The Zachtastic Movie Blog

The second Star Wars spin-off film, Solo: A Star Wars Story , was released in theaters on May 25, 2018. Ron Howard took over directing duties after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired late into production. Father-and-son team Lawrence and Jon Kasdan penned the screenplay. Lucasfilm produced the film, with 20th Century Fox acting as the distributor. Disney now has ownership over the movie. The film’s cast includes Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany in starring roles. IMDb reports the synopsis of the film as such: “ During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion. ” We had a full discussion of this movie for nearly 35 minutes, so feel free to check out the video above if you are curious to hear our thoughts.

Welcome to another recap of all the movies I saw in a given month! For this particular post, I give you my rankings of those movies which I saw in April 2019. April was a significant step up from March. Although I liked last month’s Us and Apollo 11 quite a bit, not a single movie claimed the moniker of something I truly loved. And then, that all changed as three movies released this month to my utter delight. That’s not to say that all new releases worked on me, though, for the month brought along some disappointments and real stinkers. Still, the batting average was better than usual, even though I was unable to catch up with either High Life or Little Woods — two films I was highly anticipating. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy my rankings for this month. If you’d prefer to watch the video, the embedded clip has a timecode of 6:40. It contains everything written below verbatim as well if you would prefer to hear such words spoken. Otherwise, please read on! #11 —...

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was released in theaters worldwide by Warner Bros. and Toho on May 10, 2019. Rob Letterman directed material penned by himself, Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Derek Connolly, and Nicole Perlman. The film is not simply an adaptation of the overall Pokémon franchise created by Satoshi Tajiri, though; the title and plot is actually derived from a Nintendo 3DS game named Detective Pikachu that came out early last year. The starring members of the cast include Ryan Reynolds (vocal and motion capture work), Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, and Ken Watanabe. IMDb reports the synopsis of the film as such: “In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.” To hear my full thoughts on this movie, feel free to check out the video review posted above; it has a timecode of 10:30. For those who prefer a shorter version, though, read on! After hearing my t...

The Retro Movie Minute feature is a series on my YouTube channel in which I briefly share my thoughts on an older film (to catch up with all other installments of this series, click here). Regardless of whether or not I had seen it previously, my general rule of thumb here will be that I report on something I had seen in theaters. I will also make exceptions for older films played in special events or if I am seeing some movie(s) in preparation for a new release that is somehow related. Thank you for reading/watching! Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (seriously can that title have any more preteen edge), as one may assume, was the very first Pokémon film to ever be released. Many, many more would follow… 17 more, in fact. Anime veteran Kunihiko Yuyama directed the film, in which the screenplay was written by longtime Pokémon scribe Takeshi Shudo. IMDb reports the synopsis of the show as such: “ Scientists genetically create a new Pokémon, Mewtwo, but ...

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile originally debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, but was then released on Netflix on May 3, 2019 after having been purchased by the streaming platform. Joe Berlinger directed a screenplay penned by Michael Werwie, adapted from a book written by Ted Bundy's girlfriend Liz. The starring members of the cast include Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osment, and Jim Parsons. IMDb reports the synopsis of the film as such: “A courtroom frenzy ensues and sweeps 1970s America when a young single mother reluctantly tips the attention of a widespread manhunt toward her longtime boyfriend, Ted Bundy.” To hear my full thoughts on this movie, feel free to check out the video review posted above; it has a timecode of 7:29. For those who prefer a shorter version, though, read on! The members of society who proliferate outrage culture were wrong to assume that a Ted Bundy bio...

The 22nd film in the long-running “Infinity Saga” storyline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame , was released in theaters on April 26, 2019. As was the case with Avengers: Infinity War , the film was directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, while the screenplay was penned by MCU writing veterans Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley. Marvel Studios produced the film, with Disney acting as the distributor. IMDb reports the synopsis of the show as such: “After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War , the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe.” Now, you may notice that the video up there is noted as a spoiler-filled discussion on the movie. That is absolutely true as far as that video is concerned; if you have yet to see the movie and wish to remain agnostic about spoilers, refrain from watching that for now. Instead, ...