Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Review

Six months have passed since the U.S release of the first ever anime Godzilla film, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. The film received a mostly middling reaction upon its release, including from myself, with the broad consensus being that the film moved too slow, the characters were barely fleshed out, and the stiff CG animation was a disappointing look for Godzilla's first long-form foray into animation. Does the second film improve on its predecessor, or does it fall into the same traps as before?

Ant-Man and the Wasp Review

Last month, I got the chance to attend a conference/festival in Atlanta called Terminus. Two of the guests present were visual effects producer Susan Pickett and visual effects supervisor Stephane Ceretti. Both have worked with Marvel Studios extensively, namely Guardians of the Galaxy and Doctor Strange and the newest MCU film, Ant-Man and the Wasp. During one of their panels, Stephane admitted that what makes Marvel Studios' output so strong is that their main goal is to entertain. There are no pretenses in what they do; audiences keep showing up because they are solidly entertained for 2-2.5 hours with remarkable effects, resonating stories and memorable characters.

I'm proud to say that their newest project continues this trend. It is far from the best MCU film. It's certainly not even the best MCU film to come out this year. But as a piece of pure entertainment, Ant-Man and the Wasp continues to remind us that Marvel Studios has its fingers on the audience's pulse, 20 movies in and 10 years running.