The Marvels isn’t good, but it’s not quite as bad as I thought it would be. If we’re playing MCU Russian Roulette, I’d rather watch this than Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder, or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But it’s still a pretty lousy movie, another slapped-together afterthought ...
Read MoreHollywood loves to capitalize on a holiday, and none more than Halloween. Doubtless, this has to do with horror movies being cheap to make and the fan base demanding little more than a few scares – or, barring that, at least some gore and entertaining kills. That makes Five Nights at Freddy’s a...
Read MoreKillers of the Flower Moon is Martin Scorsese taking his time. It doesn’t have the frenetic energy of some of the films for which he’s most famous, but its intimate, slow-burn story reveals itself gradually, slowly setting the stage for a rumination on the nature of evil. And it’s done with a...
Read MoreI had high hopes for The Creator. The trailer telegraphed a gorgeous-looking original sci-fi movie with human themes and a character-driven story. The film itself falls short of that promise. It looks spectacular, and a lot of work went into the special effects and world-building, but the human elem...
Read MoreThe Expendables 4, or Expend4bles, is a yea or nay type of movie. It’s not going to get a glowing technical score from anyone maintaining the slightest objectivity, but on an entertainment level, it’s either your brand of fun or it isn’t. The real question is whether it delivers on that promis...
Read MoreA Haunting in Venice is based on Agatha Christie’s novel A Hallowe’en Party and is the third of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptations of her work. I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, so I’ve been excited about this film since it was announced. The trai...
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