Some claim that Superman’s icon crest is more recognizable than the Christian cross. And regardless of whether or not that’s true, it’s far from a baseless notion. For this day and age, it’s the superhero that acts as the modern-day myth, cult, church, role model, everything. And among the plethora of tight wearing titans, the O.G. Man of Steel remains supreme as the gold standard of hope, heroics, and hearth-side tales. So then where does that leave his, some may argue, lesser counterpart, Supergirl? Is Kara Zor-El just a one-’n-done gender swap gimmick meant to milk out a few more greenbacks from the Superman brand? Or is she a worthy carrier of the fabled crest, one that steps out from Superman’s mile high shadow to bask in her own glorious light? Well, if one were to base their decision off of her first theatrical foray, it’s hard to believe anyone would find her compelling in the slightest. But maybe, just maybe that has to do more with the offered story, rather than the heroin, ...
Life for the billions of wandering souls on this earth take a myriad of unknown paths, each twisting and looping here and there to the disparate tunes of triumph and turmoil, of splendor and horror, of serenity and pain. And no matter how similar any two paths may be, all are unique unto themselves as to how they play out, say for one detail. Because from the very moment any of us beautiful specs of stardust are fortunate or unfortunate enough to be forged into a soul and shot into this world, there has only ever been and will only ever be one constant, one commonality, one truth. At some point, we’re all gonna die. We’re All Gonna Die is a light sci-fi, romantic-comedy road trip film, where ( in the near future ) a mysterious 10,000-mile high “spike” materializes, imbeds itself into earth, and wreaks havoc each time it teleports. Fast forwarding a year later, and struggling beekeeper, Thalia ( Ashlie Burch ), and emotionally raw EMT, Kai ( Jordan Rodriguez ), find themselves tea...