★★★ A meet-cute at a urinal stall at juvie may sound like the setup for a quirky Japanese Boys Love flick. A closer examination noting that the film is in the hands of auteur Takashi Miike may tell a different story. Miike, one of the most prolific filmmakers working today, comes out with a one-two … Continue reading Fantasia 2025: Blazing Fists
2025’s Superman: A Second Opinion
★★★★★ (Written by Guest Reviewer, Ronnie (Dorian) Clements) Superman may not be perfect, but it is wonderfully surreal. The real DC Universe has returned, the torch gets passed to a new Man of Steel (for the next generation) and all feels right again with the world. As predicted, Krypto steals the show. Decades ago, a … Continue reading 2025’s Superman: A Second Opinion
Film Review: Superman
★★★★★ Upfront confession: I am not a huge Superman fanatic. Clark Kent has never been a super (pun intended) interesting character to follow, with my few cinematic experiences being 2006’s Superman Returns and beyond, and on the small screen, WB’s excellent series, Smallville. Before now, Man of Steel was my favorite of the bunch. That … Continue reading Film Review: Superman
Film Review: Heads of State
★★★★ A deliriously over-the-top combustible action/comedy mash-up, Heads of State brings an unlikely duo to the forefront. Idris Elba and John Cena play this oddball pairing by leaning into their trademark traits—for Elba, that means British and brooding, whilst Cena gets to play the vapid movie star with muscles and a heart of gold. As … Continue reading Film Review: Heads of State
Film Review: Bride Hard
★ (Written by Intern, Alecia Wilk) Bride Hard sounds at first like a sure-fire cash-in combination of blockbusters from opposite sides of the consumer market. Capitalizing on chick-flick flockers and 80’s action junkies at once, a successful story should not be out of reach. However, disappointment rears its head early on, and never lets up. … Continue reading Film Review: Bride Hard
4K Blu-Ray Review: The Nice Guys
★★★★★ Although it flopped at the box office upon release back in 2016, in the near-decade since, Shane Black's riotous buddy comedy/thriller The Nice Guys has developed quite a cult fanbase. At the time, Ryan Gosling was red hot—perhaps even moreso now, considering his Oscar-nominated turns in La La Land and Barbie. The initial rejection … Continue reading 4K Blu-Ray Review: The Nice Guys
Tribeca 2025: How to Train Your Dragon
★★★★★ Despite having only seen the Dreamworks originals once each in theaters, I was still optimistic for the company’s first foray into the live action remake arena. Seeing dragons interact with humans in the real world, built off identical mythology, has a certain appeal to it. Would Hiccup and Toothless live up to the lofty … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: How to Train Your Dragon
Tribeca 2025: Paradise Records
★★★★★ Future viewers of Paradise Records will probably fall into two distinct camps: the first will be major fans of Logic’s discography, and will be curious to see it translated on screen. The second camp will be clueless to Logic, yet lovers of stoner comedies. Even without any familiarity, there is still something deeply hilarious … Continue reading Tribeca 2025: Paradise Records
Film Review: A Breed Apart
★ Produced by master of horror Wes Craven and directed by frequent collaborator Nicholas Mastandrea, 2006's genetically-modified killer dog movie, The Breed, was way more fun than it had any right to be. Coming at a time when 90s and 2000s genre flicks with even the most preposterous premises were still glossy and effective, there … Continue reading Film Review: A Breed Apart
Film Review: Fight or Flight
★★★★ Josh Hartnett enters his John Wick actioner era in explosively entertaining and hilariously off-kilter pulp flick, Fight or Flight. For decades, Hartnett has been putting up impressive character work since his acting boom in the late 90s/2000s. Though he took some time off in between projects, it truly feels like we are experiencing a … Continue reading Film Review: Fight or Flight