Men in Black: International Review – New Cast, Same Everything Else
When it comes to the breadth of quality in cinema, there’s a classically shaped bell curve. That is to say, most films are just “fine.” Men in Black: International sits squarely in that population. The...
View ArticleShaft (2019) Review: Shut Your Mouth!
So, uh, Shaft is back. I’m not sure who was clamoring for this one, but sometimes we get stuff we don’t ask for. If you haven’t been following, this is the sequel to the late John Singleton’s 2000...
View ArticleToy Story 4 Review: Hardly Kid Stuff Anymore
The most remarkable thing about Toy Story 4 is that it managed to see the light of day in the first place. The series had ended, in quite satisfying fashion, with the third film in 2010. Bringing it...
View ArticleAnnabelle Comes Home Review: Oh Great, Another Killer Doll Flick
If you’re keeping track, Annabelle Comes Home is the third Annabelle movie, the second film from the Conjuring series to be released in 2019, and the seventh in that franchise overall. Though the...
View ArticleSpider-Man: Far from Home Review – Peter Parker’s European Vacation
Who’s super strong and really sticky? Why, it’s your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, coming to terms with his role in a post-Endgame world. From the opening scene involving a sendoff for those who...
View ArticleFantasia Fest Journal: Critters Attack!
Measuring your expectations for the fifth entry into any horror franchise is just good common sense. Keeping low expectations for the latest Critters movie, the non-theatrically released Critters...
View ArticleThe Angry Birds Movie 2 Review: Less Angry, Still Bird-Brained
Though I’m not sure how many people still play the now decade-old puzzle game Angry Birds, the creators have somehow managed to make a serviceable animated comedy for kids out of the source material....
View ArticleOne Man’s Trash: Zoombies 2
Well, this isn’t a zoo, and these critters aren’t exactly undead. But goshdarnit, “zoombies” is too clever a pun to sleep on, so we’ll roll with it. If you’re desperate to steal an elephant, why go...
View ArticleAngel Has Fallen Review: Pointless Sequel Can’t Get Up
If going through a checklist of action film clichés were a competitive sport, Angel Has Fallen would be the all-time world champion. The predictable plot, two-dimensional characters, and lust for guns...
View Article47 Meters Down: Uncaged Review – Not All That Deep
Between the killer-gator flick Crawl a few weeks ago and real-life shark attacks on the news seemingly every day, this is shaping up to be quite the summer of aquatic horrors. Now here to make the...
View ArticleIt: Chapter Two Review – Whatever Floats Your Boat
A clown, especially an ancient evil one, is a grand central character for any horror film. However, it takes more than Pennywise to keep It: Chapter Two rolling. Though Chapter Two picks up mere...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Horror Sequels
The sequel to the 2017 horror smash It arrives this weekend, and we can hope for the best that it will live up to the original. Sadly, many horror sequels don’t. In fact, a lot of them are just plain...
View ArticleRambo: Last Blood Review – Bled Dry
The last scenes in Rambo: Last Blood, the fifth and supposedly final film in Sylvester Stallone’s signature action series, are a montage of clips from 1982’s First Blood all the way to some from the...
View ArticleNow Streaming – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino just might be the movie that Breaking Bad die-hards have yammered for the past few years, but it’s bound to leave more casual fans a little unsatisfied. If you recall, the television show...
View ArticleMaleficient: Mistress of Evil Review – Another Horny Fairy Tale
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil may appear to be the next in the long list of Disney’s live-action remakes, but don’t let that scare you away. This tale of revenge and horns is the rare case of the...
View ArticleZombieland: Double Tap Review – Not Quite Tapped Out Yet
Ten years and sixteen days after the first Zombieland was released, we finally get to see what those crazy living humans have been up to all these years. Zombieland: Double Tap is a fun enough visit...
View ArticleWatchmen Pilot Recap: “Trust in the Law”
Considering the glut of superhero stories we’re experiencing in movies and TV, right now is either a great time to revive Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ legendary Watchmen comic, or perhaps the worst....
View ArticleTerminator: Dark Fate Review – The Future Is Still Not Set
Is there a franchise where the notion sequels is more baked-in than The Terminator? We should have known that the famous line “I’ll be back” was more than a just a quip, but a mantra promising decades...
View ArticleDoctor Sleep Review: Worth Staying Up For
Consider me shocked. As much as I enjoyed director Mike Flanagan’s Oculus, the idea of messing with Stanley Kubrick’s vision by making a sequel to The Shining is a tough prescription for Doctor Sleep...
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