The escalation in scale of these movies is just as, if not more insane than with Fast & Furious. that modest DePalma-directed espionage thriller with mild psychosexual themes? That movie just got a seventh sequel where the unassertive protagonist from the first film is revered as the Second Coming of Christ as he hangs onto an upside-down biplane thousands of feet into the air. You could already notice the seeds being planted for the franchise's escalating insanity as far back…

Formalistic combat as an expression of philosophical dialectics. The beauty of martial arts as a genuine *art* form rather than a means to an end; two duelists channeling their inner ethos upon each other rather than two soldiers fighting for dominant victory and nothing else. The juxtaposition between the beautiful 70s-esque Chinese imagery of the opening act and the barren greyscale cinematography of the Japanese takeover throughout the rest of the film reflect the dichotomy between Ip Man and his…

J. Robert Oppenheimer: When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world...
Albert Einstein: I it well. What of it?
J. Robert Oppenheimer: I believe we did.

Life. Death. Creation. Destruction. Oppenheimer exemplifies each and every one of these things within the human race, but it brings a viewpoint of tried-and-true cynicism to the table through the lens of one J. Robert Oppenheimer. Director Christopher Nolan…

He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died.

I'm pretty much the biggest Spider-Man fan you'll ever meet in your life. Everything, and I mean everything that even somewhat features him has left a significant mark on me throughout the entirety of my existence on this earth. I spent most of my early childhood years reading collected editions of the Lee/Ditko, Lee/Romita Sr., DeMatteis and Straczynski runs; watching the Ultimate Spider-Man…