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Matrix 4: Resurrections - Non-Spoiler Review

Let's get the easy stuff out of the way; see what I did there? Anyways, I love the whole trilogy of Matrix movies. In fact, I believe Matrix: Reloaded is the best film of the original trilogy, and yes, I also realize that my views here are far from universal. Having said that, let's also get out of the way immediately that if you thought this was a movie that would "Reboot" the franchise by pretending like Reloaded and Revolutions did not exist, you will be mistaken. Instead, Resurrections embraces everything that the previous three films had established. Needless to say though, that if you did not like Reloaded or Revolutions, you may not like this movie. Image by Engadget However, I did like the movie. As with all movies, there are some issues, and glaring ones at that, but overall, I loved how the film re-invented the franchise but specifically remembered its roots. As the previous films did, Resurrections is almost a biopic about how our society is as a whole, giv

Spiderman: No Way Home - Spoiler-Free Review

Those that know me well, will know that I'm into comics. Maybe not as much as I used to be, I've always loved Marvel comics specifically, and Spiderman is my guy. I used to read as many different iterations as I could from Spectacular Spiderman, Amazing Spiderman, Web of Spiderman, Ultimate, the list goes on and on. Like most of us, I needed to know where the story goes now that Mysterio was killed and made public Spidey as Peter Parker. I will not spoil anything from the movie that was not already presented in a trailer of some-sort. If you haven't even seen a trailer, well, then maybe stop here.  Let's get my initial impression out of the way. Yes, I loved it. Past Spiderman movies have done multiple villains and failed miserably, but this one does a pretty good job of giving each of them their own respective screen time and a real reason to be there. There's lots of action and, surprisingly to me, lots of emotion. I cried three times just as an example (Yeah I