Mike Tyrkus

While it may not be as subversive as it might yearn to be or perhaps thinks it is, the new film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass turns out to be an entertaining – yet occasionally raunchy – take on the enduring family classic The Wizard of Oz (1939). Beginning with the introduction of small-town hairdresser Gail Daughtry (Zoey Deutch) – whose name is actually an anagrammatic of Dorothy Ga...[Read More]

When the New DCU Timeline launched with Superman in 2025, James Gunn’s film exuded a tonal shift in the DC Cinematic Universe (DCCU) that provided hope that subsequent films would build upon that success and reach even higher heights. While it is not as successful as its predecessor as a stand alone film, the latest film from the DC universe, Supergirl, delivers decent entertainment and holds its ...[Read More]

Since the “Toy Story” franchise was launched in 1995 with the initial Toy Story, the series – which includes three sequels and a spinoff entitled Lightyear (2022) – has generated over $16 billion in total revenue across the last three decades. The films have grossed $1.4 billion domestically and just over $3.2 billion globally. Now, Disney and Pixar aim to increase those numbers exponentially with...[Read More]

Ultimately, Disclosure Day feels like the culmination of a portion of director Steven Spielberg’s oeuvre that perhaps began with Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977. His latest foray into the arrival of extraterrestrials on Earth is less the childlike tale of wonderment that the aforementioned film was, and is more a cynical yet ultimately hopeful exploration of exactly how we might success...[Read More]