December 2018

Rain Man was first released in December of 1988. To say people were more ignorant about autism back then would be a vast understatement. In fact, I doubt this film would be made today — …

Picture this: an elderly U.S Army veteran who grows and sells flowers decides to become a drug runner in a time of need. Clint Eastwood directs and returns to act in a film that fits …

It seems that I am now MovieBabble’s go-to guy for correspondence on very controversial motion pictures. Films that disgusted and angered critics and audiences now seem to be my specialty. After the LSD-induced, neon-drenched nightmare …

Spider-Man films have a history of being hit or miss. As long as Sony as it at the wheel, the quality of these films will continue to vary across the board. When Sony first announced …

I’m always looking for that little cinematic gem that hardly gets any notice. As time goes by, I’ve become continuously jaded about the Hollywood blockbuster — especially the kind produced by a certain corporate Mouse. …

On December 15th, 1978, Richard Donner made the world believe a man could fly. Superman was a watershed in special effects, music, and most importantly, how we see superheroes on the big screen. In a …

Y’all ever watch a particularly scary kids movie and wonder how in the heck it only got a PG or G rating? I usually have no quarrels with the MPAA rating system. I think it’s …

Dumplin’ will probably be the last Netflix movie I review this year, and thank god it is, because it is an absolutely fantastic treat to end the year on. Be warned though, you might find …

Famous Shark Tank mogul Kevin O’Leary once noted that unions are about “the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.” Though quotes are often used to oversimplify stories, ideas, and concepts, …

Nobody asked for Once Upon a Deadpool. There was no need for Once Upon a Deadpool. However, Disney takes over Fox in less than a month and so the studio, like Deadpool in the first …

It’s as if it was only yesterday that we watched Disney’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book in theaters. Now Warner Bros. and Netflix are teaming up to deliver Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Comparisons between the two …

Before any comic book nerds come at me telling me about the numerous superhero universes there are, please keep in mind that the last time I read something was in elementary school. I no longer …

With industry mainstays like Pixar and Illumination earning billions of dollars by curating animated films for families, it’s no wonder that animation is often tossed aside, typecast as cartoons for younger audiences. But there are …

Christmas is fast approaching, and as much as I am looking forward to the festivities, I know that when Christmas finally comes, it will be over way too soon. At this point, I find myself …

The following article on Disney and its outlook for 2019 was published in its original form on 71Republic on December 2nd.  Disney has always been a successful studio. One that often times has branded itself through …

Every genre has it’s own standard narrative. In the romantic comedy genre, the standard narrative is as follows: There is a meet cute for the lead couple, their relationship or lack thereof builds, there is …

In the film industry, a popular concept is drawing inspiration to preexisting material like books or video games, etc. Each type of adaptation has it draws, but also its downfalls. Now, there is a high …

What are the chances Mortal Engines survives this holiday season from the clutches of Into the Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Marry Poppins Returns, and Bumblebee combined? Slim, I tell you. Universal might have overestimated their chances when it came to its marketability in such …

The nominations for the 2019 Golden Globes are out, and let me just say, there are some interesting choices. I was wondering whether I should pen this, since online lynch mobs are not my cup …

If you received an email titled “NEWLY SINGLE for MovieBabble?”, what would you think? Personally, I thought that MovieBabble had been taken over and was now a spam dating website, but then I read the …

Mississippi Burning is thirty years old this month. Based on real events that occurred in 1964, 54 years ago, it depicts the way racism divides and destroys the community. In 1964, three civil rights workers …

A Christmas Prince was a hot favorite from Netflix last year, not because it was a good movie, but mainly for the cheesy feel-good type of way it conducted itself. I was very much on …

For the longest time, The Deer Hunter was one of those movies that I knew I should watch, but never got around to doing so, that is until my father essentially forced me to sit down and …

There’s a running joke in my house started by my sweet mother that anything can be a Christmas movie if you make enough harebrained connections in your head. Does the movie include Christmas at some …

Even though I praised November for its merits, it wasn’t without its faults (that’s VERY clear considering the movies I’ll discuss here). What makes it even more frustrating is that many of these films are …

Sliding Doors, though released 20 years ago, is probably a movie that looks familiar to you. It wouldn’t have been a movie you went to see in the cinema, or decided to watch with any …

Netflix put out a new animated movie just in time for the Christmas season entitled Angela’s Christmas. This movie isn’t anything groundbreaking, but since it’s only 30 minutes long and you’re probably sick of watching Elf or Home Alone for the fiftieth time, …

Filth was released way back in 2013 but after completing my article on the top 10 James McAvoy performances, I decided to re-watch it. If you’ve read any of my posts before, you’ll know I …

Every genre has at least one defining film that comes to mind when thinking of or discussing the genre. When one thinks of Holocaust films, there one film that automatically comes to mind: Schindler’s List. …

November is an underrated movie month. Thanksgiving sees plenty of blockbusters roll into theaters to take advantage of people being off work and spending time with their families. We also get plenty of Oscar hopefuls …