Chuck's Movie Breakdown

       Hey guys, Chuck here. And, I just got back from seeing DC Studios' new film Clayface , directed by James Watkins, and starring Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan.        Set in Gotham City, Clayface follows Matt Hagen, a rising actor who volunteers for an experimental procedure to fix his disfigured face, only to discover his body has become remade into one made of living clay, and he himself is becoming a polymorph capable of changing his body into anything or anyone.          Now, I will say that while Clayface has elements of body horror due to Matt's newfound abilities, the film itself is more of a tragedy. We see Matt go from being on top, to being on the bottom because of his disfigurement, to using his new abilities to get even with those who wronged him. But, while it's easy to empathize with him, it's not done to the point where we don't eventually want to see his be stopped by B...

       Hey guys, Chuck here. Street Fighter , directed by Kitao Sakurai, marks the third live-action adaptation of the iconic fighting game franchise by Capcom, and stars Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i, David Dastmalchian, Mel Jarnson, Cody Rhodes, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Olivier Richters, Eric André, Rayna Vallandingham, Andrew Schultz, Vidyut Jammwal, Don Lee, and Jason Momoa.        Set in 1993, six years after Ryu won the first World Warriors Tournament in 1987, the power hungry leader of Shadaloo, M. Bison, decides to host a second World Warriors Tournament in Metrolao City. Among the roster of fighters this time is Ryu's friend, Ken Masters, who is up against the best fighters in the world, such as Guile, Vega, Balrog, Zangief, Joe, and Dhalsim. But, the tournament itself is a trap, not only by Bison, but by the demonic warrior Akuma, who seeks to fight the ultimate opponent.       ...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, fans have waited decades to see Tim Burton do a take on The Addams Family , and we got it in the form of a Netflix series. Wednesday , developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, stars Jenna Ortega as a teenaged Wednesday Addams, and also features the likes of Gwendoline Christie, Emma Myers, Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, and as the remaining members of the Addams Family: Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Luis Guzmán as Gomez, Isaac Ordonez as Pugsley, Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester, and Joanna Lumley as Grandmama.        So, the series opens on an ordinary high school where, after pulling her brother Pugsley out of a locker, Wednesday Addams gets revenge by dropping two bags of piranha into the pool during a swim team practice, leading to her expulsion. This prompts her parents, Gomez and Morticia, to send her to their alma mater: the boarding school Nevermore Academy. During her time at Nevermore, Wedne...

       Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, I just went to check out DreamWorks Animation's new movie Forgotten Island , which features the voice talents of H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto, and Lea Salonga.          Set in the '90s, Forgotten Island follows the story of Jo and Raissa, two lifelong friends in the Philippines who are about to part ways, as Raissa is preparing to travel to America to attend college at CalTech. However, the night before Raissa is set to leave, the two girls find a sand dollar, which opens the portal to the land of Nakali, where they find they had a hell of an adventure, but wake up unable to remember it. Can they regain their memories, find the portal key, and return home, or will the island consume their most precious memories?         Okay, so, the island of Nakali, as well as the many mythical creatures that inhabit it, a come from Filipino mythology, and all real...

       Hey guys, Chuck here, and this is my review of new movie Resident Evil , based on the game franchise by Capcom. Co-written and directed by Zach Cregger, this movie stars Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Will Merrick, and Paul Walter Hauser.        So, the movie follows Bryan, a medical courier assigned to deliver a vital medical package to the general hospital in Raccoon City, where a deadly mutagenic virus has been unleashed by the Umbrella Corporation. In Bryan's path are deadly monsters that he must get past to make his delivery in tact.         So, obviously, this plot is one made specifically for this movie, as are the characters in the movie. The only elements from the Resident Evil games in this movie are the location, Raccoon City, and the Umbrella Corporation unleashing a deadly mutagenic virus. And, you know what? The movie still works even without such characters as Albert Wesker, or Leon Kennedy, o...

      Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, it's spooky season once again, which means HallowScream begins again. To kick things off, let's take a look at Martin Scorsese's 2010 thriller Shutter Island , based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Ted Levine, Jackie Earle Haley, Patricia Clarkson, Max Von Sydow, and Ben Kingsley.         The movie focuses on a pair of U.S. Marshals, Edward "Teddy" Daniels, a war veteran who was at the liberation of Dachau, and Chuck Aule, who are sent to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Ashecliffe, a mental hospital located on Shutter Island and built from a military compound left over from the Civil War. Teddy and Chuck are taken from the docks to Ashecliffe by the facility's deputy warden, who explains the three main wards: Ward A for male patients, Ward B for female patients, and Ward C for the most dangerous patients on the island, ...