Like It! Love It! Hate It!

A review of the Christmas movie, Scrooged, starring Bill Murray.

The all-time Tim Burton classic, Nightmare Before Christmas is beloved by many people. It’s a rare movie that can pose the question: Is it a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? It’s a subjective question not meant to have a real answer, but if you want to be right, it’s a Christmas movie. If that was the end of it, it would be enough, but this movie forces some to pose another possibly unimportant question: Who’s movie is it? Is it Tim Burtons, like so many believe? Or is it Henry Selick’s?

Every. Single. Godzilla. This is something I was planning to do anyway when I realized this year, 2024, is his 70th anniversary. With November 3rd being Godzilla day, I can’t imagine a better time to start this series! I grew up watching Godzilla marathons on the sci-fi channel and have bought many of the newer ones to watch and enjoy with my family. However, I haven’t seen them all! Join me on my quest to watch Every. Single. Godzilla movie in order!

I already stated what a huge fan of Venom and Carnage I am in the review for Venom, so I don’t want to obsess on it, but damn. I know movies based on pre-existing media can’t be a 1:1 ratio when translated, but sometimes they veer so far off I have a hard time recognizing them.

Venom is an interesting nut to crack, as I will never concede to a Spider-

man-less Spider-man Universe. It was a bad idea then, it remains a bad idea now,

it will be a bad idea in fifty years. You simply miss out on too much by cutting out

the central character of a universe. It’s always been a strange choice. So can they make this

work?

In a world where the format is more than a little stale, What We Do in the Shadows wastes no

time in showing or reminding the viewer why the mockumentary works. I would argue, in

fact, it’s a rare comedy boasting more jokes in the first ten minutes than some

entire comedies I’ve seen, perfectly balancing the fantastical with the mundane.