Film Focus

On episode 81 of Film Focus, I am back with a double film review on Brightburn and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Because of scheduling conflicts, I decided to put both reviews in the same episode and I have a fair amount to say about both. So how did these films fare? Well, listen to this episode for some spoiler-free thoughts on both films! :D Timecodes: 02:10 Brightburn Review 14:18 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Review P.S. Around 14:48 I made a mistake about the number of Godzilla films that currently exist, the actual number is 35. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 80 of Film Focus, I share my thoughts on the latest film in the John Wick series; John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. It is crazy to see how far this set of films have come, from the original surprising audiences in 2014 to the 2017 sequel which wasn't as well-received, but I thought was really damn good. And now you have Chapter 3 which I was always excited to see, but my hype levels didn't kick in until around a fortnight before the film's release and it also helped that the early word of mouth was pretty positive as well. So how was the film? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 79 of Film Focus, I finally get to share my thoughts on the latest video game film adaptation in the form of Pokemon: Detective Pikachu. Now, this film went from being something I wasn't overly interested in watching to being something I had to watch. With pretty compelling marketing and an interesting story based on the Nintendo 3DS spin-off game, does this film end up being the film to break the video game adaptation curse? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! P.S. 1) I accidentally bumped the mic while recording because I got a little too hyped talking about the film. And 2) Between 18:41 to 19:06 I discuss a minor Pokemon-related spoiler for the film. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 78 of Film Focus, I dish out some juicy spoilers on the latest Marvel film; Avengers: Endgame. Now, not everyone has seen the film yet, but I had to get this out as soon as possible for those who have. Also, this film has so much packed into it that it would be impossible to highlight everything that happened in its 3-hour runtime, but there's a lot of stuff that I had to say about the story, characters, presentation and this film's ties to other films in the MCU. So be prepared for a looser, less structured episode where I talk about most of the things that stood out to me in a very passionate and emotional way haha. P.S. 1) I do get a little loud from time to time so mind your headphone volume. And 2) Around 16:17 I mention Gamora when I meant to Nebula, so apologies for that mix-up. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 77 of Film Focus, I finally get to share my thoughts on the latest and hottest film from Marvel Studios in the form of Avengers: Endgame. Now, I had a damn good time with Infinity War and the hype and anticipation for Endgame have been so intense, to the point where I thought I would be spoiled. But thankfully I was strategic, I watched only the first trailer and avoided all reviews and social media and was able to see the film in a clean fashion. So now that I have seen the film, how does it fare? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! P.S. There's a little background noise that I couldn't edit around so apologies in advance. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 76 of Film Focus, Drew from Drew's Movie Reviews not only returns to the podcast but takes over hosting duties as we dive back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his topic; The State of the MCU. Since Avengers: Endgame is on the horizon, Drew and I thought it would be fun and interesting to discuss the superhero films from Marvel Studios in a little more detail discussing everything from the best and worst villains to our Top 5 best and worst films to the minimum amount of films you need to see before Endgame comes out. So join us on a fun-filled discussion and of course know that this is spoiler-heavy, so if you're not caught up on all of the films it's best to catch up and then come back. "Rocket Power" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Me on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KyRwQZ Film Focus' Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KxCvz2 Drew's Blog: https://bit.ly/2IzVaaR Drew's Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KG7dGi

On episode 75 of Film Focus, I share my thoughts on Shazam!, the latest superhero film from DC and Warner Bros. Now, I recall seeing the trailer for this film online during Comic-Con 2018 and being quite intrigued. The concept of a kid being able to transform into an adult superhero with Superman-like abilities is such a crazy and unique idea with lots of possibilities cool superhero adventures. And after the early positive word of mouth came out about the film two weeks ago, I got really hyped to see it. So after seeing it a recently, how was the film? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 74 of Film Focus, after a bit of a delay, I get to talk about Us, the latest horror film from director Jordan Peele. Now, this is a film that a lot of people have been looking forward to not only because it was the follow-up to 2017's Get Out, but also because of the hype surrounding the marketing. And with the early glowing reviews, film fans everywhere were excited to see what the deal was with this new film. So how does this film turn out? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55

On episode 73 of Film Focus, I finally get to talk about the latest film from Marvel Studios; Captain Marvel. Now, this new superhero film is an interesting one, as the first female-lead superhero film from Marvel Studios and the final film before Avengers: Endgame, it has a lot of hype, anticipation and has to live up to the expectations of a lot of people. The film's also been caught up in a fair amount of controversy over the last few months which isn't the kind of PR you'd want your film to have so close to release. But anyway, how was the film? Well, check out this spoiler-free review to find out! P.S. I butchered a few names while talking about certain award categories so apologies in advance. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 72 of Film Focus, returning guest Drew from Drew's Movie Reviews continue our discussion on the Pros and Cons of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the last episode we talked about the pros and in this episode, we discuss the cons, from the use of villains to music to the complications of having a shared universe of films, we cover a fair amount and I hope you enjoy. P.S. There were a number of mistakes made here and there and some information I forgot to cover while in the episode, but I just wanted to let you know in advance. Forgiveness, please. "Rocket Power" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Follow Drew on Twitter: twitter.com/DrewToTheFuture Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 71 of Film Focus, I along with returning guest, Drew from Drew's Movie Reviews discuss the Pros and Cons of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since the recording ended up being a little longer and in-depth than I expected this subject ended up becoming a two-parter. So in this episode, we cover the pros of the MCU from the characters to action scenes to characters and humour, we cover a lot and hopefully, you'll enjoy listening to our discussion. Also, two things to keep in mind: 1) This is a spoiler-heavy discussion, and while we don't cover every minute detail, if you're not up to date with all of the MCU films then it is best that you skip this to avoid spoilers. 2) There are a few mistakes made here and there when it came to naming pronunciations and some other verbal mistakes, so apologies in advance. "Rocket Power" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.co

