United States and Russian astronauts find themselves stranded on the International Space State as nuclear war coats the planet out their window. Suddenly their respective governments say they need to take the I.S.S. for their country by any means "necessary".

An intriguing, topical concept for a sci-fi thriller, but given the careful balancing of nuance and tension it would involve, does it pull it off?

Tina Fey's beloved 2000s comedy-drama returns with a movie adaptation of its successful 2018 musical. How does it compare to the original? What changes does it make in terms of technology and views to fit the modern update and do they work? Co-host Zach Yetter and I dissect the good, the bad, and the fetch.

Just in time for New Years, I take a look at the often forgotten 1979 sequel to

Can Paddington director Paul King's musical Wonka prequel live up to and break through our ingrained cynicism of seeing our childhood favorites dragged out to bait our nostalgia?

While the idea of making a prequel to Willy Wonka sounds the farthest from pure imagination, I decided to pitch my own script if I was forced to write it while cautiously anticipating Paul King's WONKA.

Japanese Godzilla has returned to the big screen, having been held back by the Legendary Pictures films after 2016's Shin Godzilla. How does it hold up to its American and Japanese legacies?

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One of the finest entries of the original Godzilla era, featuring easily the most interesting monster Godzilla has encountered yet. Hedorah is pollution incarnate; he brings death and environmental decay to visceral effect, feeds off of smoke stacks, and can even transform to dominate the land, sea, and sky. Can a scientist and his son who has a psychic connection to Godzilla (don't ask) help defeat this threat?

See the video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YpEiyqrn2OY

Holiday horror and action movies are in, and with them comes Eli Roth's Thanksgiving, a slasher film that uses the aesthetics and motifs of the holiday to craft a story mirroring John Carpenter's "Halloween", while taking from the decades of slasher films hence forth. How does it fare?

See the video version of this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a4KgYYLRJk

Back in September I had the chance to attend a few showings at the Toronto International Film Festival. From documentaries, to comedy-horror films, and adult musicals, I manage to cover a wealth of variety in a short amount of time.