While some fans may herald Infinity War as the better film, as a 20-plus-movie saga capper, Avengers: Endgame is hard to criticize, even with all its time-travel plot holes. So, of course, it makes sense for Marvel to re-release the…

Years ago on my old website blog, I regularly published a list of related movies, reviewing them in one sentence or, sometimes, less. In honor of Spider-Man: Brand New Day (my scathing review of which you can read here)…

The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Reader be warned.

Although Tom Holland’s Wall-Crawler has never been “my” Spider-Man, I get it. He’s Spidey for Gen Z, and I’ve enjoyed his solo outings to varying…

Having disliked the one trailer I saw, I opted to catch Disclosure Day in theaters for one reason only: Steven Spielberg. As a millennial who grew up watching E.T., Jurassic Park, and the original Indiana Jones trilogy, I…

In the opening sequence of the new Masters of the Universe movie, we are introduced to a 10-year-old Prince Adam (pre-He-Man), as he fails spectacularly in a combat training session. Furious, his father, King Randor, reprimands him, essentially telling…

The trailers for the new Masters of the Universe movie had me hooked. The film looked to be aiming for a 2000s-to-2010s big-budget, speculative fiction vibe (think early MCU), and as a huge fan of that era, I headed out…

Warner Bros. has released a special look at James Gunn's new Superman movie, and it is dividing fans across the web. Watch as Words Like That host Cole Powell watches the footage live and gives his no-holds-barred take.

Cole Powell…

Thirty years ago this past fall, I caught the last twenty seconds of a new animated Disney series airing in the early week day morning block on my local Fox affiliate. That series was Gargoyles, and those last few…

Adapted from Words Like That S2 Ep. 11, originally released October 31, 2024.

I am a huge fan of monster movies. And I mean all kinds of monsters. Jaws. Godzilla. Alien. But my favorites are the classic horror monsters…

Adapted from Words Like That S2 Ep. 7, originally released July 23, 2024.

With the comic book movie world going gaga for Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend, I'm counting down every previous Hugh Jackman X-Men movie. (Note: This will…

Adapted from Words Like That S2 Ep. 4, originally released July 8, 2024.

I am a huge Planet of the Apes fan. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the original 1968 Charlton Heston version. I liked…

Adapted from Random Reaction Super Show #13, originally released April 6, 2024.

Like many nerds of my generation, the 1992 premiere of X-Men: The Animated Series was a childhood-defining moment. I became instantly obsessed with the show and never…

Adapted from Random Reaction Super Show #11, originally released March 18, 2024.

I finally saw Wonka this past weekend, and, frankly, I was pleasantly surprised. Based on the trailers, I was expecting this to be another big-budget reboot/prequel/requel flop…

Adapted from Random Reaction Super Show #9, originally released March 7, 2024.

Since I declared Dune, Pt. 1 to be the greatest speculative fiction film in years upon its release in 2021, it should come as no surprise…

Adapted from Words Like That S1 Ep. 5: “Christmas Movie Special + End of Year Story Updates," originally released December 19, 2023.

Last summer, a report circulated that Gargoyles, Disney’s cult sci-fi/fantasy series from the ‘90s (and also my…

Although I was aware of the cultural impact of Frank Herbert’s Dune, I have never read it. Still, the trailer for Warner Bros. new film adaptation of the novel intrigued me. But being a little crunched for time, I…