I wanna talk about A Goofy Movie
A Goofy Movie is an animated musical released by Walt Disney Studios in 1995. Set in the same universe as the Disney Afternoon show Goof Troop, it tells a father-son bonding story about Goofy and his son Max, now a teenager in High School. In an attempt to g...
2022-02-10 00:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
When it comes to Disney’s “A Goofy Movie,” the movie follow-up to Goof Troop has been a cult classic with millennials who grew up in the 90s. But black millennials relate to A Goofy Movie so much that they both declare that A Goofy Movie is black and that A Goofy Movie is black culture. So ...
2022-02-09 04:21:30 +0000 UTC View Post/This video is sponsored by The Legend of Vox Machina, now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video/
Readers, when I saw that Critical Role’s goal to raise money for an animated special based on their Vox Machina campaign was completely funded within an HOUR of its launch -- let alone ...
2022-02-08 23:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
After watching Episode 1, I was intrigued by how the series uses a ragtag band of misfits to subvert traditional underdog tropes. In this video, I explain how the series does this in a new and refreshing way.
2022-02-08 23:54:04 +0000 UTC View PostReaders, there’s a reason why WandaVision was originally supposed to be the SECOND show from Marvel Studios to be released on Disney Plus instead of the first.
/Falcon and Winter Soldier was supposed to be intended as the setup for the MCU on television, reflecting a tradition of starting...
2022-01-26 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Marvel Studios’ first Disney Plus show WandaVision has gained a solid LGBTQ following since its 2021 release, to the point where queer men have given Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff -- aka Scarlet Witch -- Diva Worship status. So I want to explain why gay men love MCU Wanda according to quee...
2022-01-26 02:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostI was one of those individuals who opted to wait until Encanto was available on the regular Disney+ plan instead of seeing it in theaters.
Not because I wasn’t interested in seeing it, mind you. But the combination of having movies I wanted to see in theaters that were higher on my priori...
2022-01-19 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Walt Disney’s Encanto has given us a way to explore the meaning of being the black sheep of the family through Mirabel and Bruno. So I go over both Mirabel and Bruno’s development over the course of Encanto and explain how they can both be black sheep in the same movie, and how them both bein...
2022-01-18 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostI wanna talk about Eternals.
/Eternals is a 2021 superhero film from Marvel Studios. Inspired by the comic book series “The Eternals” by Jack Kirby, it tells the story of a race of immortal beings called Eternals, who were tasked to rid the earth of a species of apex predators called De...
2022-01-13 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video essay, I want to explain to you the reason behind Ikaris’ betrayal in Marvel Studios’ Eternals. I’ll be focusing on Ikaris’ character alignment -- a concept first introduced in Dungeons and Dragons, and has since evolved into a chart that helps separate character alignments ...
2022-01-12 01:35:29 +0000 UTC View PostGoing to the movies for the majority of 2021 was pretty much a deal-breaker for me.
Not only were the theaters closed for the majority of that time for obvious reasons, but people flocked back to them in droves when they reopened to the point that noticing the filled parking lot of my local...
2022-01-05 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Out of all the upcoming movies coming out in 2022, these anticipated movies have me hype to (safely) head back to theaters. So here are 9 of the upcoming Marvel, DC, horror, and animated movies I can't wait to watch in 2022!
2022-01-05 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey Readers!
Hope you all had a chill and safe holiday season! I'm writing this for everyone who watches the channel -- patron or otherwise -- because I'm definitely due for an update on where things are and where they're going as we head into 2022!
So, first of all, I apologize for t...
2022-01-01 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhere do I rank the 9 Spider-Man movies from least to best? Also known as, "Hey La'Ron! Give the internet yet ANOTHER reason to absolutely hate you!" Challenge Accepted.
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I'm not gonna lie, Readers; I've been wanting to make this video for about a month
And you may b...
2021-12-20 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With the release of Sony and Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home, I decided to take another look at every movie starring Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, and rank all 9 Spider-Man movies with them from worst to best according to my tastes and preferences in storytelling, c...
