Recently (as of this posting) my wife and I got to see the latest SUPERMAN movie, in the theaters (as Rao the Sun God intended for it to be seen.) It was very satisfying seeing a good Superman movie, where the movie is good and Superman is good.
Archive for the ‘Movie Review’ Category
Looking Up at Superman (2025)
Posted: July 27, 2025 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Movie Review, OpinionTags: Comics, dc, dc-comics, james-gunn, movies, Superman
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D-Lemma: The Hard Truth Premieres
Posted: November 19, 2018 by patricksponaugle in Arts, Movie ReviewTags: D-Lemma: The Hard Truth, Indie FIlm, Lisa Acted In This
As some of you may or may not know, my wife Lisa got involved in local acting a few years ago. It started with her responding to a call for extras on the Netflix show House of Cards.
Enjoying her time pretending to be at a political gala, Lisa began to audition for more background roles, and after taking some classes, studying, and auditioning for projects in the DC area, she began to get jobs in local commercials, print ads, and small TV bits. Besides those small-screen appearances, she’s been in a handful of student films, but this year she landed a role in D-Lemma: The Hard Truth. This indie film had a premiere last weekend in Washington DC, and I was honored to be invited by my wife to attend. (Look, she could have invited anyone else on the planet, but she chose me. Boom.)
On the Red Carpet (Left to Right): Millie Cupp (director of photography), Lisa Sponaugle (my wife), Tammy Hineline (director/writer), and Stephanie Kline (producer)I’m often asked to read lines with Lisa when she preps for auditions, and the script for D-Lemma was hilarious. The big non-spoilery elevator pitch for the film: it’s a mockumentary where a prize-winning fictional journalist interviews so-called experts in men’s health – with a particular focus on men’s junk. It’s a feminist dick-centric comedy.
Pug Film Festival 2018: Baahubali the Beginning and Conclusion
Posted: November 15, 2018 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Movie ReviewTags: Baahubali, Game of Thrones
Months ago, on the Fighting in the War Room podcast, one of the co-hosts (I am sure it was Da7e Gonzales) talked at length about the Indian cinematic epic Baahubali.
Several weekends ago I had some free time, so I decided to treat my dog Chi Chi and Willow to a movie. (Or rather, I comfortably watched Baahubali via Netflix with my dogs next to me on the couch, so I could prevent Willow from trying to crush Chi Chi with her affection.)
Because I’m so classy, when the dogs and I watch foreign films, I declare it to be the next in a series of Pug Film Festivals (because of Chi Chi the Pug. Look, you’re not here for why I do things, I understand.)
The Justice League Task Force
Posted: December 1, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Gaming, Movie ReviewTags: City of Heroes, Justice League
This post will be revealing details of the recent DCEU movie Justice League. I guess it’ll be a movie review too. I liked the movie, and I’d recommend seeing it. But this post will largely be me talking about a massively multiplayer online game I used to play: City of Heroes.
This may get a bit geeky. Super geeky.
Super Geek Squad!
Nearly five years ago today, the servers for the videogame City of Heroes shut down for good.
It happened a little after 2 a.m. December 1st 2012. I know that because I was logged on at the time, along with my gaming friends, waiting for the virtual world that I’d occasionally saved go dark. Aliens, monsters, and extra-dimensional threats could be fought, but not the decisions of the game’s publisher NCSoft.
Blade Runner 2049: Replicating the Irreplicable
Posted: October 24, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Movie ReviewTags: Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049
This is not necessarily going to be a full review of the movie Blade Runner 2049.
Oh, I’ll give my official thumbs up or thumbs down at the end of this article- or maybe before – but there are interesting ideas in the movie that I think are worthy of a blog post or two. Will this blog post be worthy of your attention? As usual, I make no promises.
I’m assuming that you’ve already seen the movie, or are willing to have some plot points spoiled. I might administer a Voight-Kampff test as well. (I won’t. Or will I?)
The Inhumans
Posted: September 19, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Movie Review, Opinion, TVTags: Black Bolt, Crystal, Fantastic Four, Lockjaw, Marvel Comics, Maximus, Medusa, The Inhumans
In a few weeks, ABC’s show The Inhumans will air. It will feature characters from the Marvel Comics canon, characters first created by the legendary team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Thoughts on the Hellboy Reboot
Posted: September 16, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Comics, Movie Review, OpinionTags: Hellboy, Hellboy Comics, Hellboy II
I’ve been meaning to post some of my thoughts on the in-production reboot of the cinematic Hellboy.
For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, Hellboy is the creation of comic book artist/writer Mike Mignola. He’s a big red demon. A heroic one.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Posted: June 11, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Movie Review, OpinionTags: Excalibur, King Arthur, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Merlin, Mordred, Morgan le Fay, Uther Pendragon, Vortigern
Recently, I took my daughter to see a movie about superhero royalty. No, I didn’t take her to see Wonder Woman (we’ll see it soon, I assume) – instead I took her to see Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
If you’ve not seen King Arthur: LotS, this post will be spoilery, so I’ll just strongly recommend the movie to you and send you on your way. It’s not a typical King Arthur movie though. It’s a very specific genre-mashing of Arthurian legend and Ritchie’s Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels style.
Thoughts on the Alien Franchise
Posted: May 25, 2017 by patricksponaugle in Blogging, Movie Review, OpinionTags: Alien, Alien 3, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Resurrection, Aliens, Blogging, Prometheus, xenomorph
Alien: Covenant is now out in theaters, but I haven’t seen it yet. (So no worries about me spoiling that movie here.)
I noticed the other day that I was coming up on my blog’s 300th post. Yay me!
I felt it would be appropriate to recognize that milestone with some thoughts on a movie series (since that’s why I started blogging in the first place) and since there was an Alien franchise movie in theaters, here are some of my observations with those movies.
Occupants. A movie you should watch. (Or will it be watching you?)
Posted: February 15, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Movie ReviewTags: Occupants the Movie, Robert Picardo, Star Trek Voyager
Over the weekend, my wife and I decided to attend the local sci-fi convention Farpoint (held just north of lovely Baltimore, Maryland.) Yes, this was Valentine’s Day weekend, don’t judge us. We had a great time as we always do.
I Can't Possibly Be Wrong All the Time 