Red Notice has a Paper-Thin, On-the-Rails Narrative that Never Quite Takes Off, Despite Some Fun Moments
Red Notice isn’t as much a heist movie as it is a cartoon, filled with outrageous sequences that are somewhat entertaining but also feel empty at the same time. It is one of Netflix’s most expensive movies yet, with a…
The Harder They Fall is a Highly Stylized Modern Take on the Western Genre that is Highly Entertaining (and Strangely Empty)
The Harder They Fall is a curious take on the Western genre. While it’s refreshing to see a predominantly black cast in a Western, there actually have been a handful of black Westerns that, unfortunately, didn’t make as headway as…
Eternals is an Ambitious Film that is Caught Between Pursuing its Vision and Still Trying to be a Marvel Movie
Eternals, directed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao, hasn’t garnered the most favorable reviews in the lead up to its release. Having watched the film, it’s easy to understand why: it’s plot is complex and dense, marrying the superhero backdrop…
Army of Thieves is a Charming Prequel that Plays Standard Heists Tropes Straight
Army of Thieves can feel like a confusing sequel to those who liked Army of the Dead. The zombies are mentioned and shown several times in the film, but most of the focus is on Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer), who…
Dune is One of the Most Visually Impressive and Faithfully Adapted Sci-Fi Epics Brought to Screen in a Decade
Dune is supposed to be one of those unfilmable sci-fi epics, like Foundation. While both franchises are being adapted to different mediums this year, Dune is much more faithful to its source material, and also manages to be an enthralling…
Night Teeth Squanders a Promising Premise with Too Much Backstory
Night Teeth has a clever and simple premise: Collateral, but with vampires. The premise alone is intriguing, and while the movie has some fun with it, it gets too bogged down with worldbuilding and a perfunctory romance subplot. Benny (Jorge…
No Time to Die Pulls the Curtain on Daniel Craig’s James Bond in Satisfying Fashion, Featuring Beautiful Cinematography and Kinetic Action Scenes
No Time to Die, after being delayed for one and a half years, has finally arrived in theaters. Did it live up to the anticipation of closing out Craig’s Bond journey in a satisfactory way? Mostly, yes. It’s not a…
The Guilty is a Tense, One Location Thriller That is Powered by Jake Gyllenhaal’s Intense Performance
The Guilty was made during the pandemic, and it tries to make full use of those circumstances, setting the story in a 9–11 dispatch center where a cop races against time to save a mother and her children. Remade from…
Venom: Let There Be Carnage Improves Upon its Predecessor, But it is Still an Uneven Mess
When Venom arrived in 2018, it surprised everyone with the way it handled the dynamic between its main characters, despite issues with other elements like plot and pacing. The sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage tries to improve upon both…
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is One of Marvel’s Best Standalone Films in Years
As popular and successful Marvel films have become, they have also attracted their fair share of detractors. People who have grown weary about the onslaught of superhero films have coined the term ‘capeshit’, and auteurs like Martin Scorsese and Dennis…
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