, and other productions geared for award contention, it’s refreshing to see a good old entertainer as well made as Carry-On (2024). This is the kind of film whose sole purpose is to provide…
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Film Review – John Wick: Chapter 4
The John Wick series started as a small revenge tale and has grown to become one of the definitive action franchises of the new century. Incorporating muscular hand to hand combat, gun choreography, and awe-inspiring stunts, each entry upped the ante in terms of death-defying acrobatics. Beyond…
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Episode 93 – Spider-Man: No Way Home & The Matrix Resurrections
The first episode of 2022 features reviews for Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix Resurrections. We also think of a couple of pitches for buddies movies starring actors of our choice. For our streaming homework, we review the 1995 cyber-punk action movie, Johnny Mnemonic, which also stars Keanu…
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Film Review – The Matrix Resurrections
When The Matrix (1999) was released, it was a gamechanger. It altered the way action blockbusters were made, melding sleek sci-fi within a cyber-punk framework. Heady philosophical ideas of identity and control were at the forefront of a story where humans fought against their machine…
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Film Review – Nobody
A lot of the talk about Nobody (2021) revolves around its central casting. Bob Odenkirk – whose background is in comedy and whom many recognize as the lawyer in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul – may not be the first person one will think of as a kick ass action…
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Episode 47 – Bill & Ted Face the Music
This week, we review the long-awaited comedy sequel, Bill & Ted Face the Music. For our streaming homework, we discuss the 2008 documentary, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. We also talk in-depth about the safety and ethics of going to…
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