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borg’s Best of 2021–The Best Movies
After the first of our two pandemic years, when we created last year’s preview of 2021 movies we admit we thought the year was looking iffy from a movie standpoint–so many films delayed or held back,...
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Obi-Wan Kenobi returns in first look at next Disney+ Star Wars series
After much speculation about this summer’s big Star Wars event–the return of Ewan McGregor in a painfully short six-episode mini-series for Disney+ titled simply Obi-Wan Kenobi–the first...
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Lucasfilm reveals new trailer, poster for Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Star Wars...
Another May the Fourth came and went this week and with the annual Disney-marketing Star Wars Day a new trailer and poster arrived featuring the return of Ewan McGregor in the forthcoming six-episode...
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Obi-Wan Kenobi–A Disney Jedi mind trick?
Review by C.J. Bunce Aligned with the year’s Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California, Disney+ began its latest Star Wars series this week, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Or did it? Maybe they uploaded a Young...
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Ms. Marvel–Disney blends all the right features for its newest superheroine...
Review by C.J. Bunce If you have any doubt young actress Iman Vellani was destined to be the next Marvel Comics superheroine, just watch her in the first episode of new series Ms. Marvel, and watch...
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Obi-Wan Kenobi–A missed opportunity
Review by C.J. Bunce Two episodes in and it seemed like some kind of con, a Jedi mind trick perpetrated by Disney. Six episodes in and you’re left asking “what was the point?” That’s the Disney+...
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TRON–Landmark sci-fi, visual effects achievement celebrates 40th anniversary
The vast majority of us didn’t even have a home computer yet, not even one with a floppy drive, and we were just starting to understand what BASIC meant in all caps. Forty years ago this weekend many...
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Andor–Sweeping, epic trailer arrives for Rogue One prequel series
If it’s not your third favorite Star Wars movie, it’s probably your fourth. It’s director Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the movie that re-ignited the possibilities for Star Wars after...
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Low on action, Andor series gets underway on Disney+
Review by C.J. Bunce The first three episodes of the Rogue One prequel series Andor have arrived on Disney+. Unfortunately writer/creator Tony Gilroy squandered the first hour and a half. With only...
View ArticleNow streaming–Disney’s new Zootopia+ series delivers a great way to do sequels
Review by C.J. Bunce Zootopia was the best animated movie of 2016, starring a new heroine named Judy Hopp. Judy is a rabbit (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) who becomes a cop, as determined as any...
View Articleborg’s Best of 2022–The Best Movies
After the second of our three pandemic years, when we created last year’s preview of 2022 movies we could see Hollywood finally making its comeback to the big screen even if the final product was now...
View ArticleSpend your holidays with the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda… er… Grogu
Since we first saw Baby Yoda–the well-established fan nickname for our favorite green-eared Star Wars friend Grogu–we knew this kid was the future of Star Wars. But it took Bryce Dallas Howard...
View ArticleStrange World–A giant, sweeping, gorgeous adventure now streaming on Disney+
Review by C.J. Bunce If Steven Spielberg made an animated Disney movie, it would look something like Strange World. If Dr. Seuss were still alive, his next Horton Hears a Who would look like Strange...
View ArticleA new Indiana Jones trailer, and new–and retro–action figures
Along with the latest trailer for the last Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, this week sees the first look at a new line of action figures for the Raiders of the Lost Ark...
View ArticleFirst look–J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan gets a new Disney live-action adaptation
L. Frank Baum got Victor Fleming’s perfect and gigantic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, which was the first fantasy epic to take home Oscars. More than six decades later, J.R.R. Tolkien got Peter...
View ArticleMuppets Mayhem–Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem get their own music biopic
Since Disney acquired The Muppets from The Jim Henson Company, they’ve tried several different ways to match the magic of Jim Henson’s original vision, including two big screen releases, The Muppets...
View ArticleGorgeous Maleficent series returns to the original version of Disney’s best...
