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Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth entry into the Bad Boys franchise and sees the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Mike and Marcus and while it isn't the best sequel in the series for me, but overall, it is yet another good entry into this near 30-year long franchise. In this video, Joshua Drake of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on the latest Bad Boys adventure and tells you...

We're back after a small little hiatus, we're doing another live commentary for a movie that was released on Hulu (but has now since been taken off and available to watch or rent on YouTube) that got mixed reactions, but I was one of those people that has enjoyed it the few times I've seen it and that is The Princess, starring Joey King #ThePrincessHulu #ThePrincessMovieReview #ThePrin...

The Strangers Chapter One is the first of a new trilogy shot back-to-back and releasing months apart from each other from now until early next year and is the third installment of the Strangers franchise, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch of Riverdale fame. While there are moments and a few aspects that keeps it from being as bad as people say, it doesn't change the fact t...

Before Furiosa comes out, it's time I take a look back at another one of my first ever review series I've done and that is the crazy world of Max Rockatansky. In this revisited review, Joshua Drake of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on why the 1979 Mad Max is a classic despite it's devastating look into this crazy world created by George Miller. #MadMax1979 #FuriosaAMadMaxSaga Syp...

Boy Kills World was one of my most interested films since I heard the idea and while it was familiar, I was willing to go along with it. Unfortunately, this is one of those cases where not only this wasn't marketed well but also one of those movies that is underrated and under seen. In this review, Joshua of Epictastic Joshua gives his reasons as to why not only you should see Boy Kills World,...

These were released in February and I was supposed to already have them out but things got in the way.  Anyways, here are my reviews for the two animated movies of 2024 that hasn't gotten much attention. #OrionandtheDark #TheTigersApprentice *Timecodes:* 0:00 - intro and disclaimer 1:37 - video starts 3:26 - The Tiger's Apprentice 15:16 - Orion and the Dark 23:17 - Conclusion/outro Sypnosi...

*NOTE: This is not a revisited review, this is my thoughts on the film from 2017.* Joshua reviews the newest film and the ninth entry in the "Planet of the Apes" series, "War for the Planet of the Apes", starring Andy Serkis, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Devyn Dalton and Woody Harrelson and is directed by Matt Reeves. What are his thoughts on the film? Find out in the review. #Warfo...

After the amazing success of Rise, there was no denying that it would be a surprise hit and made enough money to get a sequel and not only it's just as great, but it's better in every step of the way and shows how a sequel can be done. In this final revisited review for the franchise, Joshua of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on why Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is not only his favor...

After the 2001 Tim Burton Apes film didn't work out, years later after it, nearly 13 years later, the long running franchise of Apes got a much better reboot and not only it was the reboot we deserved but the reboot and life that the franchise needed. In this revisited review, Joshua of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on why Rise of the Apes is a successful reboot. #RiseofthePlanetoftheAp...

We now get to the remake era of the Planet of the Apes franchise directed by Tim Burton and while this certainly has things to make it a guilty pleasure, this is another kind of the more frustrating films in the franchise In this review, Joshua of Epictastic Joshua breaks down the production history, the good and bad of the 2001 remake and why it is a frustrating entertaining mess despite good int...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes serves as the finale of the original Planet of the Apes film series from 68-73 and unfortunately, while it's nowhere near the same disaster as Beneath, unfortunately, this is one of the lesser tier movies in the long running franchise. #BattleforthePlanetoftheApes #KingdomofthePlanetoftheApes Sypnosis "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" is the final...

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire marks the fourth or fifth (depending on if you count the 2016 reboot) film in the Ghostbusters franchise and serves as a sequel to Afterlife, but the question is does this keep that same energy from Afterlife or does this one have some frustrating decisions made. In this review, Joshua Drake of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and tell...

Here for a film commentary we're doing is an overlooked drama by a competent director and has one of the first leading performance of an actress that is weirdly divided but majority does like, Brie Larson and that is "Short Term 12". #ShortTerm12 #BrieLarson #KaitlynDever #LakeithSanfield Sypnosis Calm and competent, Grace is a young counsellor at a California care unit for at-risk t...

