Tim Basaraba – Am I experienced? After writing just under 100 film reviews since late 2019, I would say “yes.” I’m experienced with the process of viewing a film in a theater, hopefully without any knowledge about it ahead of time – what I call “Optimum Immersion.”
Tim Basaraba – From the director who brought us classics like Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite!, Aliens Ate My Homework and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain comes Sean McNamara’s latest (and possibly greatest): The King’s Daughter.
Tim Basaraba – With the success of the Venom films, Sony decided to take Spider-Man adjacent comic book characters and give them a shot on the big screen. That makes sense, but with such a rich rogue’s gallery and supporting cast of options, why would they choose “living vampire” Morbius as the first after Venom?
Tim Basaraba – Film, like other mediums, opens doorways. Often those doorways become rabbit holes.
Throughout my life I’ve welcomed this phenomenon. Usually, I go down an artistic rabbit hole when an actor or director I’m not familiar with delivers an amazing performance. Other times it’s when I discover magnificence in a genre or sub-genre I’d largely avoided.
Tim Basaraba – Why don’t we gush over Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts the same way we gush over Matt Reeves, who released The Batman (2022) last month?