Writer-artist Soo Lee is bringing back Sleeping Beauty’s singular, villainous beauty Maleficent in a new series for Dynamite comics coming next month. Disney Villains Maleficent will be a new monthly...
View ArticleNow streaming–Disney’s new live-action Peter Pan neglects much of Barrie’s...
Review by C.J. Bunce L. Frank Baum got Victor Fleming’s perfect and gigantic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, which was the first fantasy epic to take home Oscars. More than six decades later, J.R.R....
View ArticlePreview–New Maleficent series a worthy addition to nearly a century of Disney...
Review by C.J. Bunce Every generation back to the 1930s–nearly a century–has experienced fun and exciting comic books featuring characters created by Walt Disney and the company he created. Back in...
View ArticleRetro fix–Indiana Jones’ map room playset–and more vintage toys return… with...
With what looks to be the final Indiana Jones movie–Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny–on its way, Disney has pulled out all the stops with its tie-ins. We previewed some of those here at borg in...
View ArticlePixar’s Elio–Animated sci-fi takes a young Earthling out of this world
Adrian Molina, the writer-director of Disney-Pixar’s Coco, returns seven years later, following up Disney-Pixar’s animated science fiction exploration movie Lightyear with another. Pixar’s 28th...
View ArticleDark Horse Comics–Back with Star Wars in Hyperspace anthology
Back in 2014, with the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Marvel Comics’ parent Disney, Disney pulled the plug on 23 years of continuity created by Dark Horse Comics writers and artists. But happily for fans...
View ArticleMarvel’s Loki–Another season, another trailer
Marvel’s luster has been fading for some time, especially on television. It began strong after Netflix produced its shows, especially the perfect comics adaptation Luke Cage, but since then only Moon...
View ArticleA final teaser for the second season of Marvel’s Loki
The world is waiting for a turnaround from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. What better character to turn around the slump in the Multiverse than Loki? Tom Hiddleston’s odd villain is likely the most...
View ArticleNow streaming–Haunted Mansion arrives on Disney+
Review by C.J. Bunce Viewers know to gauge their expectations when a new movie is coming based on a ride at a Disney theme park. It could land flat like Disney’s Muppets Haunted Mansion. Once upon a...
View ArticleThe Best Movies of 2023
After three years of a downturn in movie quantity and a brief upturn this year resulting from the writer and actor strike delays, movie watchers may have seen the last good year of movies for a while....
View ArticleNext teaser trailer arrives for Marvel’s Echo series
Echo–It’s a series that has experienced several missteps in getting released. Initially figured at a full season series as discussed here at borg, it’s since been whittled down to a mini-series....
View ArticleWhat If…? Season 2 begins today on Disney+
What If…? is a range of comic book series featuring more than 200 stories that allowed creators to jump outside the usual and let their imagination take over. What if Jane Foster (or Loki? or Rogue?)...
View ArticleMarvel’s Echo–A strong superhero series that merits more
Review by C.J. Bunce Despite what seems like Disney’s efforts to hamstring the show from its inception, even at only five episodes the new superhero series Marvel’s Echo is one of its strongest,...
View ArticleDeadpool & Wolverine–First trailer arrives, but someone is missing
We looked at all the best movies scheduled for release in 2024 (see them all here), and nothing seems more eagerly awaited than the third Deadpool movie–now with its first trailer at the Super Bowl and...
View ArticleDoctor Who–15th Doctor to arrive in comic shops for Free Comic Book Day
At 31 the BAFTA Award-winning Ncuti Gatwa isn’t the youngest actor to take on the role of the Doctor in the 60-year run of the BBC’s Doctor Who (that was Matt Smith), but the Scotland-raised actor born...
View ArticleDoctor Who–New trailer sets up an eye-popping, exciting new season ahead
The first big look at the next season of Doctor Who is here, and it looks fantastic. BAFTA Award-winning actor Ncuti Gatwa is a natural who seems ready to take on the role of the Doctor and hit the...
