The Olive Opinion

When I first saw the trailer for Eternity , I immediately knew I was going to go watch it. There was no way I was going to miss a love-triangle-rom-com set in the 'underworld'?. There was no attachment beforehand towards the people making this movie that drew me to it, but rather more so that Elizabeth Olsen was in it. The bonus being Callum Turner and Miles Teller.  Despite the marketing focusing on Olsen, the plot surprisingly revolves around Teller's character, Larry, after passing away during a baby shower. Guilty that he wasn't by his wife's side in her final days of battling cancer, he has to wait for his wife to join him in a capitalized version of purgatory where the dead have to decide in 7 days what their 'Eternity' might look like. That is probably the easiest way I could explain it without getting too technical. The world-building is fascinating, almost Marvel-like. The bureaucratic, office-like aesthetic is fairly reminiscent of what the TVA loo...

  At a time when Arnold Schwarzenegger was in almost every action movie, Predator was a classic and fan favorite which went on to become a franchise, a more mind-numbing one compared to their nemesis species, Ridley Scott's Alien. After some trial and error, here comes Dan Trachtenberg resurrecting what once was a dead franchise. After The Predator in 2018, it was hard to tell that anyone wanted to tackle the extra terrestial hunters that should have stayed in the 80's. But after the acquisition of Fox, Disney attempted to revitalize their new catalogue, and left a lot of people skeptical, especially after Trachtenberg was signed to make Prey . Surprisingly, Prey shot new life to the franchise with the trust of it's new storytellers, breathing new hope to longtime fans and fans who hopped on along the way (such as myself after AVP became a thing). Predator Killer of Killers , an animation marvel, continued to show off more the new vision that Trachtenberg began to incorp...

  I know it has been a long time since I have written a review. So many movies I watched a little later because of school and work. But I am back with a review because I was much inspired to write again about this probable cult classic in the horror genre. Abigail is the new horror popcorn flick worth catching before the summer movies roll in.  The film revolves around a group of troubled misfits who are hired to kidnap a rich man's daughter to get a handsome amount of money, they are stuck in a house with a child vampire that hunts them down on by one in hopes of getting out without their blood being drained.  I will not reveal too much for it is a movie worth catching at your own time to just have a blast at the cinema. Abigail can be seen as just another cash grab for a B-grade-looking horror movie featuring an expensive cast, its quippy script and interestingly written characters, this vampire film isn't like others. Or at least it makes its own bitemark to an overdon...

After 20 years, the Plastics return in an all-new reiteration of Mean Girls, a cult classic teen drama that should have stayed in the early 2000s. No, it is not a sequel or a re-quel. It is very much a remake that is supposed to appeal to a whole new set of fans, possibly. It is also a live-action take on the Broadway musical that was inspired by the original film which, you guessed it, makes this a musical. Many people were skeptical about this idea, let alone knew it was going to be a musical while fans of the musical were wondering if it would live up to it.  As someone who hasn't seen the Broadway musical, it is hard to compare because I had never seen that cast, nor have I heard of the musical numbers before this so, I am unaware of that aspect of the film but I have seen the original film that starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams. As someone who does, to this day, enjoy the original film, the remake does not live up to its standards but mostly for reasons that are not ent...

  With the acquisition of the FOX properties, Disney had the chance to adapt to the world of Percy Jackson once again. However, unlike the last time, Disney makes an adaptation that lives up to the source material as well as embraces author Rick Riordan with production, casting, and various other factors that went into this show.  With this first season following suit of the first novel, The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson and The Olympians of course, follows the titular character learning of his mythological parentage and what that means when he is thrust into this world as he grows older and more powerful as a demigod. When he is chosen to go on quest based on a prophecy, he enlists help from Annabeth Chase and his best friend/satyr, Grover to find Zeus's missing lightning bolt.  Anyone who has seen the film that was released 12 years ago would have a good idea as to what this first season will cover but people who haven't read the original book will know the many change...

  Marvel Studios has been restructuring and repurposing lately due to how recent entries to the ever-growing franchise are being received (even if I think sometimes people are being too harsh). With a new banner introduced to the Marvel Studios umbrella called Marvel Spotlight, spotlighting the ground-level heroes and their stories, audiences are re-introduced to Echo aka Maya Lopez with her headlining a 5 episode series. Alaqua Cox reprises the role from the Hawkeye miniseries alongside Vincent D'Nofrio's Wilson Fisk, bringing the franchise to a new era of Marvel television.  This Echo TV show has been marketed as Disney Plus' first mature show featuring warnings of viewer discretion at the start of each episode. With expectations to be in a similar vein as the Marvel Netflix shows, Echo does not come to par with the tones and grittiness of what the Daredevil or Jessica Jones shows were and that might be a good thing. Echo realistically portrays fight scenes that are well-...