Tag: Review

  • 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…

  • Review: In the Heights and Wish Dragon

    Lots of expectations on In the Heights and somehow Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu, and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ film soars above them. Plus the new animated film Wish Dragon on Netflix. More about In the Heights: Lights up on Washington Heights…The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st…

  • Review: A Quiet Place Part 2 and Sweet Tooth

    It’s a post apocalyptic double feature (again?) with John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part 2 and the new Netflix series Sweet Tooth which is based on the DC Comic by Jeff Lemire. More about A Quiet Place Part 2: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must…

  • Review: Cruella

    Sure Cruella has style, but does it have substance for anyone but a Disney superfan? More about Cruella: Academy Award® winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella…

  • Review: Army of the Dead, The Dry, and Dream Horse

    Zack Snyder + zombies = formulaic fun? in Army of the Dead. Eric Bana in The Dry is a relatively dry thriller. Plus yes Dream Horse is the real name of a movie that is not aimed at children. More about Army of the Dead: Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of…

  • Review: Wrath of Man and Together Together

    Is toxic masculinity ruining all the stakes in action movies? Jason Statham seems dead set on proving that in Wrath of Man. Meanwhile, Together Together explores single-dom in an unexpected and refreshing way. More about Wrath of Man: A mysterious and wild-eyed new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his coworkers during a heist…

  • Review: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, The Mitchells vs The Machines, and Four Good Days

    Michael B. Jordan brings his acting chops to the Ryanverse (is that even a thing?) but does Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse even deserve him? The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an animated delight. Four Good Days also wastes the potential of its stars. More about Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an…

  • Review: Mortal Kombat and Stowaway

    2021’s Mortal Kombat is on the cusp of cult terrible-greatness and Stowaway on Netflix is a bunch of very smart characters acting very stupid (in space!) More about Mortal Kombat: In “Mortal Kombat,” MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has…

  • Review: Godzilla vs. Kong and French Exit

    It’s a clash of epic scale in Godzilla vs. Kong but does the film live up to the two titular titans legacies? Plus Michelle Pfeiffer brings her all in French Exit. More about Godzilla vs. Kong: From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes the long-awaited face-off between two icons in the epic adventure “Godzilla…