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02/19/2026

Well, despite my initial reservations about making a Toy Story 5 (given how poorly I reviewed Toy Story 4), this trailer has me thinking that this might be a good movie.

Times may change but friends are forever is only in theaters June 19An all-new trailer and poster for Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated upcomin...

02/14/2026

Q***r entertainment and social/political issues coming together. Who would have thought??? 😉😉😉

Q***r s*x is resistance

02/12/2026

Good heavens, that was dark!!!

02/05/2026

This latest episode of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, was without question, the best episode thus far. It beautifully addressed DS9 in an incredibly heartwarming, and even surprising way!

Part of what makes this series so strong is the cast of characters. They are not purely good or bad. They’re just trying to be the best they know how, faults and all. This makes them relatable, especially that of SAM. By giving us great characters, the stage has been set for giving us great stories!

This series is only 5 episodes in, and I have already rewatched most of them multiple times. I’m once again seeing a world filled with optimism and hope. It’s a world I want to live in, but since I can’t, I’ll happily live in it vicariously through this amazing series!

01/20/2026

I finally watched “Tron: Ares.”

I approached this movie with great apprehension, but I was pleasantly surprised. This is actually a good movie, and the callbacks are pretty amusing, especially to the original “Tron.”

01/04/2026

I just finished watching “The War Between the Land and the Sea.”

It ended PRECISELY how I predicted it!

01/01/2026

That was a satisfying finale!

12/28/2025

Big thanks to

Hamish Downie, Joseph Andrew Gaxiola

for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

12/26/2025

Ben’s “Gay” Breakdown | Hockey and Love meet beautifully on the ice in “Heated Rivalry”

I realize I haven't written anything about this series, and that is entirely my own fault. You see, despite hearing all the rave reviews for "Heated Rivalry," I chose not to watch the series because I couldn't believe there would be any "happily ever after" for the show's two lead characters.

When will I ever learn?

"Heated Rivalry" is based on a book series by Rachel Reid titled "Game Changers," so why can't our lead characters have their (please pardon the expression) happy ending? My favorite MM Romance author, Tal Bauer, does it with all of the sports-themed books he has written, with three of them in the world of ice hockey, so why ot Reid's book?

Then I saw a YouTube video that summarized the major plot points for the third episode of this series, which focused on characters Scott Hunter and Kip Grady. In that video, things ended rather sadly, and it only reinforced my decision not to watch this series. However, when I saw a later YouTube video showing how episode 5 ended, I loudly said in my empty home, "I have GOT to watch this show now!" The proclamation scared one of my cats, who was lying on my lap, and ran for the other room. I have the claw marks on my legs to prove it!

So, I started from the beginning and just mainlined all the way through episode 5. Now, I was caught up with the rest of the world, waiting with great excitement for how this season would end. Will it end with a "happily for now" scene, or will we be delivered a cliffhanger?

This is an intense series, but it's also incredibly tender, and that credit goes to the two leading actors, Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov. Their on-screen chemistry is easily the best I've ever seen. Perhaps this stems from the fact that these two have admitted in countless interviews that they're best friends in real life.

With so many MM romance movies, it's clear that what we are seeing is a movie with two people playing characters who are supposed to be in love. However, many subtle indicators are often missing, ranging from a gentle touch to the degree of physical closeness. Because Hudson and Storrie are best friends, they, along with intimacy coordinator Chala Hunter, have managed to peel back all those layers we see in movies and television, giving us something raw, intimate, and beautiful. The acting from Williams and Storrie is some of the finest I have ever seen.

The supporting cast is equally excellent, especially François Arnaud as Scott Hunter, Christina Chang as Yuna Hollander, and Dylan Walsh as David Hollander. Walsh's performance is perhaps the most surprising because he has played very emotionally hard and cold characters, but as Shane's father, he shows a softness as a loving parent, which helps heighten Shane's character arc, especially in this final episode of the first season.

Special credit goes to Storrie as the wound-up and emotionally stiff Ilya. A moment of significance finally happens with Ilya, and Storrie delivers the performance perfectly as we literally see him unwind in a matter of seconds.

