When I say this was the busiest month for DC this year, I mean it. So much information came out. There's a lot to go over.
Monday, June 30, 2025
DCU Blog - June 2025 Edition: Superman World Tour, The Batman Sequel Script Completed and Clayface Cast
Sunday, June 29, 2025
My Review of Breakfast On Pluto (2005)
Friday, June 27, 2025
My Review of The Wicker Man (1973)
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Justice League Unlimited - Episodes 6-10 Reviews
In this batch of episodes, Supergirl has met her match, there are returning characters aplenty and new groups being formed.
Supergirl vs. Power Girl anyone? That's basically the premise of this episode as the former found herself getting blamed for the latter's antics. Green Arrow and The Question were paired with Kara, attempting to crack down the reasons for her bad dreams and low and behold, it's Cadmus at the heart of her problems. Of course Power Girl is actually a character called Galatea but this episode kicked off the ongoing Cadmus arc for the series. 6/10
And there's Booster Gold. He's a man from the future with aspirations of being a hero. Instead, he's more of an annoyance to the ever growing Justice League, who don't want to really deal with him. However this episode gave him a chance to step as a hero by going up against a scientist who turned himself into a black hole. Oh and he got a love interest too. 7/10
Oh this one lived up to its title. There was the return of Lex Luthor, who for once wasn't the villain of the piece. There was the return of Amazon, who was after Lex and a new purpose. There was also the return of Hawkgirl but that literally happened at the very last minute of the episode. Add to that the use of characters such as the Atom, John Stewart, the Guardians and Doctor Fate and this was quite the episode. 8/10
A few episodes we were introduced to Project Cadmus and now, we're back with them. That meant having the likes of Amanda Waller, Professor Hamilton and Maxwell Lord pop up on screen. It also meanst the introduction of their group known as the Ultramen. The same group who turned out to be a problem for the Justice League with the exception of Long Shadow. An okay introduction for the short-lived group. 6/10
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
My Review of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
My Review of I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Monday, June 23, 2025
My Review of Moonlight (2016)
Sunday, June 22, 2025
My Review of American Psycho (2000)
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Freddy's Nightmares - Episodes 11-15 Reviews
After a few more adult focused ones, this one took focus on high school football named John Warring (Damon Martin). He was having dreams of a serial killer named The Springwood Chopper and generally stressing out his girlfriend, Roni (Sarah Buxton) and coach (Jeff McCarthy). Eventually it turned out that John was actually the killer himself and he was sectioned privately. Or was he really the killer? Maybe it was the suspicious acting coach who did the killinfs and framed poor John. That's certainly one possibility with this episode. 6/10
Oh god, this episode was an absolute borefest. Veering closer to science fiction than horror, I just didn't care for this one at all. To it's credit, it did keep it's focus purely on guest character Amy (Mary Kohnert) as she realised that she was able to use her dreams to manipulate her past. This brought her to the attention of the CIA who wanted to use her talents to prevent the end of the world. George Lazenby guest starred in this deathly dull one. 3/10
After two somewhat dire episodes, this was a bit of an improvement. Mostly the first half where obituary writer, Peter (Aaron Harnick) got a more in depth experience into how certain people died. It was enough to make him want to stop writing for his father's paper but not enough to prevent his own death. The second half then focused on his girlfriend, Emily (Page Hannah), which was less interesting. There's a look into her dead friends tormenting her but I feel they should have kept the focus more on Peter with this one. He had the better plot. 7/10
Before he became one of the most famous movie stars on the planet, Brad Pitt guest starred in this show. In another universe, he could've been Jesse Walsh had Mark Patton not gotten the role. With this episode, Brad Pitt played Rick and along with Miranda (Kerry Wall), the two attempted to elope. Throughout this episode, they got mugged by an elderly couple, had snakes in their bed, one of them got trapped in a steam room and the other killed two couples. Then their domestic life wasn't much better with motherhood having Miranda lose her mind to throw point where she regressed by the end. It's also possible some of this stuff didn't happen either. 7/10
High school can be tough and here you've got two different guys dealing with different but relatable problems. First up, there's Steve (Andrew Kraus). His story had to do with his individuality and how everyone wanted to stamp it out. This included nightmares of the principal turning his students into mindless robots, which was enough to make Steve conform. Then there was Matt (Billy Morrissette). He aspired to be a musician. Everyone else wanted him to be a banker and ace his SATs. Matt has anxiety over that and appeared to fail in one dream and never do them in another. In a strange twist of events, it appeared that everything he really wanted ended up happening for him. 7/10
Friday, June 20, 2025
Justice League Unlimited - Episodes 1-5 Reviews
There's a few Superman stories that tend to pop up in other media often enough and this would be another one of them. It's Superman's birthday and Batman and Wonder Woman have presents for him. However Mongul got there first and with a parasitic creature, Superman got placed in a world where Krypton survived, his parents survived and both him and Lois/Lana hybrid were married and had a son. Of course, it would take a lot to snap Superman out of his idyllic false life and when he did, it didn't end particularly well for Mongul. 8/10
Probably my least favourite episode so far, which despite the introduction of the title characters, it was also a Wonder Woman focused episode. An episode where she's angry at a petty criminal but needed to recruit the title characters in order to stop Ares from stirring up a civil war in Europe while getting himself a new ally in the Annihilator from Hephaestus. Fans of The Wonder Years will recognise the voices of both Hawk and Dove but this was a rather dull episode. 4/10
Two Wonder Woman focused episodes in a row? What a treat but while the last one was a dull debut for a duo, this one introduced one of Diana's best enemies and then benched Diana for most of the time. The villain being Circe who got paroled from the Underworld and turned Wonder Woman into a pig. While Diana was on the loose, it was up to Batman and Zatanna to strike a deal with Circe in order for the witch to turn Wonder Woman back into her normal self. Add some unexpected singing and an amusing cameo from Medusa and I really loved this one. 9/10
Thursday, June 19, 2025
My Review of Beautiful Thing (1996)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
My Review of My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
My Review of Clown In A Cornfield (2025)
Monday, June 16, 2025
My Review of Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Freddy's Nightmares - Episodes 6-10 Reviews
Saturday, June 14, 2025
The Future Of Ryan Murphy Shows - Part 4
A surprise update here. I was going to hold this off until later in the year but a few tantalising bits have materialised the last few weeks.
Filming for 9-1-1: Nashville has begun and the cast has further expanded. Last time I mentioned Chris O'Donnell as Captain Don Sharpe and Jessica Capshaw as Blythe Warde along with LeAnn Rimes and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in undisclosed roles. Added to the cast include Michael Provost as Ryan, a cowboy firefighter as well as Don and Blythe's son. Then there's Hunter McVey as haunted bad boy firefighter Blue, Juanita Felix as former trauma surgeon Roxie and Hailey Kilgore as singer Taylor. Both Roxie and Taylor are also firefighters. The show will premiere in the Fall on ABC with the ninth season of parent show, 9-1-1.