Category: Movie Reviews

REVIEW: Meg 2: The Trench (2023)

Meg 2: The Trench is the kind of movie that knows its limitations but tries to cover them up rather than make the most of them. The sequel to 2018’s The Meg, which I didn’t like, is better than its predecessor, but not by much; a schlocky creature feature buried under bland characters with confu...

REVIEW: Haunted Mansion (2023)

I saw Haunted Mansion this weekend. Coming out a week after “Barbenheimer,” I didn’t expect anything from this film, and I don’t think anyone else did, either. Pirates of the Caribbean notwithstanding, Disney’s theme park adaptations don’t tend to do well finan...

REVIEW: Barbie (2023)

This week saw the release of the highly-anticipated Barbie. The world’s most famous and iconic fashion doll hit the market in 1959 and changed the toy industry forever. I loved Barbies as a kid, and I still do. I collect dolls, and when this movie was announced, I was initially very skeptical....

REVIEW: Sound of Freedom (2023)

Sound of Freedom is kicking up a big political stir, and while I certainly have my opinions on that score and whether this is an important film to see for social reasons, I’m not going to get into it here. This is about the movie itself, which is the only fair way to appraise any …

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REVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

Oppenheimer is a masterpiece. Usually, I don’t like to throw words like that around so soon after seeing a movie, but when this one ends, you’ve got to exhale. This a three-hour-long film about people discussing theoretical physics that’s more exhilarating than many thrillers, filled with basi...

REVIEW: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

In certain ways, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is exactly what it needs to be; in other ways, it falls short, as the series has pretty much since the beginning. Fortunately, it works in the ways it most needs to, especially right now, as moviegoers are starved for unabashed enterta...