★★★★★ Serving as the definitive Spider-Man cinematic experience, Across the Spider-Verse expands the scope of the mythology like never before, forming a deeply emotional visual extravaganza. This trio of directors (Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson) have crafted a movie that manages to transcend its complex inspirations. While the previous animated iteration, Into … Continue reading Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Film Review: Assassin Club
★ Try to envision the most generic Hitman-style action film, and begin to approach the middling horror concept of Assassin Club. Without rhyme or reason as to why an incredibly talented cast became stranded in a movie as hollow as a chocolate Easter bunny, one has to question what drew them to the project in … Continue reading Film Review: Assassin Club
Film Review: Hypnotic
★ If it was the late 90s or even the early 2000s and a movie was announced teaming Ben Affleck with Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty), I would be jumping up and down with excitement. Even now, the teaming of these two has potential for an especially memorable action flick, or genre-bending … Continue reading Film Review: Hypnotic
Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
★★★★★ Cementing itself as one of the greatest action/sci-fi trilogies of all time, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 delivers a stunning spectacle of effects, and dazzling emotionality to boot. James Gunn pulls out all the stops to make sure the Guardians are given a sendoff worthy of celebrating. A particular standout this go round … Continue reading Film Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Film Review: Peter Pan & Wendy
★★★ The newest cog in the Disney remake machine has arrived, this time in the form of David Lowery’s newest rendition of the timeless tale, Peter Pan & Wendy. While one’s mileage may certainly vary when it comes to these live action reimaginings, I have personally loved many more of them than I have hated. … Continue reading Film Review: Peter Pan & Wendy
Film Review: Murder Mystery 2
★★★ Marking the third collaboration between Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston after the first Murder Mystery and Just Go With It, Murder Mystery 2 arrives in a landscape where whodunnit cinema spectaculars Glass Onion, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Scream VI have recently debuted to great fanfare. Expecting the unexpected is the new norm. Audiences are … Continue reading Film Review: Murder Mystery 2
Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
★★★★★ Having freshly rewatched 2000’s wildly misguided and ridiculously campy Dungeons & Dragons, the prospect of a new take on the tabletop classic was probably the last thing on any film buff’s mind. Infamously, that iteration was a box office bomb that failed to kickstart a new franchise despite the presence of a relatively solid … Continue reading Film Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Film Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
★★★ The newest Guy Ritchie joint has arrived; this time seeing several familiar faces return in a rather straightforward action flick. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre may appear at first glance to be yet another fast-paced Jason Statham actioner that is light on plot and heavy on thrills; this statement is really only halfway correct. … Continue reading Film Review: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
★★★★ Much ado has been made of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe being a bit all over the place in its fourth phase. It contained some of Marvel’s finest works (WandaVision, Spider-Man: No Way Home) but also some major missteps (Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder). Consistency is key, and at least in the first entry of phase … Continue reading Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Film Review: Kids vs. Aliens
★★★ As a massive fan of director Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun, I was still looking forward to Kids vs. Aliens despite not being crazy about the alien subgenre of horror. Very few times have extraterrestrial tales been depicted cinematically in an intriguing fashion; unlike last year’s Nope, Kids vs. Aliens opts for a … Continue reading Film Review: Kids vs. Aliens