Hollywood Reviews
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...
ULTRAMAN: RISING Review: Netflix Brings an Oversized Superhero to the Small Screen
Parenting is hard. Parenting a 20-foot tall, rambunctiously temperamental kaiju toddler speeds right past hard and straight into impossible territory. It’s all the more difficult when you already split your time between saving Japan from an influx of unwanted kaiju...
INSIDE OUT 2 Review: Another Win for Pixar and for Everyone Else
Anyone who suffers from — or suffered from — generalized anxiety and/or panic attacks should probably take a deep breath or two and take a mental walk around the block before sitting down to see Pixar’s latest, greatest entry to...
PRESUMED INNOCENT Review: Murder, Without a Doubt
Jake Gyllenhaal, Ruth Negga, and Peter Sarsgaard star in David E. Kelley's new adaptation of Scott Turow's murder mystery, debuting on Apple TV+.
THE WATCHERS Review: A Frustrating Debut Feature
A young woman takes an unfortunate detour deep into a mysterious Irish forest only to find that not only can't she make her way out again, but something is watching her, and it is not friendly. The directorial debut of...
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE Review: More of the Same, Just Different
After the Slap Heard (and Seen) Around the World, Will Smith, fresh off an Oscar win for King Richard, found himself in desperate need of image and reputational rehab. The answer, as always, was clear: Return to the long-running series...
YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA Review: Daisy Ridley Vs. the Patriarchy
At every step in Joachim Rønning’s (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Kon-Tiki) gripping old-school adaptation of Glenn Stout’s non-fiction book, Young Woman and the Sea, Daisy Ridley’s based-on-real-life Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle faces...
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA Review: George Miller's Prequel Hits On All Cylinders
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth star.
THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1 Review: Why Are You Doing This?
Those lamenting the dearth of originality in films in this epoch of remakes/reboots/reimaginings/requels, etc find no challenge to their despair in Renny Harlin’s The Strangers: Chapter 1. The first of a planned – and already completed – trilogy of films...
IF Review: John Krasinski's Muddled, Moving Fantasy-Drama
Ryan Reynolds stars in writer/director John Krasinski's latest film.
Now Streaming Review: THE BIG CIGAR, Rude, Rowdy, Righteous
Andre Holland stars as activist Huey P. Newton, with Alessandro Nivola as film producer Bert Schneider. Tiffany Boone, P.J. Byrne, and Marc Menchaca, also star in the Apple TV+ limited series.
Now Streaming: BLOOD OF ZEUS S2, The Gods Get Gory
Derek Phillips, Elias Toufexis and Fred Tatasciore star in an animated action series, now streaming on Netflix.
