Berk Reviews

This week, we review Disclosure Day. We also discuss Theme Park Suggestions in Confessions of a Cinephile, Media Consumption, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a…

This week, we review Backrooms and Masters of the Universe. We also discuss Media Consumption, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a variety of movies or…

This week, we review Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. We also discuss Movie Food Tie-Ins in Confessions of a Cinephile, Media Consumption, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com…

This week, we review Obsession. We also discuss Movie Props We’re Obsessed With in Confessions of a Cinephile, Media Consumption, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a…

Anyone who has lived in—or even visited—Central Florida knows the nightmare that is I-4. While thousands of people traverse its treacherous lanes daily, many of us actively avoid venturing into the automotive masses unless absolutely necessary. As I get older and more people continue to flood into the humid morass that is my home, that avoidance has only solidified. It now takes something quite…

As a high school film teacher, I often joked with my English department colleagues about how little I read. They’d say things like, “the book is so much better than the movie,” to which I’d craft a rebuttal along the lines of, “the book can’t be better than the movie if I never read the book.” In a rare case, I actually took the time to read—well, listen to—Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary about two…

When you spend a lot of your time talking about, writing about, and reading about movies — and generally build your whole existence around them — it’s rare to see a film at your local cineplex that you weren’t expecting. While that last bit has been true more often than not, I’d be lying if I claimed to have been previously aware of Solo Mio or Bendito Corazón. But Redux Redux is different…

Gore Verbinski really made a mark for himself with the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and The Ring just before that. But he hasn’t had a feature film since 2016’s A Cure for Wellness—until now, with Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. An enigmatic title that’s as curious as the film’s protagonist. While it doesn’t quite deliver some of the things Verbinski is most known for, it is a satirical…

There are often valid reasons to break the rules of screenwriting. If a film can succeed in twisting or subverting our expectations, ignoring tried-and-tested patterns can be justified. However, if you create a script that feels like a collection of various ideas borrowed from other stories and toss them together without understanding their purpose, your movie will inevitably suffer for…

In 1989, Spike Lee gave us one of the greatest summer movies of all time, Do the Right Thing. It’s a film where you can nearly feel the heat pouring from the screen because it is embedded in the production design, the characters, and the rising tension of the story. The red hues paired with the beads of sweat pouring down everyone’s face were a constant reminder to you, the viewer, of just how…

 By the end of 2025, I’ll have been writing about films for ten years. It was January 1, 2016, when I wrote my first review and embarked on my cinematic exploration to expand my tastes. I’ve learned a ton since, discovering many new favorite movies along the way while becoming a major advocate for this art form, and others. The area of my life that I was the most surprised to find impacted by…

The premise of a ragtag group of anti-heroes forced to team up is quite common in movies these days. The obvious comparison to the newest MCU entry, Thunderbolts*, would be Suicide Squad or The Suicide Squad. However, plenty of examples outside of the superhero genre pull from a familiar set-up. While many elements of the film feel familiar, it offers something more that makes it genuinely stand…

It has been a while since I last posted on Berkreviews. I’ve have been writing at disappointment media for a while and helping to manage that site. Bloody Awesome has been going strong, but we have been posting to Matt’s site instead of here. I was thinking it may be time to retire Berkreviews for a while now. However, I think I’ve decide to keep it alive for at least two more years. I’m…

This week, we review Venom: The Last Dance. We also discuss Horror Movie Havoc and our Top Horror Movies in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will…

There have been far too many school shootings in the U.S. I was a junior in high school when Columbine happened — and our school, far away from Colorado, was plagued by false threats throughout my senior year. I have spent the last 18 years in a classroom as a teacher in various capacities, and have experienced numerous drills and fortunate false alarms geared around the threat of violence. As…

This week, we review Smile 2. We also discuss Horror Movie Havoc in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more! The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a variety of movies or…

There is a good chance that anyone reading this has left a substantial digital footprint at this point in their life. For many, the idea of someone discovering the digital trail we left may be unnerving. We may have left a mark on the world in a digital sense, but it may not be one we are proud of. In many cases, it probably won’t be the one you’d like to be representative of what is remembered…