Movie Review: Under Paris
Movies are best when we’re learning from one another. I hope American filmmakers start stealing techniques and stories from our French counterparts: immersive character dramas …
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Movie Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die is a particularly cynical Hollywood exercise. Instead of trying to create new movie stars or put new movie stars into …
Movie Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
How could George Miller possibly follow up Fury Road? That gem of an action extravaganza came at the right place, and time, with the right …
Movie Review: The Fall Guy
Barbenheimer forever! Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling set aside their differences culturally to team up in this action comedy film welcoming 2024 to summer. That …
Movie Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Anytime the UK decides to declassify military files, I hope they just hand them right to Guy Ritchie. The master of manly charming British men …
Movie Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
At least Adam Wingard gets it. The man who’s assumed the director’s mantle for the US’s monster movies gives people what they want. Leave Godzilla …
Movie Review: Monkey Man
You know who should direct Mumbai’s John Wick? The Slumdog Millionaire kid. Dev Patel has come a long way since Skins and his Oscar winning …
Movie Review: Road House
Wow, studios must be getting desperate. With the superhero calamity of 2023 and so far 2024, studios are desperate to call back any IP from …
Movie Review: Napoleon
Despite his famously diminutive stature, Napoleon Bonaparte’s life demands many hours and millions of dollars in moviemaking with all the things he did. The Corsican’s …
Movie Review: Argylle
Argylle reminded me of an important lesson to remember when watching a movie. Pointless and bad are two different things. Red Notice is probably where …