Nick Cavuoti
Bio
An avid movie watcher, and I have been writing short stories and novels on the side for years now. Hoping to hone my craft here on Vocal!
Stories (61/0)
Review: "Gunpowder Milkshake"
Gunpowder Milkshake is a brash, sugar rush that at times is incredibly hard to follow but that's okay as the viewer isn't missing much apart from some gore. On the merit of an action film, it is entertaining enough but with such a talented cast it is borderline criminal not giving any of them anything to sink their teeth into. The film obviously takes a lot of inspiration from the John Wick franchise but, while Wick takes itself much more seriously, Gunpowder Milkshake dives headfirst into the insanely over the top and deeply stylized action scenes. It embraces the crazy right out from the gate.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
In Bloom
Fully grown green trees lied in every direction for as long as the eyes could see in the crisp dusk air. In the middle of all the trees, there was a dirt road where a man was trekking through. He was bundled up tightly to battle the harshness of the cold and brought with him a backpack. Inside he had all the necessities to withstand the elements and harshness of surviving nature. He had a skull cap around his head, covering dark thin hair and a heavy green jacket.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Fiction
Review: "A Quiet Place Part 2"
John Krasinski shocked the world when A Quiet Place first came out as he proved to be a skilled writer and director that created a memorable horror film. Most horror films that have come out as of late have been filled with jump scares and frankly forgettable, but not A Quiet Place. Considering the success, it is understandable to get a sequel and while it isn't as good as the first it still stands up as a solid film thanks in large part once again to the talent behind the camera. While the sequel doesn't boast the same intimate feeling that the original had, it is a bigger film in scope that deals with the after affects of living in a post apocalyptic world that is absent of hope. The sequel also succeeds in doing everything a sequel should do in that it continues the arc, while also expanding its universe and characters.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Game Night
A knocking is heard on the wooden front door and immediately met by jubilation. The man sitting inside had been planning to have his friends over for a game night, a tradition they all started recently after they had all started their careers. The gang had been friends ever since they were kids, and decided a good way to stay in touch and hang out would be this monthly game night. All their worries, stresses would be quelled by such. The man opens the door and notices his friend Steve behind it with drinks and chips.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Fiction
Review: "Black Widow"
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally re-arrived to movie theaters around the globe with the super spy thriller, Black Widow. Natasha Romanoff's solo outing comes at a weird time as fans already know when her time is up, robbing fans of any kind of worry of losing her over the course of this film. However, it does flesh her character out a bit more while introducing new characters and answers the age old question of what happened in Budapest. It has a similar feel to that of Captain America: The Winter Soldier but unlike that film it doesn't have the same stakes, Black Widow by comparison feels smaller and more focused on Natasha and her adoptive family. It is hard not to feel or think that this film took too long to happen but at it's core it is still a solid action film by it's own merit.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Acceptance
“He gave me his old farm.” The man spoke softly as he stepped foot into his own luxurious home to his beautiful wife. She helped her husband take his jacket off as it had been raining hard earlier and he was soaked. He stood there seemingly in shock and not sure how to act or what to do.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Fiction
The MCU's First Family
The MCU is finally adapting the First Family, known as the Fantastic Four as they received the rights from Fox. During a recent announcement given by Kevin Feige he revealed that the film is in development and will be directed by Spiderman's director, Jon Watts. Even more recently with Wandavision on air and filling up the internet with tons of fan theories, the most starting with the inclusion of Reed Richards, the team is on everyone's minds as to when we will see the group inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There have been reports that Doctor Victor von Doom will be appearing before the Fantastic Four, and some reports of certain casting calls for the roles.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Review: "The Stand"
