2018 Film Review: Sorry to Bother You7/22/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  So bright and colorful, who allowed this in our dark cinematic era? (Image Courtesy of: socialistalternative.org) Quick Take: Sorry to Bother You may the most surreal film released in 2018, creating a fascinating race allegory through work force economics and bizarre artistic vision. It's not always an easy viewing experience, but it has some of the most unique ideas put on film in years.
TV Review: Star Wars Rebels Season 27/21/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  Anakin taught Ahsoka many things, but apparently he didn't teach her how to color her lightsabers. (Image Courtesy of: readysteadycut.com) Quick Take: Star Wars Rebels Season 2 does a better job establishing its central characters and giving them more interesting threats to deal with even if it lacks heavy stakes through much of its run. With a few old returning characters, this season has a few truly great episodes that cannot be missed.
Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com) For the first time in this new format, I will be covering a WWE pay-per-view with this month's big event, WWE Extreme Rules 2018. While Extreme Rules has a solid reputation for WWE shows, it has gone from a full-fledged hardcore feud ending event to a SummerSlam warmup. This year especially had a cluttered card, totaling an unreasonable 10 matches over 3 hours. Overall, not much was done to build the excitement for this show with almost every match lacking real forward momentum. WWE had a plan though that no one expected. Instead of building up to naturally exciting wrestling matches, they just made the matches segments all on their own, and we all got to watch as wrestlers rushed through contests that deserved more time to get to booking that divided audiences widely.  What year is it? 2010? 2018 Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp7/17/2018 Written by: Kevin Berge  I get it. The Wasp is a weird standalone name for a Marvel movie, but it would have been much more appropriate for what this is all about. (Image Courtesy of: digitalspy.com) Quick Take: Ant-Man and the Wasp improves on the formula of the first film with a stronger vision and more focused plot. The film still seems to be riding on charm rather than connecting to its own drama, not making the most of its story but still standing up as a fun action film.
Written by: Kevin Berge  When does the T-Rex get the credit he deserves and his own top billing in a gritty solo film? (Image Courtesy of: hypebeast.com) Quick Take: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has an identity problem, struggling to find its tone and genre. While beautifully shot and filled with strong individual moments, it lacks a cohesive narrative or strong enough characters to feel like anything more than a set-up for a better idea to come.
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