Review: “The Dead Don’t Die”
Make no mistake: "The Dead Don’t Die" is a minimalist zombie movie for the Jim Jarmusch fans who have wondered what a Jim Jarmusch...
Review: “Dark Phoenix”
"Dark Phoenix" represents not so much the end of an era as it does a mercy killing, and the late Fox Studios' "X-Men" franchise...
Review: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”
Arguably a great case of 'be careful what you wish for,' the new "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" represents a hard turn away from...
Review: “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum”
When the inimitable Tony Scott was eulogised, it was often said that he didn’t make action movies, he made action films. Director Chad Stahelski’s...
Review: “Avengers: Endgame”
"Avengers: Endgame" is the satisfying culmination to Marvel Studios’ 11-year, 22-movie experiment that changed the movie landscape. That it succeeds isn’t a surprise -...
Review: “Hellboy”
After the decision was made to relaunch the "Hellboy" film franchise, die-hard fans spent more time kvetching about who was going to be underneath...
Review: “Shazam”
"Shazam!" joins the ranks of "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman" as a dose of much-needed levity for the DCEU. In fact, it lands nicely between...
Review: “Captain Marvel”
Breezy and light on gravitas, "Captain Marvel" doesn’t shake up the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it does find a few new ways to perk...
Review: “Alita: Battle Angel”
There’s not a lot below the surface of "Alita: Battle Angel," mostly because it puts everything it has front and center. For what it...
Review: “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part”
Almost everything is awesome in Mike Mitchell’s obligatory sequel to Chris Miller and Phil Lord’s breakout 2014 animated feature. The gags are still fast,...
Review: “Aquaman”
Perhaps the most comic-booky of comic book movies to hit the screen since 1978's "Superman," "Aquaman" is rough around the edges but nevertheless an...
Review: “Mary Poppins Returns”
There’s more than a spoonful of sugar to be had with Disney’s sequel to 1964's "Mary Poppins," which is content to play it safe...
Review: “Creed II”
The first two "Rocky" films offered insightful, powerful and quality examinations of manhood, legacy and determination. The third and fourth fall into formula...
Review: “Widows”
"Widows" is an exquisite crime drama refreshed and relocated from the British 1983 limited series to the authentic socio-political quagmire of modern Chicago. When...
Review: “Bad Times at the El Royale”
Much as he did with "The Cabin in the Woods," writer-director Drew Goddard ("The Martian") has taken a hoary old premise and re-invigorated it...
Review: “Venom”
You'd think a movie about a down-and-out reporter who teams with a cannibalistic blob of space goo to become a super anti-hero would be...
Review: “Boy Erased”
Leaving behind the fun pulp stylings of his directorial debut "The Gift," actor-turned-filmmaker Joel Edgerton has chosen a more considered approach to heavier subject...
Review: “The Nun”
After the runaway success of "The Conjuring'" movies and the "Annabelle" killer doll spin-off sub-franchise, a movie based on the demon nun of "The...
Review: “The Happytime Murders”
Despite what the hype would have you believe, "The Happytime Murders" is not the most inappropriate puppet movie ever made (Peter Jackson's "Meet the...
Review: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado”
Hard-boiled with a dash of absurdist pulp, "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" lacks the subtle nuances and gritty realism of the original but earns...
Review: “Solo – A Star Wars Story”
"Solo: A Star Wars Story" is easily the lightest, breeziest "Star Wars" movie to date. The stakes are low, the fate of the galaxy...
Review: “Avengers: Infinity War”
There's almost no point in writing a review of "Avengers: Infinity War," Marvel's uber-ambitious movie juggernaut has built momentum behind itself for 18 movies...
Review: “Rampage”
A big slice of 'meh' dumped into the no man's land between "Ready Player One" and a certain high-profile Marvel movie, "Rampage" is an...
Review: “Ready Player One”
The ultimate fanboy film, "Ready Player One" hinges entirely on geeky nostalgia. It's loaded top to bottom with aural and visual references to video...
Review: “Pacific Rim: Uprising”
Steven S. DeKnight's sequel to Guillermo Del Toro's 2013 love letter to anime and kaiju movies is more coherent than a "Transformers" movie but...
Blake’s Review: “Tomb Raider”
"Tomb Raider" the action-packed, bone-rattling, archaeological adventure is punching hard to overcome "auto-redundancy," where taking the control away from players and forcing them not...
Review: “A Wrinkle in Time”
A mixed bag at best, Ava DuVernay ("Selma") helms this adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult novel "A Wrinkle in Time" which hammers...
Review: “Annihilation”
Beautifully executed though thematically murky, Alex Garland's ("Ex Machina") adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's best-seller novel is an exercise in psychedelia and cinematic dissonance.
Though...
Review: “Black Panther”
No good run lasts forever, and after eighteen movies produced during the past ten years, any movie studio would be long overdue for bomb...
Review: “The Post”
Steven Spielberg's "The Post" is a morality tale tackling media ethics at the height of the Nixon administration. It is also Spielberg, America's seminal...