Review: Bill & Ted Face the Music
Talk about raising the stakes! In 1989, Bill & Ted – informed by a visitor from the future that they were destined for musical greatness - went on a most…
Review: Sputnik
Russia, 1983. The Cold War is still raging. Two men are orbiting earth in a spacecraft, preparing for their reentry when there is an incident. And when they crash land…
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Review: The Old Guard
In the mood for a superhero action movie? Historical fiction? A supernatural flick? A war drama? Sci-fi/fantasy? A message movie? A hint of romance? A high-octane, double-dose of girl power?…
Review: Underwater
The most shocking thing to me about Underwater is that some critics are actually calling it entertaining and fast-moving. That may be true for the first half-hour of the 95-minute…
Spoiler-free Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Chances are, if you’re reading this review (and I use the term loosely), you’ve already seen The Rise of Skywalker (so now it’s okay to look), you couldn’t care less…
Review: Jumanji: The Next Level
This one’s easy. If you saw and liked the 2017 film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (which I rented this week as a primer), then it’s totally worth taking a…
Review: Terminator: Dark Fate
True confessions time. I’m more than a little late to the Terminator game. Until last week, my only exposure to the decades-old franchise revolved around random clips featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Review: The Dead Don’t Die
Anyone who's been a fan of Jim Jarmusch's movies over the years - Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Mystery Train - knows he has an off-center view of the…
Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home
I’m suffering a bit from early-summer superhero fatigue, so I fully acknowledge that my ailment could account for my less than enthusiastic endorsement of Spider-Man: Far From Home. It’s still…
Review: Yesterday
Quick – try and recite the lyrics to Eleanor Rigby ("picks up the rice in the church...") Not so easy, is it? Imagine having to recount the music and lyrics…
Review: Men In Black: International
Does Men In Black: International break new ground? No, not really. Does it need to? Would have been nice; but no, not really. It’s good enough to serve as an…
Quickie Review: Dark Phoenix
Dark Phoenix is like a low-calorie, less-filling Endgame. It’s designed to bring closure to the X-Men franchise as we’ve come to know it, before a possible reboot under new (Disney)…
Spoiler-Free Review: Avengers: Endgame
And so it ends... in a suitably epic and satisfying way. Avengers: Endgame is a superhero chick flick – part drama, part action, part tearjerker. It’s also part comedy, in…
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Review: Shazam!
With Marvel’s highly-anticipated Avengers: Endgame still a few weeks out, DC Comics’ Shazam! swoops in like a tasty appetizer - just enough to satisfy, without spoiling your appetite for the…