Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom brings a year of lousy superhero movies (with one bright spot) to a close with an appropriate whimper. This is yet another film that, despite delayed releases and reshoots, feels like it was slapped together over a weekend. The character arcs either don’t exist or are...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
After getting off to a promising start, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire (henceforth just Rebel Moon) squanders its potential by devolving into a tedious sequence of character introductions for people who never actually become characters, bloodless action scenes that remove all suspense by ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Iron Claw (2023)
The Iron Claw tells the true story of the Von Erichs, one of the greatest wrestling families of all time. This film is the latest from A24 and writer/director Sean Durkin, and while I don’t follow sports, the cast drew my attention. I actually saw this movie on Christmas Day, which I wouldn’t ne...
Read MoreREVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 4, “A Night at the Symphony”
“A Night at the Symphony” is a legwork episode, with Reacher and his team connecting the dots and slowly forming the picture of the conspiracy that killed their friends. But it stops from feeling dull or slow with a propulsive pace and plenty of character work, adding layers to Reacher without b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Bosch: Legacy – Season 2, Episodes 3-10
Following the season premiere of Bosch: Legacy, I fell behind on watching and reviewing several shows. As such, I’ll be reviewing the rest of season 2 in bulk here. Incidentally, this works out reasonably well, as the Dockweiler storyline in the premiere is referenced throughout the season, b...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wonka (2023)
Wonka is a rebootquel of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and, to a lesser extent, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I like the Gene Wilder-led classic well enough, but I don’t think I ever watched the Tim Burton movie all the way through. When Wonka was announced, I was frankly an...
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