A Triumphant Modern Broadway Adaptation, Brimming With Life in a Significant Improvement to its 1961 Predecessor — ★★★★★ — A week ago, in preparation for Steven Spielberg’s brand new adaptation of the beloved and famed Broadway play, West Side Story, I sat down with my significant other to watch the original 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story. While that film is very well-made and technically sound, comparing it…

Revisiting one of Disney’s Biggest Animation Risks, 20 Years Later — To any former readers of my A Look Back series here on this NotVeryProfoundFilm Medium Blog, Hello! Welcome Back! It has been some time since my last entry into this series, the last one being my essay on Satoshi Kon’s Anime Classic, Perfect Blue. For those new here, this series…

Cody Rhodes and Andrade Light The Place Up in a Street Fight, Literally — There was no write-up for last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite featuring the legendary CM Punk and MJF promo battle, but if you do want to listen to me talk about it, we did put out our weekly review of AEW Dynamite from last week, covering the show in its…

The Fallout From Survivor Series, That Had Nothing to Do With Survivor Series — A few weeks ago, I started writing about Professional Wrestling on this blog and plan on continuing to do so, along with my typical Film Reviews and Analysis pieces, but one thing I never really thought that I would find myself doing is taking time out of my day to…

Five Mutliversal Villains Make Their MCU Debut… — As December inches closer and closer, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been awaiting the marketing for the MCU’s next installment as if it was their last meal, and finally, we have a new trailer to watch on repeat for the next month or so! …

An In-Depth Review of AEW’s Latest Pay-Per-View — Last week, I wrote my first piece on professional wrestling, an in-depth review of the Go-Home Edition of AEW Dynamite ahead of the AEW Full Gear PPV. I would have to be declared delusional if I decided to not follow that up with an in-depth review & analysis of the…

All Elite Wrestling Revs up the Engine on its Final Wednesday Night Stop Before Full Gear — Professional Wrestling, something I have never actively written about, although I do discuss it in-depth on a weekly basis as part of the Deep Six Wrestling Podcast. It is a passion of mine that I have had since first coming to the medium in 2014, beginning with the WWE before…

Our First Look at Chris Evans’ Take on the Famous Animated Spaceman has Arrived! — Yesterday, October 27th, 2021, Pixar revealed our first official look at one of its upcoming films, Lightyear, which is set to be a science-fiction origin story for Buzz Lightyear, set in the “real-world” in which we as the audience see how the now iconic space ranger came to be, with…

Denis Villeneuve’s Science Fiction Saga Begins, Plus, Casting Ideas! — As of a few hours ago, Legendary Pictures has officially made the announcement that not only is Dune: Part Two greenlit, but that the film now also has an official release date of October 20, 2023! This means we are officially under two years away from Denis Villeneuve releasing a…