Movie Review: Thunderbolts*
I had no idea what Thunderbolts* was going to be. Specifically, how Marvel was going to treat it. Fantastic 4 is the movie the MCU …
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Movie Review: Bullet Train Explosion
Every country has their IP. The US has superheroes and video games. India has their ancient texts. The UK has Shakespeare and Austen. And Japan …
Movie Review: The Penguin Lessons
I hope this becomes the new movie IP. 2 years: 2 movies with loving curmudgeonly old actors becoming friends with a penguin in South America. …
Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island
Carey Mulligan loves her husband. For the uninitiated, she’s married to Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. That partnership has clearly aroused her interest in …
Movie Review: The Wedding Banquet (2025)
Bold strategy Andrew Ahn. The talented director has decided for the last couple films to remake classics in his own image. Fire Island would have …
Movie Review: The Ugly Stepsister
I didn’t think it was possible. Before Disney took over the IP, Cinderella was a tale as old as time, and has been adapted probably …
Movie Review: Ash
Ash is the type of reboot I can get behind. While big studios talk themselves into brainless old IP, Ash walks a different road to …
Movie Review: Sinners
Now this is exciting. As fun as Creed and Black Panther are, Ryan Coogler was still hamstrung by working within the bounds of the studio …
Movie Review: The King of Kings
It’s been a minute since kids really got a good movie about Jesus. The Star was the last attempt in 2017, and that was really …
Movie Review: G20
Plenty of movies put a movie President in the middle of the action. The two at the top of the heap currently are “Get off …