Chuck's Movie Breakdown

          Hey guys, Chuck here, and we're finally in the month of December, which means we're just days away from the start of 12 Reviews of Christmas . And since we're officially in the holiday season, I thought I'd start a little early with my review of the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special: Voyage of the Damned.            Picking up where we last left the Doctor, after parting ways with Martha Jones, who was the Companion for the third season, Voyage of the Damned starts off with the bow of a steamliner in the side of the TARDIS. After the Doctor undoes the damage and properly boards the TARDIS onto the steamliner, we learn that it is the Starship Titanic , a cosmic cruise ship made by a company owned by Max Capricorn.           The Doctor then checks his surroundings, and it's here where he meets and befriends a ship staff member named Astrid. Astrid reveals that she joined the crew to see other wo...

           Hey guys, Chuck here, and I hope you guys had a great week this past week. For me, it's been an insanely busy one, but with 12 Reviews of Christmas on the horizon, I definitely have a lot to look forward to. However, before we wrap up the month of November, let's take a look at one of my favorite action franchises from Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer: National Treasure.           Directed by Jon Turtletaub, the original National Treasure was released in 2004, and its sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets was released in 2007. Both films were headlined by Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates, or Ben Gates for short, as he follows a trail of clues leading to a treasure of great significance to American history. Also leading the franchise along with Cage are Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, and Harvey Keitel.            So, let's start with the first National Treasure, ...

          Hey guys, Chuck here, and this is easily one of the most difficult reviews I've ever done. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 war epic directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and loosely inspired by the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness . Coppola, in a bid to update the original story's themes of British Imperialism, changes the setting to the jungles of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. However, the reason I find this movie to be difficult to review is due to the fact that it's a journey into the mind of a US soldier who has faced the genuine insanity of the war in Vietnam. But, because I appreciate all of my readers, I'm going to do my best. So, here's Apocalypse Now.          So, the movie focuses on Capt. Ben Willard, who has returned to Vietnam after struggling to return to life in the US after his first tour. After an all-night drinking bender, Willard is taken to the field headquarters in Nha Trang, where Lieutenant General R. Corma...

          Hey guys, Chuck here, and this is something I have been wanting to discuss for a few weeks now. In the most recent Doctor Who special, titled The Power of the Doctor , viewers witnessed the regeneration from the previous incarnation of the shape-shifting, time-traveling Doctor, who was portrayed by actress Jodie Whittaker. Now, many assumed that, given the casting announcement of Ncuti Gatwa, and his name is pronounced "shoo-tee" by the way, we would see the 30 year old Rwandan-Scottish actor take over the role. Surprisingly, what we saw instead was a regeneration from Jodie Whittaker to David Tennant, who previously portrayed the Tenth Doctor from 2005-2010, reprising the role for the 50th anniversary special in 2013. However, this time it's not the Tenth Doctor that Tennant is portraying this time, but the Fourteenth.           So, what the hell is going on here? Why is a previous actor playing a new incarnation of the D...

          Happy Friday, everybody. Chuck here, and we're taking a look at Disenchanted , the 2022 sequel to 2007's Enchanted . This film just released on Disney+, and sees the returns of actors Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Idina Menzel, and they are joined by newcomers like Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Gabriella Baldacchino, Oscar Nunez, and Kolton Stewart. Meanwhile, in addition to returning producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson, we have a new director in the form of Adam Shankman, who is best known for directing Disney films like The Pacifier and Bedtime Stories , as well as big screen adaptations of the stage musicals Hairspray, which also featured James Marsden,   and Rock of Ages.          So, it's been ten years since the events of the first Enchanted, and Giselle is happily married to Robert, making her the stepmother of his now teenage daughter Morgan. On top of that, Giselle and ...

            Hey guys, Chuck here, and it is with a heavy heart that I post today's review. This past Thursday, the world tragically lost voice actor Kevin Conroy. Now, of you don't know his name, you will probably know the one superhero he's most famous for being the voice of: Batman. From cartoons to video games, heck even playing a live-action version of the character during the DC/CW crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths , this man was for '90s kids what Adam West was for children of the '60s and '70s: the definitive Batman. But, his tenure as the Dark Knight started with an animated Saturday Morning cartoon series simply known as Batman: The Animated Series.   Now, admittedly, I'm using the name Batman: The Animated Series as a blanket title for two different cartoon series: Batman: The Animated Series , which is later re-titled The Adventures of Batman & Robin , and The New Batman Adventures. The former would get its start on the Fox ...

           Hey guys, Chuck here, and well, the clue in my last post was a hint at today's review, where we wrap up, until next November at least, the Hunger Games franchise with the two-part film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' Mockingjay . Once again directed by Francis Lawrence, this movie sees the return of Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Wright, Paula Malcolmson, Stanley Tucci, Willow Shields, Jena Malone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Donald Sutherland, with newcomers including the likes of Mahershala Ali, Natalie Dormer, Wes Chatham, Elden Hensen, Patina Miller, Stef Dawson, and Julianne Moore, with minor roles by Gwendoline Christie and Robert Knepper.           So, Part One starts off with Katniss Everdeen in District 13, where one of the higher-ranking soldiers, Boggs, takes her to meet with the leader of the rebel underground based in District 13....