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Continue reading →: Eddie Murphy can’t save ‘The Pickup’ from running on emptyEddie Murphy’s return is less of a Pickup and more of a letdown.
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Continue reading →: “Heads of State” Trips Over Its Own StuntsHeads of State wants to be the next big, odd-couple action comedy. John Cena and Idris Elba trading barbs while running from the bad guys sounds like guaranteed popcorn fun. But what you get are two charismatic stars dragging an inflated script across half of Europe while director Ilya Naishuller…
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Continue reading →: Liam Neeson Tries to Keep the Wheels On in a Lukewarm Ice Road: VengeanceIf you’re a Neeson fan, there’s enough grizzled charm in Ice Road: Vengeance to justify a cheap rental. The movie is not a disaster, but it’s not a road worth revisiting either. Call it a lukewarm layover to whatever movie Neeson shows up in next. Hopefully, it’s better than this…
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Continue reading →: 40 Acres Turns Doomsday Prep Into Heartfelt Drama“40 Acres” lands in that sweet spot where a solid premise meets just enough heart to keep you rooting for the characters even when the storytelling wobbles. Set after a brutal fungal plague and a fresh civil war have destroyed the food chain, the film follows the Freeman family on…
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Continue reading →: 28 Years Later is not the second coming of the fast zombieI’ve spent seventeen years picturing what Britain might look like after the Rage virus finished eating it, and 28 Years Later finally lets us in. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland return with a sequel that is scrappy, stylish, and strangely kind. The film never recaptures what made 28 Days Later…
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Continue reading →: Pixar Shoots for the Stars With ‘Elio’ and Mostly Gets ThereElio presents a Pixar story shaded with themes of grief and loneliness, yet it struggles under a scattered script. The vibrant visuals and charming characters momentarily distract from its formulaic storytelling. Is this latest offering merely another recycled formula dressed in colorful layers?
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Continue reading →: Stephen King’s Adaptation, The Life of Chuck, Gives us an Existential Joy in a Gentle ApocalypseMike Flanagan has spent the last decade convincing us that there might be something terrifying lurking in the shadows. The Life of Chuck is his fourth Stephen King adaptation. But with this one, he turns the lights on and shows us something scarier and sweeter. What he shows us is…
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Continue reading →: How to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Remake is a Faithful Remake That Flies on NostalgiaThe live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon sticks pretty close to the original, with Hiccup and Toothless still stealing the show. While it doesn’t add anything new, it keeps the heart of the story alive.
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Continue reading →: 12 Classics that Explored the Multiverse Long Before the Marvel Cinematic UniverseLong before Marvel weaponized variants, storytellers were already traveling across dimensions, splitting timelines, and asking us to follow white rabbits. Writers have been bending reality and taking us to fantastical universes; MCU just made it trendy.
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Continue reading →: ‘Ballerina’ Revenge, Action, and the John Wick LegacyJohn Wick stopping by a ballet studio was not on my bingo cards, but here we are. Ballerina fused the stylized world of the Wick franchise with the classic revenge melodrama, complete with two hours of bullet casings, flamethrowers, and pirouettes. Much like most spin-offs, it’s not perfect, but that’s…
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Continue reading →: Predator: Killer of Killers is a Bloody Blast That Expands the Hunt in the Best Way PossibleIf you’ve ever wondered who would win in a royal rumble between a Viking shieldmaiden, a ninja, and a WWII flyboy against an eight-foot alien, Predator: Killer of Killers is here to scratch that very specific itch. When Prey came out in 2022, nobody expected a Predator prequel to slap…
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