Hollywood Reviews
REBEL RIDGE Review: Timely, Topical Suspense-Thriller
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier and now streaming on Netflix, the film stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, and AnnaSophia Robb.
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE Review: Back From the Dead, Demented and Delightful
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega star in Time Burton's worthy, worthwhile sequel.
AFRAID Review: Middling AI Horror Muddles Through Uninspired Third Act
First came HAL-9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey). Then came Colossus (The Forbin Project), followed by Proteus IV (Demon Seed), and SkyNet (The Terminator series). And that's just barely scratching the science-fiction surface. Individually and collectively, each film reflected the technophobic...
BLINK TWICE Review: The Gift? Of Laughter and Forgetting
The ritual of Catholic confession has never felt quite right to me; to each their own, but the idea that you can simply say some words that apparently mean you repent for some sins and that gets you into your...
THE CROW Review: Don't Call It a Reboot, Call It a Reimagining
After spending the better part of two decades parked in development purgatory, the long-mooted remake, reboot, and/or reimagining of James O’Barr’s comic-book series/comic strip, The Crow, makes a belated, somewhat anticipated appearance in the nation’s multiplexes just as the summer...
ALIEN: ROMULUS Review: Fede Alvarez's Worthy Addition to the Series Almost Undone By Egregious Fan Service
Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu star in the sci-fi thriller, directed by Fede Alvarez.
BAD MONKEY Review: Under Balmy Skies, Sly Comedy and Murderous Crimes
Vince Vaughn stars in a role he was born to play, alongside Natalie Martinez, Meredith Hagner, Rob Delaney, John Ortiz, Michele Monaghan, Ronald Peet, L. Scott Caldwell, and Jodie Turner-Smith.
Fantasia 2024 Review: SHELBY OAKS, A Rock Solid Fright Film From First Time Director Chris Stuckmann
Twelve years ago, YouTuber Riley Brennan went missing. When, after a long dry spell, a seemingly related tragedy lands on the doorstep of her sister Mia, the rescue mission restarts in debutante director Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks. Chris Stuckmann is...
BORDERLANDS Review: Even Cate Blanchett Can't Save Eli Roth's Risible Video Game Adaptation
An intergalactic bounty hunter on a mission to rescue a preteen explosives specialist faces off with an arms dealer’s army on a hostile desert planet in Eli Roth’s abysmal video game adaptation, Borderlands. With over one billion dollars in sales...
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID 4K UHD Review: Sam Peckinpah Unmasked
Sam Peckinpah's got James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, and Bob Dylan's number in a new edition from the Criterion Collection.
THE INSTIGATORS Review: Bungling Criminals in Supposed Comedy
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in Doug Liman's knockabout action comedy about a bungled robbery, featuring an all-star supporting cast and a lot of smashed vehicles.
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Review: Self-Awareness Doesn't Make the Multiverse Less Exhausting
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in the latest Marvel movie, directed by Shawn Levy.
LADY IN THE LAKE Review: Out of the Water, Into Your Nightmares
Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram star in Alma Har'el's enthralling adaptation of Laura Lippman's mystery novel, debuting on Apple TV+.
TWISTERS Review: Lee Isaac Chung Channels His Inner Spielberg
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the new version stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos.
THOSE ABOUT TO DIE Review: Chariot Races, Gladiator Fights, Political Intrigue, Sex Scenes, Shadows Galore
Iwan Rheon, Sara Martins, and Anthony Hopkins star in a tale of the Roman Empire in the late first century, debuting on Peacock TV, just in time for the Olympics.
UHF 4K Review: Shout Factory Helps Bring Joy Decades Later
What can be said about UHF that hasn’t been said before? “Weird Al” Yankovic and his manager/the director of the film, Jay Levey, pulled off something that was originally released in 1989. Oh, simpler times. The film is a ridiculous,...
FLY ME TO THE MOON Review: Landing Among the Stars
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in director Greg Berlanti's flighty comedy.
SUNNY Review: Forlorn American Turns Determined Detective with a Robot in Japan
Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy, and Jun Kunimura star in the darkly comic Apple TV+ mystery series.
MAXXXINE Review: Ti West's X Trilogy Comes To An Entertaining But Overstuffed End
Writer/director Ti West closes out an ambitious trilogy of horror films with the Hollywood-set glam pastiche, MaXXXine. The final chapter in the series headlined by the marvelous Mia Goth, MaXXXine finds heroine Maxine Minx following her dreams of fame to...
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE Review: A Bold Step Forward In A Solid Series
The marauding aliens with the very keen hearing are back in the third installment of the A Quiet Place film series. A Quiet Place: Day One takes us back to the beginning of the crisis that became a surprise hit...
