by Matt Freeman | Dec 16, 2015 | Movie Reviews, The Daly Planet Podcast, Uncategorized
Sometimes having an entertainment podcast is about having great intellectual conversations and movies, TV, and books. And sometimes it’s just a really good excuse to sit around nerding out about a movie for 90 minutes. This episode is the latter. This week, Matt,...
by Matt Freeman | Dec 9, 2015 | Movie Reviews, The Daly Planet Podcast, Uncategorized
On this week’s podcast Matt and Scott are joined once again by Daniel Freeman to discuss whether Man of Steel is a good movie or not. Daniel and Matt have decided to take the interesting stance of saying yes, while Scott correctly declares it a failed movie. Lots of...
by Matt Freeman | Dec 1, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
One of the most surprising things about The Hunger Games series is how good it’s been. The films, adapted from the Suzanne Collins novels of the same name, have elevated the source material into one of the better science fiction series in recent years. While the books...
by Matt Freeman | Nov 9, 2015 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
Full disclosure: I’ve never been a real fan of the James Bond franchise. I’ve seen most of the films before, but they just don’t appeal to me. They’re mindless action with a main character who really isn’t a character at all. It wasn’t until Daniel Craig’s turn at...
by Matt Freeman | Oct 15, 2015 | Essay, Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
This article contains spoilers for Pan, but that shouldn’t matter because you should never see this movie because it’s fucking terrible. Origin stories are almost universally bad. If the most important part of a character’s story was its origin, that is where the...
by Matt Freeman | Oct 8, 2015 | Essay, Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
“The two most destructive words in the English language are ‘good job.’” Our culture cannot even accept that Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) might have a point when he makes this statement. It is coded in our minds as a semantic tag marking Fletcher as “The Villain”. But...
