Category: Movie

  • Review: The Suicide Squad and Vivo

    James Gunn takes a crack at The Suicide Squad and thankfully doesn’t ask much of his audience. Meanwhile Lin-Manuel Miranda brings his talents (and Hamilton and In the Heights collaborators) to the new animated film, Vivo. More about The Suicide Squad: Welcome to hell—a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the…

  • Review: Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

    You won’t want to The Rock the boat when it comes to Disney’s Jungle Cruise and consider yourself lucky if you skip Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins. More about Jungle Cruise: Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon…

  • Review: Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

    You won’t want to The Rock the boat when it comes to Disney’s Jungle Cruise and consider yourself lucky if you skip Snake Eyes: G.I Joe Origins. More about Jungle Cruise: Join fan favorites Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for the adventure of a lifetime on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon…

  • Review: Joe Bell and How It Ends

    Mark Wahlberg aims for awards but lands in reductive storytelling in Joe Bell. Plus can we handle How It Ends now that we have some modicums of hope? More about Joe Bell: From filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green (MONSTERS AND MEN; upcoming KING RICHARD), along with the Academy Award-winning writing team behind BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana…

  • Review: Space Jam: A New Legacy and Pig

    Welcome to the Space Jam (A New Legacy) … but do you want to stay there? Also Nicolas Cage needs his Pig back. More about Space Jam: A New Legacy: Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event…

  • Review: Black Widow (Spoiler Free) and Zola

    One of these films finally got THEDHK back into theaters! Marvel’s Black Widow and A24’s Zola are both up for review. More about Black Widow: In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.…

  • Review: The Tomorrow War and The Boss Baby: Family Business

    To stream or not to stream? That is the question with this week’s Chris Pratt led sci-fi thriller The Tomorrow War and animated film The Boss Baby: Family Business. More about The Tomorrow War: In the thrilling science-fiction action adventure The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from…

  • Review: F9

    F9 is here and it’s the latest entry into the Fast and Furiousverse and it makes nooooo sense, but should you watch it anyway?! Find out! More about F9: Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks…

  • Review: Luca, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, and The Sparks Brothers

    Pixar’s latest, Luca, is an Italian charmer. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek return in Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard but perhaps some franchises should stay dead. Finally, Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers will bring you into a club of cool kids music that you wish you’d been a member of long before. More about…

  • Director Chris Appelhans Interview: Wish Dragon

    Welcome director Chris Appelhans for the new animated film Wish Dragon. We chat about the challenges of making a film under severe constraints, hilarious language misadventures in China, and the great Jackie Chan. More about Wish Dragon: In Sony Pictures Animation’s Wish Dragon, Din, a working-class college student with big dreams but small means, and…