Bob Odenkirk is back with his unique brand of justice in ‘Nobody 2’, an action sequel that doubles down on what made the original such a refreshing entry into the action genre and delivers a follow-up that may just be even more enjoyable than its predecessor.
Read MoreWhile Genndy Tartakovsky has not lost a touch animating expressive characters and worlds, his latest offering, the R-rated ’Fixed’, is painfully unfunny and contains far too much dated humor.
Read More‘Freakier Friday’ is Disney’s best theatrical live-action release in ages, thanks in no small parts to the ineffable charm of both Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Read MoreAfter taking the horror genre by storm with his debut feature ‘Barbarian’, writer/director Zach Cregger returns with ‘Weapons’, a wildly entertaining horror mystery that easily sidesteps the dreaded sophomore slump.
Read MoreIn a summer movie landscape overcrowded with superhero blockbusters, ‘She Rides Shotgun’ is a refreshing change of pace, delivering a powerful story of unconditional love and lost innocence set against a thrilling backdrop.
Read MoreWith the overcrowded horror genre rising in popularity in recent years, ’Together’ aims to ride the wave and carve its own unique and grotesque path. Thankfully, this horror film has as much heart as it does gnarly thrills and chills.
Read MoreDirector Akiva Schaffer uses his comedic sensibilities to revive the police squad for 80 minutes of non-stop laughs in ‘The Naked Gun’.
Read MoreAside from some structural hiccups, the fourth feature attempt at adapting The Fantastic Four is fittingly the strongest, which means that ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is an aptly named film.
Read MoreFilmSpeak begins the Fantasia Festival looking at Ari Aster’s attempts to make sense out of a year (and decade) that doesn’t make sense with his latest dark comedy, ‘Eddington’.
Read MoreWhen ‘Superman’ was first announced, and since subsequently teased and advertised, a lot of folks wondered what writer/director James Gunn was going to do to break the genre’s ongoing funk.
Read MoreThe Dinosaurs are back wreaking havoc yet again in the latest Jurassic World instalment. ‘Rebirth’ may deliver some new thrills, but like its predecessors, fails to live up to the magic of the original Spielberg classic.
Read More‘Sorry, Baby’ is just an assured debut in every sense. It is very methodic and well-plotted in its cathartic ambitions, and equally deft, light, and profound. Director Eva Victor is a rising talent, and it already excites to think about what her cinematic instincts will provide us with next.
Read MoreWhile Ilya Naishuller remains a cogent action artist who knows how to frame and shoot a succession of kinetically exciting sequences, everything around the action in his latest, ‘Heads of State’, falls incredibly flat.
Read MoreWith a towering performance from Danielle Deadwyler and an assured sense of style, director R.T. Thorne breathes new life into Canadian genre cinema with the thrillingly tactile ‘40 Acres’ and ensures a future for this art form.
Read MoreThe sassy, murderous robot has returned to the big screen in ‘M3gan 2.0’, a sequel that takes the franchise in a brand new direction, but fails to capitalize on the potential that new territory brings with it.
Read MoreF1: The Movie is a spectacularly entertaining summer blockbuster that yearns to be seen on the biggest screen possible. What it may lack in storytelling, it more than makes up for in its endless entertainment value.
Read MorePixar’s latest, ‘Elio’, is a small breath of fresh air amidst a rapidly homogenizing stream of family films
Read MoreWhile Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney give somewhat impassioned performances, Jon S. Baird can’t follow up the same momentum he built with ‘Tetris’ in his latest motion picture, ‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’.
Read MoreDanny Boyle and Alex Garland re-team for an effective return to their 2000’s classic in ‘28Years Later’. But was this almost three decade wait, worth it?
Read MoreWith a trio of impeccable actors in Howard, Muhammad and Bloom, director Tom Kingsley gives life to what looked like an otherwise dull piece of content in ‘Deep Cover’.
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