D.C.Reviews

1) - Joker : Was there ever any doubt?? Joaquin Phoenix's performance and transformation from Arthur Fleck to the iconic Joker was something for the ages. Not only did Joker become the highest grossing R rated movie of all time it is one of the finest comic book movies period. If you still haven't see this what are you even doing?? it's an unmissable cinematic masterpiece and that is why it's my favorite movie of 2019. 2) - Booksmart : Olivia Wilde's directorial debut and to be honest she totally knocked this one out of the park. Booksmart was a movie about two academic students who upon the eve of their graduation realized that they didn't truly live it up. It's brilliantly written, hilarious and features two incredibly strong leads in Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein. Booksmart is a coming of age movie done right as it ticks almost every single box. A must see. 3) - Ad Astra : Featuring a career best performance from Brad Pitt in my opinion Ad As...

On paper Playing With Fire is a pretty basic movie in terms of plot. A group of Smoke Jumpers (lower class version of Firefighters) are tasked with looking after 3 kids after they rescue them from a burning cabin. What follows is ups, downs and a lot of fun as while the plot is simple it works in a lot of places and once the credits roll it's message is well and truly received. John Cena stars as Jake Carson a Superintendent of a group of Smoke Jumpers who are called in to help fires all across the country. He's a strict albeit soft man who lost both his parents at a young age. His father was also a Smoke Jumper and died while on duty. Carson's entire life evolves around being a Smoke Jumper with his ultimate goal of becoming Chief in command. Everything changes however when him and his crew are tasked with looking after 3 kids for a night as while their parents were away they somehow burned down the cabin they were staying in which led to them being rescued. It's in...

Based on the bestselling novel Little Women which is written and directed by Greta Gerwig tells the story of four sisters coming of age after the American Civil War. Greta Gerwig has assembled quite the cast here which includes, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet, Meryl Streep and more. All the cast do a stand up job in a movie that is engaging, powerful and smartly written. Saoirse Ronan is the standout here as she plays Jo March a writer. She is strong, fearless, independent and always fighting for what she believes is right. Florence Pugh who plays Amy March is more of the artsy style of life and she too is amazing here. The rest of the cast do a really good job in bringing to life a story that has been told many times before.  Set after the American Civil War Little Women is stunning to look at visually. Vistas of wide open space occupied by snow, sun and buildings of old flood the screen and it's all breathtaking. The costume design is on point a...

Based on the world wide known musical of the same name Cats is a musical unlike anything you'll not only see in 2019 but for quite some time. With a star studded cast including Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Ian McKellen, Jennifer Hudson and newcomer Francesca Hayward. Cats tells the story of a tribe of Cats called the Jellices who every year decide which member of the tribe will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellice life. The story in itself is pretty basic and loses track of itself far too often to be honest. But really what the main attraction here is the musical numbers feature an abundance of singing, dancing and just general madness.  First off however there is the discussion of the CG fur onto the actors bodies. At the beginning it's quite a lot take in as really we're thrown right into Cats from the start with no real sense of ever slowing down from the get go. It does take some time to adjust to the design of the characters and wo...

I am and really never was the biggest fan of Star Wars. Sure they are highly entertaining to watch with the original trilogy of episodes 4-6 being far superior but with this final act in the trilogy of trilogies can Star Wars close off a new chapter in style?? the story carries on from The Last Jedi where last we saw our band of hero's going up against Kylo Ren and his forces once more. This movie opens with Ren who goes to an unknown region to seemingly kill Emperor Palpatine who has returned with really no real explanation. The set up is not the greatest way to begin things but it soon gets back on track on board the Millennium Falcon where Po, Finn and Chewie wrap from place to place via warp speed while being chased by forces of the First Order. They eventually lack back at base where we see Princess Leia assessing the situation. Rey is also here trying to become one with the Force one and for all.  I don't want to go into any more plot details incase of spoilers but l...

Be warned there will be *SPOILERS* involved in this review. With that being said let's get into it.  Crisis rolls on beginning this time on Earth-203 New Gotham where we see a member of the Birds Of Prey Helena Kyle (The Huntress) running through her city as crimson engulfs the skyline. She shouts out to Oracle on her comms but gets zero response. It's seconds later when the anti matter wave hits killing her and everyone on Earth-203 instantly. Back on the waverider our hero's learn of the final 3 Paragons. One is J'onn, the other Barry and the final one is a man named Ryan Choi who lives in Ivy Town. We also learn that Earth-1 is to be the final Earth destroyed which makes it the place for the final stand against the Anti-Monitor. The entire group again split off into different teams. First off there is Constantine, Mia and Diggle who finally shows up after getting word of Oliver's death. Those 3 go to Earth-666 Los Angeles and run into a familiar face in Luci...

Be warned there will be *SPOILERS* involved in this review. With that being said let's get into it.  Crisis on Infinite Earths continues with a tribute to Oliver Queen by Sara, Kara and Kate to begin the episode. Lyla soon shows up and tells them that they all need to go to the waverider. But not just any waverider, while The Monitor does have a wave of them (pun intended) at his disposal he wants them all to go to Earth-74's version since that is where Lyla says the Legends have all retired. Harbinger goes on ahead and aboard the waverider she meets the ships AI in Leonard which was pretty cool to see. Mick enters the main room of the ship and admits to living there. Everything looks like it's about to come to a head when the rest of the hero's and The Monitor appear. On board the waverider is Harbinger, Kate, Sara, Lois, Clark, baby Jonathan, Barry and The Monitor himself. He speaks of the Book of Destiny and even though Barry and Oliver destroyed it during Els...