Movie Review: Without Remorse
I guess working with Sylvester Stallone is like a time machine. Michael B. Jordan, fresh off the Creed sets, got punched back into the 1980s, …
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Movie Review: The Mitchells vs. the Machines
It just takes one. Sony Pictures Animation has been a perennial 2nd tier animation service, settling for middling franchises like Hotel Transylvania/The Smurfs, or outright …
Movie Review: Stowaway
Netflix has released a host of space stories in the last few months. Is it because the company has expanded the scope of their “new …
Movie Review: Mortal Kombat (2021)
TEST YOUR MIGHT, Warner Brothers! We live in a world of movie franchises now. So the production company went into their archives and dug out …
2021 Oscar Ballot: Think Happy Thoughts
This last year sucked for everyone. Even the movies, which had to delay all sorts of big releases because of the global pandemic. As the …
Movie Review: My Octopus Teacher
Thank goodness for award hunting streaming services. Netflix has been pushing all their films to as many awards shows as possible, boosting their prestige and …
Movie Review: Thunder Force
It’s only a matter of time before everyone in Hollywood will play a superhero. Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, and Octavia Spencer can now cross their …
Movie Review: Concrete Cowboy
Concrete Cowboy wins the UnWestern award for being a Western somehow set in that classic Western setting of North Philadelphia. That’s right. Apparently there’s a …
Movie Review: The Father
For a while now The Notebook has tainted any movie portrayals about dementia. That movie makes you think this horrible disease can deliver a beautiful …
Movie Review: Godzilla vs. Kong
The title says it all. This movie isn’t about deep characterization. Or allegories about our current times. Or thematically potent studies about the animal in …