Film Studies

It’s the day you’ve been waiting for your entire life. Your wedding day. Everything has been perfectly planned, you’re getting hitched to the man of your dreams, and best of all, he’s rich. But Grace finds out there’s a catch. You must play a game on the night of your wedding and when she draws “Hide & Seek”, the game turns deadly.

The best parts of the Fast & Furious universe are teaming up in a brand new spin off movie. Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw are tasked to save Shaw’s sister after she injects herself with a super-virus owned by Brixton. Sounds easy but Brixton is a cyber-enhanced super villain hell bent on eliminating the weaker of the world’s population to make the human race as strong as it can be.

Disney’s latest remake of their animation classic has hit the big screens and it’s not been very loved by critics. Well, we took a look this weekend and we may know why the critics have been so hard on this one. Nostalgia? Disney hate? Random or valid reasons? We go over it all plus we also talk about the movie pre-roll annoyances and our weird movie-going experiences this weekend. It’s a packed e...

It’s been a while after the events of Avengers: Endgame. The “blip” has had its effect on the world and Peter Parker just wants to get away. But SHIELD and a visitor from another dimension need his help during his class trip to Europe. Comedian Dylan Rhymer joins us for this review and be sure to check out his podcast at the link below! The Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast @ https://bdad.podbean...

Sorry Jack, Chucky’s back. The killer doll made famous in 1988 is reborn in 2019, updated for the modern audience. Kaslan, the Goolge-like company, makes all manner of products and the newest one is a doll that can control all of the Kaslan products in your home through voice controls. But one of the dolls has a dark secret and learns differently than all of the others. This difference leads to de...

Another sequel/reboot coming out in 2019. This time, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson take over for Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones and there’s a mole inside of Men in Black. There is also the most dangerous weapon in the universe floating around on Earth. Agents H and M must find the weapon, defeat the mysterious new aliens coming after it, and flush out the mole before the world is destroyed.

The final X-Men movie (for now) has been out for a couple of weeks now and we’re still playing catch-up. We checked out the somewhat maligned Dark Phoenix. It’s the re-telling of the famous Dark Phoenix comic book storyline with the new X-Men cast. Jean Gray has been hit by a space force that makes her powers stronger and uncontrollable and aliens are after her to steal her powers away. Yep, alien...

Five years ago, Godzilla re-introduced himself to the world defeating two Mutos and saving the Earth. Now, more than 17 other Titan monsters have been discovered and thanks to the bumbling humans, King Gidorrah has been released and taken over the Titans causing destruction worldwide. We need to save Godzilla and help him fight off the Titans so that the human race doesn’t go extinct!

This week, we’re jumping into the summer movie releases beginning with the live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the evil Superboy interpretation in Brightburn. First, Mark reviews the Disney remake Aladdin starring Will Smith as the Genie. Then Derek joins in for a look at the story of an alien child who uses his powers for evil means in Brightburn.

John Wick is on the run as he’s now ex-communicato from the High Table. He only has one chance . . . to reach the one man who is above the Table and can grant him a chance to redeem himself. But along the way, he has a wall of enemies, frenemies, and greedy contract killers all waiting to claim their bounty.

After 21 movies, 11 years, and one snapture, the finality of the first three phases of the MCU has finally arrived. Although we do start off spoiler-free, we will go into SPOILERS very quickly. But seeing as how this movie made 1.2 billion dollars wordwide, chances are you’ve seen this one already? What did you think?

We’re less than one week away from the finale to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Thanos storyline and we try to predict what may or may not happen. Who will live? Who will die? Who will come back? Who won’t? How do the heroes defeat Thanos? Do they at all? We ask all of these questions and more!

The world is full of monsters and it’s up to the B.P.R.D. to hunt them down. It’s not easy but they have an ace up their sleeve, Hellboy. Now the Blood Queen is being re-assembled and threatening to wipe out humanity and it’s up to Hellboy to stop her.

This week, we’re checking two brand new releases. First, DC’s latest offering featuring on of their lesser known superheroes. Billy Bastion gets magical powers from an ancient wizard and must fight off the Seven Deadly Sins. Then, Stephen King returns for his first movie of 2019 with Pet Sematary. There’s a strange grave that holds the power to bring the dead back to life. But is it really a good...

Jordan Peele’s long anticipated follow up to Get Out has finally arrived. It’s a suspense-filled, horror about a family being stalked by another family that looks like exactly like them.

Marvel’s latest and last offering before Avengers: Endgame introduces the most powerful hero in the MCU to date. Carol Danvers must reconnect to her human roots in order to tap into her ultimate powers. Also Agent Nick Joe Fury makes a furry friend.

Hiccup and Toothless are back for their third and final adventure. This time, an evil dragon poacher is out to hunt the final Night Fury. So our heroes are are looking for a new home for the dragons they’ve already rescued.

College student Tree is back in the time loop and this time, she knows why. A science experiment gone wrong has caused her to repeat the same day over and over again and she must find out who the new killer is before she dies permanently.

With his friends captured, Emmett Brickowski is on a mission to rescue them and stop Momaggedon. We here at Film Studies have been big fans of the Lego movies that have come out as of late but we’ve also seen what can happen with sequels to successful movies.

Glass is the long-awaited trilogy finale from M. Night Shyamalan. David Dunn, The Horde/Kevin Wendell Crumb, and “Mr. Glass” Elijah Price have been placed under the care of Dr. Ellie Staple who believes they are under the delusion that they are super-humans. But there may be more going on.

Well, another year has come and gone and it’s time, once again, to take a look back and honour the good (and not so good). From Avengers: Infinity War to Black Panther to A Quiet Place, all movies we’ve seen over the last 12 months are fair game with our annual awards. What were your favourites from this year?

Aquaman, the DCEU’s guardian of the seas, makes his big screen debut. Arthur Curry must face off against his half-brother Orm for control of the oceans before Orm declares war on the surface world.

Miles Morales was a normal kid – going to school, tagging street art, and avoiding his police officer father. But soon, he’s the new Spider-man. Now, he’s learning how to use his new powers, meeting Spider-people from different dimensions, and trying to stop evil villains from destroying New York City.

Too many movies and not enough to talk about all of them. But, in this condensed version of Film Studies, we give our quick, spoiler-free reviews of Robin Hood and Creed II. First, Robin of Loxly returns from the war and fights corruption in Nottingham. Then Adonis Creed is faced with the son of the man who killed his father.

It’s been 40 years since Michael Myers’ first killing spree and now he’s back and out for vengeance. He’s escpaed from prison and roaming the streets of Haddonfield again. But the traumatized Laurie Strode is on the hunt ready to settle the score with her former attacker.