Chuck's Movie Breakdown

     Hey guys, Chuck here. As we all know, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was, and continues to be, extremely successful and popular. This led a number of film studios to begin making plans for their own cinematic universes, including Warner Bros. with their DC Comics properties. Now, while Zack Snyder only really had a trilogy in mind, which consisted of Man of Steel , Batman v Superman , and Justice League , Warner Bros. had crafted an entire shared universe of DC movies around Snyder's films, which included a film that took a number of well-known supervillains and put them together on a black ops unit where they carried out high-risk missions in exchange for ten years taken off from their prison sentences. This is Suicide Squad .       Kicking off some time after the death of Superman during the climax of Batman v Superman (check out that review for details), government agent Amanda Waller, played by Viola Davis, proposes assembling what she refer...

    Hey guys, Chuck here. Despite the film having split both critics and audiences down the middle, Man of Steel was financially successful enough to receive a sequel, which led many DC fans speculating which of Superman's adversaries we'd see Henry Cavill's Superman face off against. Some fans speculated the likes of Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Metallo, and even Bizarro. However, at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con event, during a Hall H panel, actor Harry Lennix was asked by Zack Snyder to read the following passage from Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns": "I want you to remember, Clark, in all the years to come in your most private moments. I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you." After that passage was read, a logo featuring the Superman emblem superimposed over the logo of a bat, revealing that Superman would next square off against Batman. However, would the first ever big screen clash betwee...

     Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, since I took a look at the most recent DC Extended Universe film, Birds of Prey , back when it was in theaters in February, I think now is the time to take a look at the rest of the DCEU films. And what better one to start with that 2013's Man of Steel ? Directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, this film came about when, during development on The Dark Knight Rises , writer David S. Goyer came up with the idea to re-invent Superman in a realistic way, and well, let's take a look at the end result of that concept. This is Man of Steel .      We open with Jor-El and his wife Lara on the planet Krypton, as Lara gives birth to a son, making that boy Krypton's first natural-born child in centuries since the implementation of artificial population control. Some time later, Jor-El attempts to persuade the Kryptonian council of the impending danger due to the core of Krypton starting to collapse, which will destroy...

     Hey guys, Chuck here. You know, there are some movies you hope that you never have to review. Well, this is one of those movies. Ladies and gentlemen: Fred: The Movie . For those of you who have most likely forgotten by now, Fred Figglehorn, or Fred for short, was a fictional character created for YouTube by Lucas Cruikshank. Fred was distinct for his over-the-top mannerisms and sped-up chipmunk voice, which was the bane of many on YouTube. Not only that, but before other YouTubers began producing T-shirts for fans to purchase, Fred had a whole slew of merchandise made such as toys, lunchboxes, t-shirts, and a Christmas album of all things. In other words, not only was he a YouTube annoyance, but Fred was also a complete and utter sell-out. Oh, but his selling out didn't end with all the merchandise, because in 2010, it was announced that a feature-length Fred movie was being produced, eventually going from a planned theatrical release to being produced for Nickelode...

    Hey guys, Chuck here. For today's review, let's talk about the 2008 film Death Race . Directed by Alien vs. Predator and Mortal Kombat director Paul W. S. Anderson,  Death Race was based on Roger Corman's 1970's cult film Death Race 2000 , a film about a cross-country road rally where drivers mowed down pedestrians to rack up points. The 2008 film, however, focuses on a track race on an island penitentiary where imprisoned convicts drive around the track and shoot at each other. Hence, the film takes just as many cues from the vehicular combat video game series Twisted Metal , specifically the PS2 game Twisted Metal Black , as it does from Death Race 2000 .      The movie opens with a text that states that in the future, after the American economy collapsed, crime rates spiraled out of control, and the criminal justice system reached a critical breaking point, which led to federal penitentiaries being run by private corporations for profit. At one suc...