Here at Avenging Force, you could say we’re pretty big fans of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim. So naturally, when the sequel came out, we all made our way to the theater to take it in. We sat down after giving ourselves time to think about it and talked out our reactions. We tried very hard […]
Don’t even think about getting popcorn during A Quiet Place. I don’t care if you’re hungry. I don’t care if movie theater popcorn is your favorite thing. I really don’t care if you “think you can eat quietly.” Let me tell you right now: you can’t. Not quietly enough to go unnoticed, and most definitely […]
I cry at movies. Every movie. For every reason. I cry in sad scenes, and I cry in happy ones. I cry when a character is selfless, or heroic, or honorable, and I cry when someone is betrayed, and I cry when babies are born and I cry when people die. I cry when Fievel’s […]
The first time I saw myself in fiction, the character didn’t actually resemble me much at all. I was in elementary school, reading Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club series for the first time, and immediately fell in love with the character of Claudia Kishi (who I still maintain is hands-down the best BSC member, […]
As soon as the early reviews for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story started hitting the internet, I knew I had a problem. We’d bought our tickets weeks ago — for me, my husband, and our two daughters, ages 10 and 8. Sure, it was rated PG-13, but they’d seen the original trilogy and The Force Awakens and loved […]
Feature image source I can trace my love of sci-fi, fantasy, and superheroes back to a the formative movies and shows I watched as a kid. Willow. Legend. The Hobbit (animated version, obviously). Back to the Future. Ghostbusters. The Abyss. The Princess Bride. Star Wars. The Last Unicorn. Superman and Superman II. Batman: The Animated Series. X-Men: The Animated Series. The […]
Last week, Variety dropped the news that a Clue remake is in the works at Fox Studios. The plan was originally part of an overarching Hasbro film universe based on beloved board games, something that Universal scrapped (well, ran screaming from, more like) after the massive failure that was Battleship. On the docket were films […]
Stranger Things is a current obsession for all of us here at Avenging Force. If you’ve watched it, you know exactly why this thrilling ’80’s throwback monster-adventure TV series sucks you in and doesn’t let you go until you’ve consumed all 8 delicious episodes. And if you haven’t watched it, well, stop what you’re doing right […]
With Suicide Squad getting ready to release next month and DC dropping the trailers for both Wonder Woman and Justice League last week at Comic-Con, we (Sarah and Lauren) decided it was finally time to pull the trigger on Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. While in theory we would be all about a new Batman and Superman movie that also introduces Wonder […]
Welcome to Five by Friday! Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that the new, female-led Ghostbusters reboot blasts into theaters this weekend. We are all huge fans of the original, so in honor of the newest entry into the franchise, today we’re listing our favorite* films featuring strange noises in the middle of the […]