This time for a live commentary, we're talking about an underrated independent romcom that is a little unnoticed and that's "Not Another Happy Ending". #NotAnotherHappyEndingMovie #KarenGillan Review here: https://youtu.be/6mGw0hBakpI?si=MFKJxygq-HxI_NLM Sypnosis A publisher realises his only author gets writer's block when she is happy. To continue her success, he comes up w...

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes is easily of the sequels and of the original 60's-70's Apes franchise the best one of since the 1968 original classic and in this revisited review of re-reviewing the Apes franchise before Kingdom (minus War), Epictastic Joshua sings the praises of this fourth entry into the franchise. #KingdomofthePlanetoftheApes #ConquestofthePlanetoftheApes Sypnosis In...

Escape From the Planet of the Apes isn't a masterpiece or comes close to the original Planet of the Apes, but considering what the last movie was, this is a big step up from the previous movie. In this revisited review, Joshua of Epictastic Joshua gives his thoughts on why this third Apes movie of the original era of films steps it up despite a few issues. #EscapeFromthePlanetoftheApes #Kingdo...

After being introduced to the world of the Apes, Fox immediately jumped on board for a sequel to it with the first of four "Beneath the Planet of the Apes" and unfortunately, it is a complete step down from what the original film was. In this rant review, Epictastic Joshua explains why this sequel was a massive disappointment compared to the original classic. #BeneaththePlanetoftheApes #...

With the release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes just right around the clock, it's time to go back to one of my first review series and re review almost all of the films excluding one of the Apes franchise and in this review, we're talking about the original classic from 1968 that started this whole pop culture franchise. #PlanetoftheApes1968 #KingdomofthePlanetoftheApes Timecodes 0:0...

Breaking Dawn Part 2 is the fifth and final film of the Twilight saga and while it has all of the problems of the franchise, this is the most enjoyable one since Eclipse. #BreakingDawnPart2 #TheTwilightSaga #Twilight Sypnosis Bella awakes -- as a vampire -- from her life-threatening labor, and her newborn daughter, Renesmee, proves to be very special indeed. While Bella adjusts to her new state of...

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is the first one a two part conclusion to the Twilight saga and besides New Moon, this is in competition for the second worst one but also the most inconsequential of the films - despite some guilty pleasure enjoyment. #BreakingDawnPart1 #TwilightSaga Sypnosis At last, Bella and Edward are getting married. When Jacob finds out that Bella wants to spend her...

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the third movie in the infamous Twilight Saga and it is also the one that I remember watching the most of the series. How does it hold up years later as a guilty pleasure? Time to find out. #TwilightSaga #EclipseMovie Sypnosis Danger once again surrounds Bella (Kristen Stewart), as a string of mysterious killings terrorizes Seattle and a malicious vampire continues he...

New Moon is the second film in the Twilight saga and it's the first of four sequels to the first movie.  It is also the most boring film in the series as well as one of (despite guilty pleasure status) the worst sequels and one of my least favorite films ever.  Time for a major ultra extreme epic heated rant on this one. #NewMoon #TheTwilightSaga Sypnosis Bella Swan is on the cusp of her 18th...

Back in 2016, I reviewed a little franchise based on a series of books named Twilight and they weren't my best. So, I decided to re review the entire franchise as one of this year's first franchises to review and we're starting with the first film and while it has it's issues and I know it's bad, there's still a part of me that can enjoy the ridiculously stupid concept here...

Sydney Sweeney takes a role where she plays a nun that gives birth and we may have seen this before but the execution of this is actually pretty competent and this little nun film turned out to be better than expected while it has the usual tropes of nun films or films like it. Here's my review of Immaculate. #ImmaculateMovie #SydneySweeney Sypnosis An American nun embarks on a new journey whe...

Here's my audio commentary for Mean Girls.