The Riddick franchise released 3.5 films for fourteen years and supposedly still has a plan to release one more. It is the ugly step-child in the family of Vin Diesel franchises. It is no less interesting as a Vin vehicle though and worth examining in full.
Hey wait a minute, Guardians 3 wasn’t the first MCU project of 2023, and it’s not 2024 yet! Why is there a new episode of Marvellous Journey?
Well imaginary listener who is unrealistically invested on our sporadic podcast, the answer is we’re kiiiind of bringing the show to an end and decided to go out on a high note. We did still discuss the rest of the 2023 films and shows but in a lightning-round fashion.
So for probably the last time lets discuss the villains, the ending and who the final entries on the All-Marvel List are as our beloved space-faring scumbags wave farewell and James Gunn heads over to DC.
Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 43: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (aka The End)
For the last five years, Jerome and Brian have been hooked on a feeling… that being reviewing and discussing a long list of superhero movies to determine the very best (and worst) for the Superhero Pantheon (or pile of shame).
This week, they discuss one last movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. While there will be a series finale and two more episodes of Pantheon Plus, this is a rather significant episode. There is even a ten minute preamble as Jerome and Brian discuss the holiday special.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (and The Holiday Special)
xXx has taken an unlikely path towards franchisedom. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that the franchise ended up in a radically different location than planned.
The series started in a downswing period for the James Bond franchise, and it seemed like someone wondered, “What if we made an American James Bond and combined him with the X-Games?” and then boom: new franchise.
They even found the perfect lead: Vin Diesel, fresh off the first Fast and Furious film. The only problem was, much like the sequel to Fast and Furious, Diesel refused to make it over script issues that they would not change on his behalf. Again like the Fast franchise, the studio eventually came back to Diesel when they knew it was better off with him and gave him much power over what happens on screen.
As a result, we have an endlessly uneven but sincerely fascinating in-progress franchise centered around one of the handful of new Hollywood stars from the 21st century.
Hey, you know that segment we do at the end of every episode where we debate if an actor belongs on our list of top performances? And you know how we never actually read the list out anymore because it’s become too long? And you know how we’ve ended up with a BUNCH of spare picks this year? Well, it’s time for some tidying up!
Continue reading Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 42: The ‘All-Marvel List’ Updates
(Check out the list so far)
The Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1998)
One Sentence Plot Summary: Captain Miller leads a small platoon of men on a mission to save Matt Damon, thus continuing the genre of “Saving Matt Damon Movies.”*
Continue reading Jerome’s 100 Favorite Movies Ever: Saving Private Ryan
The Reel World 