Movie Review Morbius

Morbius 

Directed by Daniel Espinosa 

Written by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, 

Starring Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona 

Release Date April 1st, 2022

Morbius is pretty much the mess that everyone has been predicting since it was announced that the famed Marvel vampire anti-hero was headed to the big screen. Starring Jared Leto, this lurid monster movie fails in many ways but most abundantly as a way of introducing Morbius to Sony’s bargain bin version of the MCU. Who is Michael Morbius? What is his motivation? What is his relationship with Spider-Man? Who the heck knows? I’ve seen this movie and I am more confused than ever. 

The story of Michael Morbius begins in childhood. Michael is a sickly young child in the care of a kind doctor, Dr Emil Nicholas (Jared Harris). Michael has a rare blood disorder, one he shares with his roommate, Lucius (Matt Smith), though, for reasons never explained, Michael calls Lucius, Milo and the name sticks. Michael, apparently, cynically and rather rudely, calls all of his neighbors Milo as they don’t tend to stick around long enough for him to learn their names.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 

Movie Review Madame Web

Madame Web (2024)

Directed by S.J Clarkson 

Written by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S.J Clarkson 

Starring Dakota Johnson, Adam Scott, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O'Connor 

Release Date February 14th, 2024 

Published February 16th, 2024

Madame Web is a uniquely misconceived superhero flick. Part Morbius, part Catwoman, and all terrible, this Dakota Johnson led adventure in Sony's Wish.com version of the Marvel Universe is stunningly terrible. It's the kind of bad that catches you off guard. In this day and age movies tend toward being merely mediocre. Money and careful, risk-averse studios appeared to have found away to keep the truly bad movies away from the big screen in favor of making dull, inoffensive, and forgettable into an all new kind of bad movie. And yet, Madame Web has escaped the web of the merely mediocre into the rarified air of being genuinely bad. 

Madame Web stars Dakota Johnson as Cassie Webb, an EMS worker with a murky past. Cassie's mother died in childbirth and she grew up in the foster system. As an adult, Cassie's main source of support is her partner, Ben Parker (Adam Scott). When Cassie is nearly killed while providing life saving measures she begins to have visions of the future. These brief glimpses into the very near future help Cassie see that a mad man dressed in a dark costume is stalking three teenage women, each of whom she's met before, ever so briefly. Julia (Sydney Sweeney), Anya (Isabela Merced), and Mattie (Celeste O'Connor), are from entirely different backgrounds but they share a connection, a lack of a family. 

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media