2019 Film Review: Doctor Sleep11/26/2019 Written by: Kevin Berge  Hey, it's that thing in that movie. What was the point of it again? It was pretty subtle. (Image Courtesy of: youtube.com) Quick Take: Doctor Sleep carries forward the legacy of The Shining with strong consistent storytelling built on a foundation of horror and drama. Building the mythology that was only hinted at in the past, it takes some leaps with its storytelling but ultimately lands strong.
Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com) Survivor Series and NXT TakeOver: WarGames are coming around this weekend. Before that point, it was the classic "everyone fights inconclusively at the end of the show" week. As stated in previous weeks, NXT's inclusion has been a major boon to this story. The brand has forced WWE to sell new matches and moments. It feels like a whole new roster was added to the company. Still, it's hard to believe at the end of the day NXT will win, and, if they fail, none of this meant anything. Raw and SmackDown will go back to tell the same stories every week. No one wins an opportunity or proves anything that matters at the end of Sunday.  Ricochet knows this moment all too well. Randy Orton probably had no idea this was coming. He doesn't even pay attention to his own matches let alone the larger product. Written by: Kevin Berge Modern action movies not made by Disney are rarely successful these days. As superhero films take over cinema, no one else has much success making blockbusters. It's a sad affair because there's plenty of opportunity for stories to be told. A few movies that went right past my radar in recent years got decent enough reviews that I felt odd not giving them the time when they were first released. Now I am attempting to rectify that. This time around, I will be reviewing the oddly successful sequel/reboot Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the rare decent video game movie Tomb Raider, and the far too Alien-inspired science fiction horror Life.  The Rock and Kevin Hart finally made a good movie together by relying on Jack Black and Karen Gillan to do the heavy-lifting. (Image Courtesy of: deadline.com) 2019 Film Review: Jojo Rabbit11/19/2019 Written by: Kevin Berge  Yes, that is a grenade in his hand. What else would you expect at a Nazi bootcamp? (Image Courtesy of: jweekly.com) Quick Take: Jojo Rabbit pokes fun at one of the most dangerous of subjects. It does not always do so with much tact, but it is constantly hilarious with a great message at its core about how hatred and love are spread easily.
Written by: Kevin Berge (All Images Courtesy of: WWE.com) What are we to make of this year's Survivor Series build? There have been moments of greatness. Matches like Becky Lynch vs. Bayley vs. Shayna Baszler and AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Roderick Strong have potential to blow everything out of the water. However, there's also a lot of storytelling just hanging limp. It is hard to get excited about matches built on graphics alone. So much of the storytelling stopped after NXT's initial invasion, and now everyone's just waiting for Survivor Series. I expect some greatness to come out of it, but I still want WWE to get me more excited. WWE is not great at that often.  Both these women have evolved so much this year. Becky Lynch has become the face of WWE, and Asuka has painted her face green to hide the shame of what WWE has done to her. |
