Grant Minnick's Movie Reviews

“You gotta be one of the good guys, son, ‘cause there’s way too many of the bad.” - John Custer Preacher is a comic series written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Steve Dillon.  It was published under DC’s now discontinued Vertigo imprint and ran from 1995 to 2000, spanning 75 issues in total.  It follows the lives of Texas preacher Jesse Custer, his assassin girlfriend Tulip O’Hare, and his hard-partying vampire friend Cassidy.  When Jesse is possessed by Genesis, an unearthly entity that escaped from heaven, he is given a supernatural power that causes people to directly obey anything he says.  Upon learning that God has fled from heaven after the escape of Genesis, Jesse goes on a quest to find God and make him answer for the sufferings of the world he created. Preacher is widely regarded as one of the best non-superhero comics ever made, and it’s easy to see why.  It’s funny, intelligent, witty, and surprisingly heartwarming, but don’t let that fo...

“We’re going on a quest!” - Barley Lightfoot      Onward is an animated fantasy movie starring the voice talents of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.  The film is directed by Dan Scanlon and is the 22nd film from Pixar Animation Studios.  It tells the story of Ian Lightfoot, a young elf celebrating his sixteenth birthday.  After magically bringing back the lower half of his deceased father, Ian and his older brother Barley go on a quest to try and bring their father back completely before sunset.   Onward has everything that people have grown to love in a Pixar movie.  It has humor, heart, adventure, fantastic animation, and a stellar voice cast.  It also has enough new elements to keep even the most seasoned Pixar fan satisfied. The story is heartfelt, and it deals with difficult topics in ways that are easy for kids to understand without ever talking down to them.  It explores how ...

“He has figured out a way to be invisible.” - Cecilia Kass The Invisible Man is a horror-thriller starring Elisabeth Moss and directed by Leigh Whannell.  It tells the story of Cecilia Kass, a woman who recently escaped the clutches of her abusive husband Adrian.  When Cecilia finds out that Adrian is dead, she is finally able to rest easy.  That is until she suspects that Adrian isn’t dead after all.  Throughout the film, she becomes more and more convinced that Adrian found a way to become invisible and is now stalking her. This film is a modern take on the classic H. G. Wells novel, which was made into a 1933 film directed by James Whale.  It presents itself as a cat and mouse thriller that asks a very difficult question: How would you survive if you were being hunted by someone you couldn’t see, and how would you keep your sanity in the process?  You would constantly have to stay one step ahead of your stalker, and you would most likely have to ...