On episode 70 of Film Focus, I briefly recap the 91st Academy Awards. Unlike last year I didn't watch the Oscars and while my interest wasn't as high as it was previously, there were certain films I wanted to win for specific departments and so in this episode, I casually recap some of the winners and losers from the recent film event. P.S. I butchered a few names while talking about certain award categories so apologies in advance. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 69 of Film Focus, I finally get to talk about one of my most anticipated films in recent times; Dragon Ball Super: Broly Review. Now I have been following this film since the first teaser trailer and each bit of marketing has made my hype increase. And after waiting over a month after the initial Japanese release I've finally seen it and I am ready to pass judgement. So join me for this spoiler-free review to see how this latest Dragon Ball adventure turned out! Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 68 of Film Focus, returning gues Eddie from Sidekick Reviews and I take a look at some of the most anticipated films of 2019. Now I went trhough all of the major release from now until December and there's a lot of interesting and exciting filmscoming out, however, we couldn't cover them all. So I collated 24 of the most interesting films that were a combiation of popular and some not so popluar films. On top of that we leave time to discuss some other films not on the list and some films we're not looking forward to as well. All of it made for some fun discussion between Eddie and I which you will hopefully enjoy. So join us as we go through some of the most anticipated films of 2019! P.S. Around 16 mins in I mentioned that I saw Get Out last year, I meant to say 2017. "Pulse Rock" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitt

On episode 67 of Film Focus, I take some time to share with you my favourite films from 2018. But unlike previous years I've decided to do a top 11 because 1) After going through my list I just couldn't leave the final number at ten and had to add one more. But more importantly, 2) Because I bloody feel like it and it's my list! :P If you know what kind of films that I like you may not be surprised by some of my entries, but I think there will be some that you won't expect. On top of that, after discussing my top 11, I set some time aside to talk about my honourable mentions; films that were almost on the list, but got cut as the year went on. So join me as I go through some of the best films of the year that I believe you should have seen or should check out if you haven't already. P.S. During the Bumblebee segment I made a couple of mistakes where I meant to say a mixture of CGI and live-action instead of real life and live-action. And I also mentioned the High Moon Studios Transformers games which I mea

On episode 66 of Film Focus, I'm finally doing it, after a few delays I am finally getting around to my discussion/review of the Dragon Ball Z films. With Dragon Ball Super: Broly recently released in Japan and the western release in cinemas dropping in January, I thought it would be interesting to revisit all 15 of the Dragon Ball Z films and see how they held up. Now I love the Dragon Ball franchise, I grew up with DBZ and the films have are an interesting collection of material that ranges from pretty awesome to very bad, and I thought it would be fun to examine each of the films briefly and discuss: 1) The pros and cons. 2) The story, characters and presentation. 3) Whether the films have gotten better or worse after my recent viewings from a subjective point of view. So join me on an epic journey through these series of films to see which of them hold up and which ones do not. :D P.S. I tried my best to be as thorough and objective as possible, but this episode does feature some minor mistakes, some b

On episode 65 of Film Focus, I'm back with another double review and I'll be sharing my thoughts on Aquaman and Bumblebee. I was originally going to review both films individually but since I saw them on the same day I decided to put both reviews in the same episode. So how did these films fare? Well, listen to this episode for some fun spoiler-free thoughts on both films! :D Timecodes: 02:07 Aquaman 18:45 Bumblebee P.S. I didn't have my entire notes properly collected for these reviews so apologies if my thoughts come across as a little loose. Also, I made a mistake in the Bumblebee review where I said Simple Plan when I meant to say Simple Minds haha. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ “Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com“ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 64 of Film Focus, I finally get to talk about another one of my most anticipated films for 2018; Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Since the first trailer, I was very hyped to see this film and the early positive word of mouth only made me more excited. So in this episode, I will not only be talking about this new Spidey film, but I will also be sharing my brief thoughts on Creed II and Wreck-It Ralph 2 too, you will find timecodes below. So how did these films fare? Well, listen to this episode for some fun spoiler-free thoughts on both films! :D Timecodes: 02:36 Creed II Review 06:19 Wreck-It Ralph 2 Review 11:13 Into The Spider-Verse Review P.S. If I sound tired during certain moments it was just because I was pretty tired and my energy levels fluctuated during the recording. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at https://incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Chec

On episode 63 of Film Focus, I bring you my quick thoughts on the newest Pokémon film in the form of Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us. Now I wasn't planning on recording this episode next, but because I found out about its existence within the last week and wanted to check out another new Pokémon film in the cinema, I decided an impromptu podcast review was in order. So I hope you enjoy this brief yet fun and unscripted discussion! :D Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion

On episode 62 of Film Focus, I bring you my thoughts on the latest film in the Fantastic Beasts series; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Now I wasn't the biggest fan of the first Fantastic Beasts film in 2016 and so I wasn't overly hyped for the sequel, however, the trailers actually got me intrigued to see where this new chapter would go. So after seeing it on opening night how it fare? Well, listen to this episode for some casual and fun spoiler-free discussion! :D P.S. I butcher a few names here and there so don't bash me too much please and thank you haha. Theme music is "Pulse Rock" by Kevin MacLeod which can be found at incompetech.com/ Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hypersonic55 Follow Film Focus on Twitter: twitter.com/FilmFocus55 Check out my other podcast, Impressions In Motion here: @impressionsinmotion