Movie Review: Masters of the Universe
He-Man was just before my time. So as someone who loved seeing Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Power Rangers adaptations, for all the Masters …
Idris Elba
Movie Review: Zootopia 2
There’s certainly the Frozen Fanatics. Or the Moana Maniacs. Or the Enc…shhh!!! we don’t talk about it. But for my money, Disney’s 15 year Renaissance …
Movie Review: A House of Dynamite
Boy did the pandemic really rattle Hollywood. Filmmakers have gone down all sorts of rabbit holes about growing distrust of institutions. Ari Aster showed how …
Movie Review: Heads of State
I was bummed when this wasn’t the sequel to Chris Rock’s Head of State. I was ready to be more bummed too the more promotional …
Movie Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Consistently OK. Do you know how many trilogies have wide variations in quality. Or are consistently excellent like the LOTR and Before Trilogies. It takes …
Movie Review: Extraction 2
We are in a great little action revival! Last 2 years has brought us RRR, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King, Prey, Sisu, Polite Society, …
Movie Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing
If I were George Miller, I would’ve waited too. After putting out the action movie of the decade, I would’ve coasted for a while too, …
Movie Review: Beast
Idris Elba fights a lion. Perfect. No notes. Sometimes a simple premise just works best, especially if it’s a human vs animal. Beast is a …
Movie Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
I don’t know why, but I was pretty giddy for Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Some of it is nostalgia: I loved the Sonic games growing …
Movie Review: The Harder They Fall
There are so few African Americans portrayed in movies about the West, Blazing Saddles mocked it 50 years ago. But 50 years on, Jeymes Samuel …