D.C.Reviews

    Holiday theme slasher movies apart from say Halloween never truly have worked for me over the years. Black Christmas?? nope, Krampus? absolutely not. Valentine?? don't even go there. So how about Thanksgiving?? a time of celebration and to be thankful for the life one lives can that make a successful transition into the slasher genre?? the answer is absolutely yes it can. Thanksgiving right off the bat gives us one of the best and most chaotic openings to a horror movie in some time. Not only is it chaotic but it is funny, brilliantly paced and sets up what is to follow pretty much perfectly. The story revovles around a group of school kids who after being involved in a black friday massacre inside a giant shopping store are targeted one by one on the first anniversary of the tragedy. It's nothing out of this world when it comes to plot but the characters and overall feeling is what brings and ultimately holds it all together.  First off is the many kills which are both vic

  The original Captain Marvel movie was something at the time I really did enjoy so with this sequel can the MCU prove that Captain Marvel wasn't just a flash in the pan?? this time around Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is not alone as she is joined by the daughter of her longtime friend Maria Rambeau who was in the previous movie. Her daughter named Monica (Teyonah Parris) is all grown up now and is a Captain like her mother. Also joining them is Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) who last was seen in her very own show named Ms Marvel and right off the bat it is plain to see that she is going to be the star of the show here and she absolutely is. The energy she brings is unmatched and she legit blows everyone else away whenever she is on screen which is a big percentage of the rather short run time of well under 2 hours. Now the MCU is know for great villains and some not so good and this falls into the latter unfortunately as well there is a reason for the villains purpose she just isn'