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Tag Archives: Drama

The Boys season 1 review

24 Saturday Aug 2019

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Action, Comedy, Drama, superhero

“Diabolical.”  What a super, super word.

by Thom Yee

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The Boys images courtesy of Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios

In a lot of ways, the history of our work here at GOO Reviews can be directly mapped against the emergence (and eventual domination) of superhero movies over the last decade.  The very first movie review ever written for this site and the very first review ever published on this site was an Avengers review.  We’ve reviewed every single Marvel Cinematic Universe movie and every other major superhero movie released since then, and sometimes it seems like the only thing that keeps us going is superhero movie reviews.  We’ve watched and reviewed superhero movies good and bad, waxed lyrical and philosophical over their beauty and place in society, and pontificated on the powerful message and principles they have for us in the world we live in today.

All of which is to say that… we’ve probably wasted a lot of time.

Our time and yours. Continue reading →

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood review

03 Saturday Aug 2019

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Comedy, Drama, Tarantino

It’s official, old buddy

by Thom Yee

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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood images courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing

A lot has been made lately of the diminishing value of star power in Hollywood.  Chris Hemsworth, for instance, is a popular actor right now, well-liked, men want to be him and be with him and like that, and yet outside of his Marvel work, movies in which he stars rarely do well, usually underperform, and even fail to achieve their goal of launching new franchises (see:  Blackhat, Men in Black:  International).  Tom Cruise, who, in many respects, could be considered the ultimate movie star working today, rarely has a non-Mission: Impossible movie that’s a full-on hit these days and has even had his own recent failure to launch an intended franchise with the 2017 Mummy remake (remember the Dark Universe)?  Movie stars just aren’t what they used to be, generally adding to a movie’s appeal but rarely getting it done on their own (though to be fair, most of those movies I just mentioned were pretty bad [I thought I was completely lost watching Men in Black:  International because I couldn’t stay awake, but it turns out it was just poorly written]).  There just aren’t that many people in Hollywood who can sell a movie on their name alone.

Quentin Tarantino being the one notable exception. Continue reading →

Glass review

26 Saturday Jan 2019

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Drama, Shyamalan, superhero, Unbreakable

Glass?  Who gives a sh*t about glass?!?

by Thom Yee

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Glass images courtesy of Universal Pictures

I don’t think there’s a movie director working today who’s as openly criticized as M. Night Shyamalan.  Mmmaybe George Lucas.  But he only counts if you consider his last few projects actual movies.  Most people don’t.  Shyamalan, on the other hand, has continued to produce a wide ranging body of work ever since he made his big debut with The Sixth Sense back in 1999, and, like another product of the ‘90s, The Simpsons, by now most people look back at what Shyamalan’s done and see that, despite a very strong, groundbreaking, world-defining start, there’s probably been more good than bad that’s come from the man overall. Continue reading →

Cobra Kai review

12 Saturday May 2018

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Drama, martial arts, Nostalgia

Cobra Kai Never Say Die!  Is that right?  I might be getting my beloved ‘80s references mixed up.

by Thom Yee

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Cobra Kai images courtesy of Overbrook Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television

I have a weird relationship with The Karate Kid.  I mean, I’m mostly a ’90s kid, but I was born in the ’80s, a child of two worlds one might say (if one were being intentionally overdramatic), so even though it may have taken until the ‘90s for me to get to them, many of the biggest properties of the ’80s still managed to have a significant influence on my life.  In fact, four of my all-time top five favourite movies — Big Trouble in Little China, Die Hard, Back to the Future, and Transformers the Movie — are properties firmly planted in the ’80s.  And that’s not something I planned, I only just realized that as I began to write that last sentence, but 1984’s The Karate Kid was definitely a movie that never sat quite right with me, and there are two reasons for that. Continue reading →

Win It All review

29 Saturday Apr 2017

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Comedy, Drama, Gambling, Netflix

To gambling, the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems

by Thom Yee

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Win It All images courtesy of Netflix

Manifest destiny is one of those concepts that’s surprisingly easy to throw around, even if we don’t all have a firm grasp on 19th century colonialism, because it’s so tempting to believe what we’re doing is right. What we’re doing is inevitable. What we’re doing is something we ought to be doing, something that will bring about the way things should be and, perhaps, always should have been. It’s a lot like gambling that way. It’s an act of faith.

Gambling is something you do at least partially because you believe it can help you to meet your end goals. That doesn’t necessarily make it a lot better or an easy thing to condone, but I think it makes it easier to understand. Continue reading →

Your Name. (Kimi no Na wa) review

15 Saturday Apr 2017

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Anime, Drama, Romance

Where’s Lindsay Lohan when you need her?

by Thom Yee

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Your Name. (Kimi no Na wa) images courtesy of Toho

Did you ever wake up crying and you weren’t sure why? You’ve had a huge swelling of emotions that you could feel like the heat from a roaring fire, and then snap! Just like that, you’re awake; you’ve experienced something of almost unbearable emotional intensity, something deeply draining, something almost alive, but with every second that passes you drift further and further away from whatever it was that made you feel that way. And you forget it. You forget the moments, the details, the places and names, all gradually but surely disappearing with every second that passes. You get up, go to your bathroom, and study yourself in the mirror, the face looking back at you familiar but foreign, and a horrible feeling starts growing in your stomach and your heart, a feeling that tells you that, though it was just a dream, you’ve somehow lost something of infinite value. A feeling so big it makes you want to cry. But you don’t. You have a cat to feed, a humidifier to turn off, and a degrading job to get to, so you wash your face, put your clothes on, eat your cold breakfast, tie up your shoes, step out the door, and try to join the human race. Just like everyone else. Continue reading →

La La Land review

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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Drama, Musical, Oscars, Romance

Surprise!  It’s a musical review!

by Thom Yee and a special guest

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La La Land images courtesy of Summit Entertainment

I’ve never outright announced, proclaimed or demanded that GOO Reviews will not be reviewing musicals, in fact it’s something we’ve done a few times in the past, but more recently, under my editorship (i.e., I’m the only one left who writes our full-length reviews on a regular basis), it’s something I thought would at least be implied going forward.  And yet here we are.

The release of La La Land was something that had been causing me actual apprehension for most of last year.  I was conflicted about the movie because while it was going to be a musical, and thus something I could probably ignore, it was also likely to be a headline-grabbing, award-nominated movie that I’d most likely have to pay some attention to.   Continue reading →

Manchester by the Sea review

18 Saturday Feb 2017

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Drama, Emotion, family, Oscars

And then you die

by Thom Yee

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Manchester by the Sea images courtesy of Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios

“Life isn’t fair.” Odds are you’re going to hear that on at least a few occasions in your time on Earth, and if your life goes a certain way or if you too often find yourself in the company of a particular sort of person, it’s a saying that could echo and repeat and may even start to form a pattern around your entire existence. Really, the only people who like to say “life isn’t fair” are those who don’t care, especially not about your sh*t. Another saying that’s become nearly as popular is “It gets better”, and there’s a certain type of person you’re likely to hear that from too — someone who does care but who doesn’t have as firm a grasp on things as they’d like you to believe. And, if we’re being honest, they probably don’t care that much about your sh*t either. If they did, they’d realize how ignorant, manipulative, and galling saying “it gets better” can be. Continue reading →

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