Chuck's Movie Breakdown

         Hey guys, Chuck here. Happy New Year. It's officially 2025, which means we have a new year's worth of movies to get through, and by comparison to a somewhat lackluster 2024, 2025 looks to be a banger year at the box office. So, without further ado, here are my Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2025 .           Before we get started, here are a couple Honorable Mentions: Ballerina : this John Wick  spin-off sees Ana De Armas as a ballerina trained to be an assassin;  Saw XI : John Kramer returns, once again, with a new set of traps and games after the success of Saw X ; Five Nights at Freddy's 2 : the surprise success of 2023 is followed up by a new chapter with a new set of killer animatronics; Wolf Man : Universal and Blumhouse re-team with The Invisible Man  director Leigh Whannell for this reimagining of a Universal monster classic; A Minecraft Movie : a live-action/CGI adaptation of the once-popular video...

         Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, we've reached the end of the year, which means it's time to count down my Top 10 Favorite Movies of 2024 . Now, while this past year has been, well, disappointing to say the least, it was still a recovery year coming off of the massive Hollywood Labor Strikes of 2023. So, let's just count our blessings we had such a decent turnout of films for this past year.          Before we get to the Top 10 , here are a few honorable mentions: Bad Boys: Ride or Die : a fun fourth outing for the action-comedy franchise, with fun performances by Martin Lawrence and Will Smith; Furiosa : George Miller's prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road  was filled with action and memorable performances by Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire : the newest  Ghostbusters flick had lots of fun new elements mixed in with plenty of member berries; Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire : Godzilla and Kong retur...

           Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, another year has reached its end. And, of course, with that in mind, it's time for me to rank my favorite new television series of 2024. Now, to qualify for this list, a show has to have both debuted and completed its season in 2024. So, as much as I am currently enjoying series like Star Wars: Skeleton Crew  and DC Studios' Creature Commandos , neither of those two shows will wrap until January, so it wouldn't be fair to include them on this list. As for the ones that did make it, here we go:            #8  - Avatar: The Last Airbender : Netflix's live-action adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon cartoon wasn't perfect, but was a decent start, and certainly a much better adaptation than the 2010 M. Night Shyamalan film The Last Airbender.           #7  - Knuckles : the Paramount+ spin-off to the Sonic the Hedgehog movies was a ton of fun, with more ...

        Alright guys, Chuck here, and this is my review of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , the latest film in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series. This film sees the returns of Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Lee Majdoub, Tom Butler, Natasha Rothwell, and Shemar Moore, who are joined by the likes of Krysten Ritter and Alyla Browne. Also returning are Ben Schwartz as the voice of Sonic, Colleen O'Shaughnessy as the voice of Tails, and Idris Elba as the voice of Knuckles, and they are joined by Keanu Reeves as the voice of Shadow.         So, this movie sees Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles coming face-to-face with Shadow the Hedgehog, a being that fell to Earth years before and was being used in a secret government project once overseen by Dr. Gerald Robotnik. Teaming up with their human allies, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles must confront Shadow and Gerald, along with Gerald's grandson Dr. Ivo Robotnik, who returns after his previous defeats at the hand...

        Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, we're at the end of another 12 Reviews of Christmas , which means only one thing: it's time to discuss yet another version of A Christmas Carol . This year, we're talking about one of the more... intriguing takes on the Charles Dickens classic: Blackadder's Christmas Carol  starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, Miranda Richardson, Miriam Margolyes, and Jim Broadbent.         So, for a bit of context, Blackadder  was a BBC comedy series starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson as various iterations of two men, Edmund Blackadder and Baldrick, in various points of British history, such as the Middle-Ages, the Elizabethan era, and the British Regency. In each era, Blackadder was always portrayed as an insufferable asshole, while Baldrick was portrayed as a dimwitted lapdog. Each season was also notable for having additional cast members unique to each seas...

       Hey guys, Chuck here. This year marks the 110th anniversary of arguably one of the most important moments in modern world history. On Christmas Eve in 1914, in the midst of World War I, soldiers from opposing fronts agreed to a ceasefire in commemoration of the Christmas holiday. So, to commemorate the anniversary of the event, today for 12 Reviews of Christmas , I would like to take a look at the 2005 foreign film Joyeux Noël , starring Benno Fürmann, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, and Alex Ferns, and written and directed by Christian Carion.         So, Joyeux Noël is a fictitious recounting of the actual historical event, and it tells a story of six characters: Gordon, a Scottish lieutenant, Audebert, a French lieutenant, Horstmayer, a Jewish-German lieutenant, Father Palmer, a Scottish priest serving as a chaplain, and opera singers Nikolaus Sprink and Anna Sørensen. As the Christmas holiday approaches, Ni...