★★ Feeling like it came straight off the generic action-movie conveyor belt, Infinite strands a talented ensemble amongst stilted dialogue and CGI-heavy slow motion. I thought this type of movie was all but dead, as box office numbers dwindled and audiences craved more visceral, bone-crunching action. If anything, it feels like Infinite comes straight from … Continue reading Film Review: Infinite
Film Review: Awake
★★★ Imagine for a moment a world in which you cannot go to sleep. No, I don’t mean a demon that will haunt your dreams like Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street. You literally can’t sleep. The phones aren’t working, the power is out, and the military shows up… There is no such … Continue reading Film Review: Awake
Film Review: Spare Parts
★★★ Spare Parts takes obvious inspiration from the heyday of exploitation cinema, giving us a large cast of female protagonists—members of a girl-group punk band—and throwing them into a nightmare scenario. With echoes of Mad Max and Grindhouse, Spare Parts is an over-the-top gorefest that delivers on its visceral thrills. When on their first American … Continue reading Film Review: Spare Parts
Film Review: Riders of Justice
★★★★ Riders of Justice is a darkly comic revenge drama that comes with a signature brand of Danish snark. The direction from Anders Thomas Jensen is sleek and sharp. As a huge fan of Mads Mikkelsen myself, I loved the ferocity and methodic precision he brings to his character, Markus. A shocking narrative curveball in … Continue reading Film Review: Riders of Justice
Film Review: The Reckoning
★★★★ Director Neil Marshall is responsible for one of my top 5 favorite horror films of all time, The Descent, which only served to set an impossibly high standard for witchy horror thriller, The Reckoning. Set in England, amidst the 1665 backdrop of the Great Plague (and inspired by actual events!), the film seeps us … Continue reading Film Review: The Reckoning
Film Review: Wrath of Man
★★★★ Wrath of Man will give fans of Jason Statham exactly what they want: an action-packed crime thriller where Statham kicks a whole lot of ass. It’s also pure Guy Ritchie, with lines like “you’re a cold, cold cunt” and “Dave, you just worry about putting your asshole back in your asshole and leave this … Continue reading Film Review: Wrath of Man
Film Review: Mortal Kombat
★★★★ Mortal Kombat is so engrained in my childhood that just hearing the phrase is enough to perk me up. My earliest memories of the series are playing the Mortal Kombat Trilogy cartridge for the N64, where my favorite characters to play were Kung Lao, Kitana and Sindel. I’ve been following every major installment of … Continue reading Film Review: Mortal Kombat
Film Review: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
★★★ Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse tries to kickstart a Tom Clancy equivalent of the MCU with a ferocious and captivating lead performance from Michael B. Jordan. It almost feels like solid roots to establish a TV series, but a little lacking in terms of feeling like a complete movie. The setup is really terrific, and … Continue reading Film Review: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
Film Review: Thunder Force
★★ Thunder Force, the fifth cinematic collaboration between Ben Falcone and his wife Melissa McCarthy, tries hard to pass for light superhero fluff. Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer is somehow roped into this crazy universe. Spencer and McCarthy shine together; however, I wish their characters had been even more polar opposite. The superhero spoof angle never digs … Continue reading Film Review: Thunder Force
Film Review: Godzilla vs. Kong
★★★★★ Godzilla vs. Kong is the first big event movie of 2021, one best experienced on the hugest screen possible. The scope and spectacle of this newest in WB’s Monsterverse makes it my favorite of the four in the series. Carrying over select characters and plot points, no time is wasted when it comes to … Continue reading Film Review: Godzilla vs. Kong