Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Team Sonic has to deal with a new vengeful Hedgehog and dual Eggmen in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Escaping from a Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) prison facility off the coast of Japan, after being held in suspended animation for 50 years, Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) has a thirst for revenge for the loss…

Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself Hot Docs 2024

Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself

The career of filmmaker Michel Gondry is looked back upon in Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself. Beginning as the drummer for the band Oui Oui, Michel Gondry became an influential music video director for artists such as Björk, Daft Punk, the White Stripes and the Chemical Brothers. Moving into feature films in the mid-2000s, Michel…

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sonic teams with a new ally to face foes old and new in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Left on his own while Tom Wachowski (James Marsden) and his wife Maddie (Tika Sumpter) travel to Hawaii for the wedding of Maddie’s sister Rachel (Natasha Rothwell) to Randall (Shemar Moore), Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) is shocked…

Poster for the movie "Sonic the Hedgehog"

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Sega mascot heads to the big screen with Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic (Ben Schwartz) is a blue alien hedgehog, who is forced to leave his home planet since his superhuman ability to run at supersonic speeds makes him the target of those who want to take his power. Sonic has spent the last decade hiding…

The Bad Batch

The Bad Batch

A woman tries to survive in a dystopian desert prison in The Bad Batch. Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) is a young woman, who is sentenced to “The Bad Batch,” a gated Texas desert occupied by those considered outsiders to society. Nearly immediately, Arlen is captured by a gang of cannibals, who cut off her arm and…

nirvanna the band the show

nirvanna the band the show

Viceland presents the television series nirvanna the band the show, based on the original webseries of the same name by Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol. Matt and Jay are two members of a band, whose ultimate goal is to get a gig at the Rivoli club in Toronto. The two come up with a number of elaborate…

Dumb and Dumber To

Dumb and Dumber To

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reunite with the Farrelly Brothers for this sequel to the 1994 hit comedy Dumb and Dumber.  Lloyd (Carrey) reunites with Harry (Daniels) after spending two decades in a care home, as part of an extended gag.  Harry tells Lloyd that he needs to have a kidney transplant and that they…

Blindspot: Scrooge

Blindspot: Scrooge

Merry Christmas!  Since the timing is right, I thought that I would make my final film of this year’s blindspot series a holiday film.  I’ve seen many adaptations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol over the years.  However, I am ashamed to say that I never before saw the 1951 film Scrooge, which starred Alastair…

Yes Man

Yes Man

Jim Carrey has had a very interesting career, which I essentially grew up to (Ace Venture: Pet Detective came out when I was 11). You had this guy, who was relatively unknown, except for being “the white guy” on In Living Color. Suddenly he appears in three hit comedies in 1994, is cast as The…