Watching these episodes in a run, as I have, the pacing and energy of each adapted episode is perfection. It's as if the entire series is alive and breathing. As episode 5 caught us on the inhale, viewers were left holding their breath as they waited for this final episode to drop, and they kept holding their breath throughout all of the turns that were delivered. Finally, as the episode came to its conclusion, this specific story didn't end with a bang or leave us holding our breath for season 2. Instead, it was like a gentle exhale, leaving us all to calmly contemplate what the future holds for these beloved characters.

There is nothing cheap or cliché about "Heated Rivalry." This series is brilliantly written, directed, and acted. I am now a fan!

I give this first season of "Heated Rivalry" 5 out of 5 love-crossed Hockey Sticks!!!

The entire first season of "Heated Rivalry" is available on streaming services like HBO Max (Max) and Crave (in Canada), with episodes available for streaming and purchase on platforms like Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV.

12/07/2025

I just finished watching the first two episodes of “The War Between the Land and the Sea.”

It wasn’t as bad as I feared it to be. I will be pleasantly surprised if it can maintain this level of quality through to the end.

07/14/2025

James Gunn's "Superman" Soars!!!

I just came back from seeing "Superman." Here are a few quick thoughts.

I was enjoying the movie, but it wasn't stirring me. I was waiting for that one iconic moment that has me cheering from my seat, and I was past halfway through the movie, and it wasn't happening... Until the small children raise the Superman flag and all the people start chanting "SUPERMAN, SUPERMAN." That did it! That was the moment I was waiting for!

The cast was fantastic! Nicholas Hoult NAILED Lex Luthor. For the first time, we got the right Luthor. As good as Hackman was, he was too comedic. Kevin Spacey merely carried that character along, and don't even get me started on Jesse Eisenberg's take on Luthor. It was a performance I absolutely loathed. Now, we have the right Lex Luthor!!!

Rachel Brosnahan as Lois was perfection! I could almost feel her channeling Margot Kidder while giving her own spin at the same time. She was the ideal choice to play Lois opposite Corenswet's Clark/Superman.

David Corenswet IS Superman! He will forever stand alongside all the other cinematic actors who have played Superman (not Dean Cain). I had reservations after seeing the incredible Henry Cavill (despite how much I despised "Man of Steel" and was disappointed by "Batman v Superman."). Corenswet has stepped up to the plate and delivered a powerful home run!!!

Having said that, I have my issues...

The first is purely trivial, and it deals with Krypto. First, Krypto is supposed to be a rather intelligent and even well-behaved dog. As much as I loved Krypto in this movie, turning him into a willful and sometimes disobedient dog didn't quite work with me. Also, Krypto is NOT Kara's dog. Her pet is a cat named Streaky. Krypto IS supposed to be Kal-El's dog.

The big one, however, was the shift in canon, which occurred when it was realized that Jor-El and Lara sent Kal-El to Earth to rule over the people. I know there have been some canonical changes in the comic over the years that have shifted Jor-El and Lara from being loving biological parents into unfeeling aliens, but that change has never quite taken hold. Inevitably, Jor-El and Lara are portrayed as good people, so hearing this change in the story was quite shocking and even unsettling. I kept waiting for a scene to appear that showed Lex had paid off all the language experts to report the distorted final message, but we never got it. The argument could be made that it was needed in order for Pa Kent's conversation with Clark to have any meaning, but I disagree. I still think that discussion could have happened to help Clark reconnect with his humanity, and then vindicate his biological parents later towards the end of the movie.

Still, with those points, I found this to be a highly enjoyable movie. I have to admit that Christopher Reeve's "Superman" still holds the top spot. For me, that is the blueprint for all of the superhero movies that followed, and it gave me that emotional rush that made me believe I could fly at the end of the movie. Nevertheless, this new "Superman" does come in at a close second place. It is the most "comic book" type of movie I've seen in a long time. The addition of Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner (that could not have been played better), Isabel Merced as Hawkgirl (we need more on her), and Edi Gathegi (he nearly stole the movie) as Mr. Terrific, added the perfect mix to an almost perfect movie! I must also mention it was a delight to see the late Christopher Reeve's son, Will, playing a reporter in one scene. It was a moment that brought a smile to my face.

"Superman" is an enjoyable movie (although I fail to see why some people consider it "woke"), and it certainly sets the stage for the future of the DC Movie Universe!!!

I give "Superman" 3.5 out of 5 Kryptos!!!