1st Reviews

Ultraman has been around in television and film properties since the 1960’s. That is a lot of story to potentially catch up on if you are interested in learning about the character. Thankfully, Ultraman: Rising reboots the brand for a new audience. The story follows superstar baseball player; Ken Sato as he is trying to balance his baseball career and protecting Japan from the occasional Kaiju as the new Ultraman. Ken is the second generation Ultraman after inheriting it from his father. Japan also has another defence against the Kaiju, THE KDF but Ultraman must tread lightly during Kauju events because the KDF shoot to kill and have a troubled relationship with Ultraman. Ken does not come off as a likeable or relatable character at the start of the film. He is arrogant, self-centered and harbours a lot of resentment towards his dad but this all changes after Ken accidently gets hold of a Kaiju egg and must now protect and safeguard it from the KDF. This sets Ken straight and puts him ...

  There’s plenty of thought provoking discourse and relevant commentary in our world surrounding A.I. This movie offers none of that. Atlas may not lend anything new to the conversation, but the unlikely companionship between J-Lo and her sentient mech suit save Netflix’s latest from total annihilation.   This movie is set in the future, where mankind finds itself at war with a rogue A.I., who leaves earth vowing to one day return and end humanity. Jennifer Lopez plays a data analyst with a mysterious connection to the A.I., and must embark on a mission into space to save the world. The framework of this movie is not only formulaic, but it’s a little convoluted too. Normally, this would be a dealbreaker, but once the ultra-generic plot is set in motion, the movie shifts gears to become the buddy action flick nobody was expecting.  Atlas Shepherd (Lopez) doesn’t trust artificial intelligence, but much of her mission takes place piloting a sentient mech suit (voiced excelle...

  Pop Tarts are good and all, but have you ever had a Toaster Strudel? I went into   Unfrosted   expecting the equivalent of a bowl of Froot Loops - colourful, sweet and with absolutely no nutritional value. This movie was unfortunately more along the lines of a soggy bowl of stale Corn Flakes sitting in expired milk.  I was caught a bit off guard with how far into spoof territory this movie ventures. I knew I wasn’t getting anything close to a straight biopic, but this is even sillier than I expected. The major issue is this is a spoof movie than strains itself trying to be funny, and most of the time it isn’t. It hurls punchlines at the audience so rapidly, hoping desperately that something will stick, like a standup comic bombing their set. To be fair, I did get a handful of decent laughs, but the ratio of failed to successful jokes is somewhere in the 10/1 ballpark. The cast is absolutely stacked, which is one of  Unfrosted ’s only redeeming qualities. This ...