View ArticleThe Watcher in the Woods–The ultimate eclipse movie
You didn’t think we were done with the eclipse yet, did you? For years the writers here at borg have included the 1981 The Watcher in the Woods as a favorite recommendation of a ghost story. It’s a...
View ArticleDeadpool & Wolverine–Next trailer lands… with Wolverine this time
We looked at all the best movies scheduled for release in 2024 (see them all here), and nothing seems more eagerly awaited than the third Deadpool movie–Deadpool & Wolverine. The second trailer is...
View ArticleThe Art of The Secret World of Arriety reveals its incredible concept artwork
Review by C.J. Bunce Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels wasn’t really a book for kids, despite the cartoons that survive as many generations’ only exposure to the famous political satire novel. But...
View ArticleDoctor Who–Davies, Gatwa, and Gibson deliver a strong new season
Review by C.J. Bunce Seven episodes down, two to go. I love this season of Doctor Who and I love it for many reasons. Not all Doctors and their companions share the job of holding up the series as...
View ArticleDeadpool & Wolverine–Sabretooth returns in next trailer
We looked at all the best movies scheduled for release in 2024 (see them all here), and nothing seems more eagerly awaited than the third Deadpool movie–Deadpool & Wolverine–the movie that will see...
View ArticlePrincess Mononoke–Miyazaki classic adapted as storybook, returns to theaters
Review by C.J. Bunce Writhing in pain from the curse of a rampaging boar god, Ashitaka sets off to find a cure. As the beautiful Lady Eboshi attempts to unleash the worst features of technological...
View ArticleComic-Con 2024–Deadpool & Wolverine saves the best trailer for last
We looked at all the best movies scheduled for release in 2024 (see them all here), and nothing seems more eagerly awaited than the third Deadpool movie–Deadpool & Wolverine–the movie that will see...
View ArticleComic-Con 2024–Trailer arrives for Doctor Who Christmas Special
Doctor Who’s Russell T. Davies wrote Millie Gibson’s new companion Ruby Sunday out of the series in this year’s finale episode, so what’s next for Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor? Apparently it’s attempting...
View ArticleCastle in the Sky–Miyazaki classic adapted into storybook
Review by C.J. Bunce High in the clouds is another world, powered by an element that lets its people float and allowd large objects–even huge masses–to defy gravity. There floats the island of Laputa....
View ArticleHowl’s Moving Castle–Next Miyazaki classic returns to theaters, gets an...
Review by C.J. Bunce So many elements in Hayao Miyazaki’s adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’s novel Howl’s Moving Castle are very British and Victorian, it’s hard to place all the influences of its...
View ArticleThunderbolts*–Marvel misfit superhero team gets its first trailer
“There are bad guys, and there are worse guys.” Thankfully the next glue-piece from the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a movie. Thunderbolts* appears to be a direct sequel to Black Widow, minus the lead...
View ArticleFirst look–Zootopia returns in 2025 with new movie and comic book series
Zootopia, the best animated movie of 2016 with a sequel Disney+ streaming series follow-up in 2022, is getting a movie sequel for Thanksgiving 2025. Rabbit cop heroine Judy Hopp (voiced by Ginnifer...
View ArticleNew trailers for Marvel Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World
This weekend Disney’s D23 convention in Brazil revealed two new trailers for 2025 Marvel Studios movies. Thunderbolts* sees the return of Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Red Guardian...
View ArticleDeadpool & Wolverine–The year’s biggest blockbuster arrives on Disney+
Review by C.J. Bunce At last the year’s biggest blockbuster has finally made it to Disney+. Nearly a year ago we looked at all the best movies scheduled for release in 2024 (see them all here), and...
View ArticleThe Best Movies of 2024
The Best Movies of 2024 means the best of Genredom. For more than a decade we’ve stressed what that means here: The content that leans into one or more genres over basic dramas. There are thousands...
View ArticleNew trailer and scene from Captain America: Brave New World
This week Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World has its latest trailer and a second, long excerpt of star Anthony Mackie using his Falcon wings as Captain America in an action scene from the...
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