The Super Mario Bros. Movie: plumbers and monkeys and turtles, oh my!

Will Sorg – Movies Guy Even before I owned a Nintendo Wii, I was a Mario fan. I remember asking to play Mario games on other people’s Nintendo DS’s when I rode the bus in elementary school, and playing online browser games just to get a chance to play something even half-related to the series. When I actually got a Wii, I endlessly played as … Continue reading The Super Mario Bros. Movie: plumbers and monkeys and turtles, oh my!

Renfield: Nicolas Cage vs. Nicholas

Will Sorg – Movies Guy This last weekend saw the theatrical opening of Renfield. The horror action-comedy takes the characters of Dracula and his servant R.M. Renfield and recontextualizes them in the modern day as a toxic, codependent relationship. The film is a flop; it is being absolutely ripped to pieces at the box office. It was released only a few weeks after Super Mario … Continue reading Renfield: Nicolas Cage vs. Nicholas

The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa: Abject Suffering In Movie Form

Will Sorg – Movie Guy This is not the worst movie I have ever seen. It is certainly the only movie I have gotten paid to review that I would describe as utterly worthless, devoid of all passion, and genuinely garbage, but it is not the worst movie I have ever seen. Let me take you back to a simpler time. You remember the I … Continue reading The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa: Abject Suffering In Movie Form

Movies From The Library: Pride and Prejudice

Will Sorg – Movie Guy Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice is one of the few period piece films from the 21st century that perfectly continue the legacy of its forebears. The film is built on the foundation of the lavish period pieces of the 20th century. Grand epics like Bondarchuk’s War and Peace or Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Pride and Prejudice

Top Ten Movies of 2022

Will Sorg – Movies Guy Crimes of The Future: David Cronenberg’s newest film is a criminally underseen film that questions humankind’s relationship to our environment and provides horrifying commentary on what our society may collapse into if we continue to damage the earth. It is not something I would recommend to most people, but if you like body horror, no one does it better than … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2022

Movies From Swank: Green Book

Will Sorg – Movies Guy The Oscars are this weekend, and in terms of nominations, it’s a great year with a lot of solid movies up for awards including the always contentious best picture. Besides 2016’s Moonlight win that was undercut by accidentally announcing La La Land, there hasn’t been a best picture winner in recent years with as much controversy as the 2018 film … Continue reading Movies From Swank: Green Book

Movies From The Library: Singin’ in The Rain

Will Sorg – Movie Guy In 1927, for the first time in America, it was possible for the average person to go to a movie and not only see what was happening on screen, but hear it as well. Early talking films were rough, awkward, and gimmicky, but that did not matter to audiences. Talking films immersed audience members even more deeply into the experience … Continue reading Movies From The Library: Singin’ in The Rain