Canine Double Feature 1 of 2 – see Wolf Man (2025) review for the second half.
-Like many of you out there, I underestimated Dog Man before I saw it. But after getting hit with an onslaught of ads, I figured it would be a fun doggo-double-feature with Wolf Man since they were both overlapping in theaters for the week. And despite people not seeming to believe me when I say this, Dog Man was actually a pretty good movie.…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
-AMC Screen Unseen, you’ve done it again. You found a hard-working AMC A-Lister like me, lured me in with an early showing of a never-before-seen mystery movie, and slapped me across the face with an actively un-entertaining film. I had a feeling it would be this way after seeing Fly Me to the Moon as my Screen Unseen last month—but now, after Slingshot, it's confirmed: Screen Unseen is a marginal revenue booster for movies that aren’t focus testing well (and…
One Piece Movie 11/15 – 3D Straw Hat Chase
(Not writing full paragraphs—see “Straw Hat Kevo’s One Piece Movie Hierarchy” list for explanation.)
General
-Luffy’s hat gets stolen by some ugly bird-dog creature that’s trying to inspire his pirate friend to regain his joie de vivre… then the Straw Hats fight some Marines. That’s it.
-At 30 minutes, I’m shocked this even counts as an official One Piece theatrical release. It really just feels like an extended video game cutscene.…
One Piece Movie 10/15 – Strong World
(Not writing full paragraphs—see “Straw Hat Kevo’s One Piece Movie Hierarchy” list for explanation.)
General/Plot
-In what feels like the most canon One Piece movie yet, the Straw Hats face off against Golden Lion Shiki—a powerful pirate from the age of Gol D. Roger—after he kidnaps Nami. And as fans of the franchise know, Luffy will go through hell to get his friends back.
-The first half follows the Straw Hats navigating a…
-I’ve always worshiped in the church that Nicole Kidman built (AMC)—but after seeing Fly Me to the Moon for this week’s “Screen Unseen” viewing, I think that I’m losing my religion. Maybe it’s extreme of me to say, but I don’t even get why this movie exists in the first place. It lacks substance, it lacks structure, and there isn't even a clear intent behind the film's creation—at best being able to pander to Space-Race-nostalgic boomers who don’t realize that…
I’m an established biopic hater, and this movie is the epitome of why. It takes an uninteresting story, stretches it out 2 hours, and treats every figure involved like a saint. Air forces a full length motion picture out of a flash card of fun facts and one interesting conversation with Dolores Jordan. It even takes the time to litigate who came up with the name “Air Jordan” three separate times as if it fucking matters. It’s a bunch of…
