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The Burial (2024): An Underdog Story Six Feet Above the Rest
Inspired by true events, when a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe (Academy Award® winner Tommy Lee Jones)...

Dan Brooks
May 8, 20244 min read
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Fallout (2024) Series: Amazon Prime's Explosive Dive into Post-Apocalyptic Madness
Over 200 years after a nuclear apocalypse devastates America, a violent raid on an underground fallout shelter forces one of its...

Dan Brooks
Apr 27, 20243 min read
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Breathe (2024): A Mother-Daughter Sci-Fi Thriller that Sometimes Runs Out of Air
A heart-pounding thriller set in the future. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, a mother Maya (Hudson), and her...

Dan Brooks
Apr 27, 20243 min read
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Monkey Man (2024) Review: A Fistful of Bananas and Then Some
Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask,...

Dan Brooks
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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When Titans Clash and Plotlines Crash: A Hilariously Disappointed Review of 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
The new installment in the Monsterverse puts the mighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal deadly threat hidden within our...

Dan Brooks
Apr 2, 20243 min read
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Code 8: Part II’ (2024) Review: Superpowers, Sequels, and the Amells - Oh My!
Follows a girl fighting to get justice for her slain brother by corrupt police officers. She enlists the help of an ex-con and his former...

Dan Brooks
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Dune: Part Two (2024) Unveiled: Epic Battles, Endless Desert, and the Quest for a Shorter Runtime Movie Review
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a...

Dan Brooks
Mar 3, 20242 min read
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The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024) Series- Love in the Time of Zombies - Early Review
The love story between Rick and Michonne. Changed by a world that is constantly changing, will they find themselves in a war against the...

Dan Brooks
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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"Scoring Love in the Big City: A Play-by-Play Review of 'Players'" (2024)
New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hook-up "plays" with best friend Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.)...

Dan Brooks
Feb 17, 20242 min read
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Spinning Through the Webs: A Tangled Tale of "Madame Web" (2024) Review
Cassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about...

Dan Brooks
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Shaken, Not Stirred: A 'Purrplexing' Dive into 'Argylle' (2024)– Where Espionage Meets Dad Jokes
A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she's...

Dan Brooks
Feb 4, 20243 min read
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Navigating the Maze of Morality in "The Trust: A Game of Greed" (2024) Series Review
In this reality series, strangers compete to share a quarter of a million dollars. Will they split it evenly--or cut each other out to...

Dan Brooks
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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True Detective: Night Country (2024)– A Chilling, Dark Deep-Dive into the Alaskan Unknown
Darkness descends on remote Alaskan town Ennis. Eight staff vanish from Tsalal Arctic Research Station. Detectives Liz Danvers and...

Dan Brooks
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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Playing with Fire: Unraveling the Comically Twisted 'Role Play (2023) - Review
Dave (David Oyelowo) and Emma (Kaley Cuoco) have the seemingly perfect life - two kids, suburban house, good jobs - but they just want a...

Dan Brooks
Jan 14, 20243 min read
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Sky-High Heists and Hart-Felt Hijinks: A 'Lift'-Off to Laughter (2024) Movie Review
Follows a master thief and her ex-boyfriend who team up to steal $100 million in gold bullion being transported on a 777 passenger...

Dan Brooks
Jan 13, 20242 min read
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The Bricklayer (2024): A CIA Catastrophe That'll Leave You Brickin' Your Brain!
Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world...

Dan Brooks
Jan 9, 20243 min read
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Beacon 23 (2023): A Light in the Vast Wasteland of Space or Just a Flickering Bulb?
A man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships....

Dan Brooks
Jan 6, 20242 min read
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Finestkind (2023)- A Reel Catch or Just Another Fish Tale?
Finestkind tells the story of two half-brothers (Ben Foster and Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, who are reunited as adults...

Dan Brooks
Dec 31, 20233 min read
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023): An Underwater Misadventure of Titanic Proportions
Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death. Wielding the Black Trident's power, he becomes a formidable foe. To defend...

Dan Brooks
Dec 27, 20233 min read
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Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire (2023)- A Cosmic Symphony of Awesomeness or Just Another Star Wars Copycat?
From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, an epic science-fiction event decades...

Dan Brooks
Dec 22, 20233 min read
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