Movie Reviews

This review is dedicated to the memory of Lance Reddick, a formidable actor who gave untold amounts of grace, depth, and gravitas to every appearance, whether in film or television. He and his talents will be missed. Few are the film franchises that succeed with every additional sequel; not even The Godfather can lay claim […]

“You’re not Woodsboro,” someone says to an outsider in Scream VI at a pivotal moment. Which, of course, would mean something had not only half of the six Scream films taken place in the fictional town of Woodsboro, where all the mayhem started twenty-seven years ago. Especially since one of the main characters in all […]

Adapting the character- and plot-thick “Luther” into a two-hour film comes with a big caveat. Series creator and film scriptwriter Neil Cross has whittled away to the barest of what draws us to “Luther,” keeping us fully in the legendary hard-bitten detective’s shoes while spinning a terrifying web around him that threatens to strangle him […]

You could say that We Have a Ghost is, for all intents and purposes, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, but with, well, a ghost. And you would be right, as they follow the same essential tracks. But writer/director Christopher Landon – working from a short story by Geoff Manaugh – gives us a wondrous ride […]

Look. You’re either going to watch or not watch Cocaine Bear simply because of the title. Much like Snakes on a Plane or Sharknado before it, what it says on the tin is exactly what you’ll get: A black bear goes on a coke-fueled rampage. What the title doesn’t tell you is this 95-minute late-night […]

The things that set the Ant-Man films apart from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were cheeky humor and a slam-bang heist spirit that more than made them memorable and endlessly watchable. Ant-Man and its first sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, carried with them a mirthful, bratty-little-brother vibe, almost making meta-parody mincemeat of the […]