Review: ‘Smurfs’Don't Bother Smurfin' It To Theaters For This Unfunny, Forgettable Reboot
When I was a kid, The Smurfs were a constant presence on my television screen, especially on Saturday mornings. While they were never my...
Review: ‘Guns Up’Kevin James Is A Convincing Mob Bruiser But Christina Ricci Is This...
Guns Up is the rare action-comedy that took me by surprise, sometimes for good, sometimes not so much. Written and directed by Edward Drake,...
Review: ‘Salvable’Toby Kebbell And Shia LaBeouf Are A Total Knockout In Newest Moody Boxing...
Life doesn’t always end up the way you expect and Sal (Toby Kebbell) is finding that out firsthand in Salvable. Once a promising boxer...
Review: ‘Eddington’Ari Aster's Nightmare Pandemic Thriller Will Terrify And Enrage You
I don't know if there's any filmmaker capable of making their audience feel deep-rooted, uncomfortable anxiety quite like Ari Aster. His latest, the provocative,...
Review: ‘Daniela Forever’Henry Golding Has Lucid Dreams Of Beatrice Grannò In Nacho Vigalondo's Latest...
If there's something you can always say about Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo's films, it's that they never follow a traditional path. Often, his work...
Review: ‘Nuked’Anna Camp, Justin Bartha, And A Hilarious Ensemble Grapple With Adulting And Other...
Comedy movies for adults have become a rare item lately. Smart, actually funny comedies are even more precious. That's what makes Deena Kashper's apocalyptic...
Review: ‘Superman’James Gunn Delivers A Powerhouse Reboot For The Man Of Steel
Superman is the most recognizable superhero in the world, and for good reason. He's been around almost as long as there have been comic...
Review: ‘Pretty Thing’Alicia Silverstone's Newest Erotic Thriller Certainly Has Some Bumps In The Night
Elliot (Karl Glusman) was working another ritzy event at his catering gig when he saw her. The sexy woman carrying herself with elegance and...
Review: ‘The Old Guard 2’Charlize Theron And Uma Thurman Clash In Dark But Enjoyable...
Released in 2020, The Old Guard was part of an impressive wave of Netflix summer mockbusters (Extraction and Project Power also in that group) that soothed our desire to...
Review: ‘Heads Of State’John Cena And Idris Elba Make Politics Fun Again In Prime...
When the trailer for Prime Video's action-comedy Heads of State first dropped, with John Cena and Idris Elba playing leaders of the free world,...