Around the same time Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was starting to step away from wrestling and into acting, the Mummy franchise was riding high on the success of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. He appeared in one of those films as a rather rough, poorly rendered CGI creation, but his emerging star power and the…
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Things I Like: Teth-Adam/Black Adam (DCEU)
The DCEU version of Black Adam was not my first exposure to the character, since I remember watching an animated movie where he fights both Shazam and Superman. He originally started as a Fawcett Comics character and served primarily as an antagonist to Shazam, but for the DC Extended Universe they chose to reinvent him…
Things I Like: Moana 2 (2024 Film)
It feels like Moana came out in theaters not long ago, but I remember going to see it in theaters when I lived in another city. I just checked and it’s been 8 years since the original came out. It never seemed like Moana needed a sequel, but nevertheless Disney made one anyway. I actually…
Things I Like: Black Adam (2022 Film)
The DC Extended Universe has had many hiccups and it looks like that James Gunn is going to level the playing field and start new after the upcoming Flash movie. But Black Adam is a part of HBO Max now, and while James Gunn is apparently firm on his plan to not rehire Dwayne Johnson…
Things I Like: Jungle Cruise (2021 Film)
I was intrigued by Jungle Cruise last year when it came out, but I decided against seeing it in the theater. This is another Disney film based on rides from their theme parks. It worked out for Pirates of the Caribbean, but not so much for The Haunted Mansion. Luckily, this one is pretty good….