Chuck's Movie Breakdown

     Hey guys, Chuck here. One of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic has been new theatrical releases. And while we still have a handful of movies still set for release in theaters over the next few months, like Death on the Nile , Dune , No Time to Die , and Wonder Woman 1984 , a large chunk of theatrical releases have been either delayed until next year, or got switched to release on a streaming platform. Which brings us to today's review of Netflix's newest feature film: Enola Holmes . Based on a series of books called The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer, this movie was set to release theatrically, courtesy of Warner Bros. However, due to theaters shutting down due to COVID-19, Legendary Pictures moved distribution to Netflix. But, was this decision for the best? Let's find out as we take a look at Enola Holmes .        So the main focus of this movie is Enola, played by Millie Bobby Brown, who lives in the countryside with...

     Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, we've made it. This will be the last DCEU movie I review until the release of Wonder Woman 1984 . Hard to believe that we've made it to this point. What started with a review of Man of Steel wraps up with this: my review of Shazam! .      The movie opens up in 1974, where a young Thaddeus Sivana is on a Christmas trip with his father and older brother, when suddenly he is mystically transported to the Rock of Eternity, which is a cavern belonging to an ancient wizard. The wizard has chosen Sivana to be his successor, but after failing a test of purity, the wizard sends him back. An upset Sivana, returned to his family's car, causes an accident that kills his older brother, and seriously injures his father. Years later, we meet 14-year-old foster child Billy Batson, who has repeatedly run from foster homes in search of his birth mother, who had lost track of him at a local fair in Philadelphia ten years prior. Billy is taken...

     Hey guys, Chuck here. After the theatrical release of Justice League , Warner Bros. decided to focus less on the shared universe aspect of the DC Extended Universe in favor of stories focused on individual characters or groups of characters. And the first film to be released of this new post- Justice League DCEU was Aquaman .      The movie opens in 1985, with lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry, played by Temuera Morrison, who rescues Atlantean Queen Atlanna, played by Nicole Kidman, who washes up on the rocks near his lighthouse. The two get along really well, and eventually fall in love despite her being betrothed to an Atlantean royal named Orvax. Thoman and Atlanna have a son together, Arthur, but Atlanna is forced to return to Atlantis when soldiers, on orders from Orvax, arrive to bring her back to Atlantis. As the years go by, Arthur grows up, receives training from Nuidis Vulko, played by Willem Dafoe, and learns to harness his skills to become th...

     Hey guys, Chuck here. In 2014, when Warner Bros. slate of DC Comics films was announced, the one film that myself, among all other DC fans, got really excited about was the announcement of Justice League . This was it, DC's big response to Marvel's big superhero team-up film The Avengers . However, there was apparently a lot of behind-the-scenes issues, with the original cut that Zack Snyder handed in being disliked by the studio, and when Zack had to step away due to a family tragedy, Joss Whedon, who directed The Avengers for Marvel, stepped in to direct a series of re-shoots, and oversee the post-production of the theatrical cut of Justice League . And it is with a heavy heart that, unfortunately, this is the version I'll be reviewing at this moment. Here it is, the theatrical cut of Justice League .      Returning actors in this movie include Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jeremy Irons, Connie Nielsen, and Diane Lane. Actors feat...

    Hey guys, Chuck here. Over the years, ever since the earliest years of superhero feature films, studios have made attempts at female-led superhero films, with the likes of Supergirl with Helen Slater, Catwoman with Halle Berry, and Elektra with Jennifer Garner. Unfortunately, all three movies  were just outright terrible, with Catwoman being the worst of them. However, in 2017, a year after the character made her big screen debut in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice , actress Gal Gadot got the chance to lead her own solo superhero film, and with a sequel on the way, now is an excellent time to take a look at the 2017 film: Wonder Woman .      The movie opens with Diana Prince, played by Gal Gadot, who is at the Louvre in Paris, receiving a briefcase from Bruce Wayne, containing several mementos belonging to Steve Trevor, played by Chris Pine. We flash back to Diana's childhood on Themyscira, the secluded island home of the Amazons, where she i...