2021-12-20 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostI said I was gonna make this video, but you didn’t believe me! WHYYY DIDN’T YOU BELIEVE ME?!?!
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Readers, when it comes to Shang-Chi’s Wenwu, there’s a lot about his character that I respected as I watched the movie.
Yes, removing the problematic aspects about h...
2021-12-15 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
While Shang-Chi’s Wenwu is one of the best Marvel villains since Black Panther’s Killmonger, the movie does a great job at displaying the contradictions in his methods when considering his late wife’s word “leave the past behind” in comparison to when Wenwu takes his revenge against the...
2021-12-14 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI need Idris Knuckles to say “Oh no” at least ONCE in this movie. Otherwise I won’t believe it.
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Readers, I know that it’s been a minute since I’ve actually REACTED to a trailer here on the channel
And while I’m not starting now, I do want it on record tha...
2021-12-13 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The first trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 dropped during the 2021 Game Awards, and fans immediately got hype with the reveal of Knuckles the Echidna! And with the amount of reaction that the trailer is causing on the internet, I decide to breakdown what Easter Eggs the trailer gave us, and combi...
2021-12-13 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostListen (pauses). LISTEN.
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Oh, Readers. You’re still here. Thank goodness. For a minute, I thought the title of this video scared you off
I say that because I know that what I’m proposing here is a bit of a “Oh HELL naw!” situation considering how long and convol...
2021-12-01 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
With Amy Pascal’s announcement of Sony and Disney continuing their Spider-Man deal in what the internet is deeming the “Spider-Man College Trilogy,” I think that Spider-Man: No Way Home is the perfect launching point to make a loosely adapted Clone Saga movie trilogy in order to introduce t...
2021-12-01 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostI feel like I don’t say this enough, so here is a pleasant reminder that I do not like Deadpool.
So keep that in mind before you REALLY start this video, and either don’t watch it, leave a Dislike -- even unsubscribe from the channel if this news is too much for you. Because even though...
2021-11-29 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently sat down to watch Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Hulu’s final animation from Marvel Television. And while my reaction to the show that was spawned from a Hit-Monkey vs Deadpool comic book was what you’d expect, my main problems with the animated series starring Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Mu...
2021-11-29 20:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostToday on Film Friday, I take a look at the Netflix original movie, Red Notice. Let’s begin.
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/Red Notice is a 2021 action-adventure heist comedy released on Netflix after acquiring it from Universal. Written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, it tells the story o...
2021-11-26 21:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostReaders, if you haven’t watched season 1 of Arcane yet... (pause and shrugs) Why?
The animation is beautiful, the story is amazing and the voice talent is absolutely top-notch
And get this: You don’t have to have played ANY of League of Legends in order to understand what’s goin...
2021-11-24 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With season 1 of Netflix’s Arcane available, the League of Legends animated series tells the origin stories for lots of its champions like Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Ekko and Viktor. But in the case of Jayce, the creator of Hextech, the use of Piltover’s classism and elitism against Zaun not only sho...
2021-11-23 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t know about you, Readers. But I’m currently enjoying this new wave of Disney Pixar films we’ve been getting as of late.
So far, there has only been one film that didn’t sit right, and that’s Disney Pixar’s Soul -- which, I’ve explained my reasonings why in a video I mad...
2021-11-22 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With the release of the teaser and official trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red, I’ve been pondering what the coming-of-age movie’s overall meaning is within its narrative. And while I definitely saw signs of puberty and the promotion of a body positive allegory upon my reaction, I s...
2021-11-21 17:26:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The 2021 Netflix original movie “Red Notice” has within it a lot of promise as an action/adventure comedy. But with my review and breakdown of the movie, my initial problem with the Rawson Marshall Thurber movie is a combination of the movie’s three main leads; Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds...
2021-11-19 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHeads Up, Readers!
There won't be a video out today. I'm behind on a couple of my big videos I got planned for this month, and I need to get the scripts written and prepped for recording.
Those contributing $10 a month or more will have a week-long early access to next week's Film Frida...