Stephen King has seen a lot of his work adapted to film and television. Some have seen massive success and some have been forgettable. His novels are some of the best, which makes it easy for Hollywood to have a desire to adapt his work as it will already have a built in audience. Having been a fan of King, oftentimes it can be difficult for me watching adaptations as I find myself hoping that it matches my expectations or imagination of said story. The Stand, however, is King's biggest piece of work while also being heralded as one of his best. Paramount's new streaming service biggest original to this date, even six months later, is still The Stand and largely it succeeds in bringing to our screens a modern take on King's work. At times even a bit too dangerously close to home as a big plot point involves a worldwide plague that kills off a vast majority of the human population. Still, writers and producers Josh Boone, Benjamin Cavell, Knate Lee and Jill Killington do an admirable job with the work.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Review: "The Tomorrow War"
Amazon Prime's Tomorrow War is an uneven amalgam of recent and classic sci-fi films that features a lot of talent actors but sadly misses the mark entirely. Whether it be due to cliches that are borrowed from arguably better sci-fi films that work a lot better or a complete waste of the charm that oozes out of Chris Pratt, the film is a bore and grows increasingly ludicrous by the minute. However, it does deliver on the promise of being your prototypical mindless action romp that you would expect from a summer blockbuster. Amidst a pandemic, these kind of films are harder to come by making Tomorrow War a welcome addition on the Fourth of July weekend to sit comfortably at home and mindlessly drift into this odd world.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Review: "Godzilla vs. Kong"
The MonsterVerse had been building steam ever since Gareth Edward's Godzilla and Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Skull Island. The two movies were both solid introductions to these titans, and Skull Island definitely seemed to indicate the two would inevitably fight. That's not even taking into consideration that the idea has been around since 1962 Toho Studios created the first Kong versus Godzilla. Ultimately this is what they've been building up to and they had to stick the landing in order to continue to cash in on their giant assets, and largely it delivers in it's promise to viewers of a massive fight but in other aspects the film is a disappointment. Granted, it is difficult to tell a story that is centered so heavily around the spectacle of two larger then life beings fighting one another, but it requires a even more delicate touch to make us care about what is happening on screen. Ever since Toho Studios first made these films back in the sixties, they always had humans delivering exposition and or showing mankind making a muck of the situation, but it's always the weakest points of the film. The same applies here as it is a increasingly difficult balance to maintain.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Loki: Episode 4 Reactions
*SPOILERS AHEAD* Much like the other two Disney+ shows up to this point, Loki has stolen our hearts and our imagination when it comes to theories. Episode Four took everything we have seen to this point and threw it on it's head. Largely, that works in their favor. If the show continued on it's path it could have become mundane and ultimately predictable. In fact, the previous episode felt a bit more like something out of Doctor Who. After all the show is called Loki, with that title alone you have to expect a level of mischief and chaos. Marvel chose a great time to blow it's show up and introduce a bit of chaos. The episode starts off by showing us a young Sylvie been taken from her timeline as a young child from Asgard, only to then escape from Ravonna. From there, the episode takes place right where we left Loki and Sylvie on Lamentis-1 as the world around them had begun to crumble around them. The two have come a long way in a short period of time together and begin to truly care for one another. Sylvie even asks Loki, "Does being a Loki mean we are destined to fail?" As they are facing imminent death, the two take solace in another and accept their death which in their acceptance of one another created a branch in the timeline alerting the Time Variance Authority to their location and pull them from their impending death and imprison them. From there we see that Mobius (Owen Wilson) is beginning to question his orders and so is Hunter B-15 as she begins to remember the life she had before the TVA made her into an agent. The two try to help Sylvie and Loki take down the TVA but to no avail. They realize the Time Keepers are nothing more then androids and have no idea now who is in charge.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks
Review: "Promising Young Woman"
Promising Young Woman is a dark film disguised as a comedy and deals with a subject matter that is increasingly more relevant, even more so after the Me Too movement. It deals heavily with the effect that rape can have on the people closest to the victim, and how the people that refuse to act are just as guilty as the harasser. It is an incredibly ambitious debut film for new writer-director Emerald Fennell, and in lesser hands the film could have easily deteriorated into an overly propaganda-like film on the heavy subject. It isn't surprising that this film received Oscar nominations as it is expertly crafted and paced beautifully, not to mention Carey Mulligan delivers the performance of her career as the vengeful Cassie.
By Nick Cavuoti3 years ago in Geeks