Movie Film Reviews

Call Me by Your Name is poetic. Its light structure foregoes external conflicts and evident plot. Instead, it subtly builds potent drama...

Challengers connects competition, passion, and lust through a triangle of dynamic relationships. The natural yet purposeful dialogue...

Ready or Not blends genres with social commentary. It sets up characters with motivations and relationships, sprinkling emotions...

Snatch is flashy and clever, making up for thin themes with witty dialogue, colorful characters, and satisfying setup/payoff. The plot...

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is almost all plot with minimal drama or themes. Characters possess no personal stakes, internal...

Rebel Moon 2 is a grueling chore. It's a bloated story fragment, offering incessant climax in lieu of a beginning/middle/end. Emotions...

Abigail's enticing ingredients eventually run thin. Its campy premise is legitimized by patient reveals and strong setup. The characters...

300 is style without substance. The characters are flat and generic ideals, lacking internal conflicts or arcs. Its themes are...

Superhero Movie is mindless. Instead of spoofing cliches of the genre, it uses the guise of satire to knock off famous scenes. Its jokes...

Civil War's premise is topical, meaningful, and evocative. While its vague policies might be disappointing, there are broader themes of...

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story is relatable, conveying ideas of stress and emotional support. Its protagonist starts with an...

Slumdog Millionaire is emotional. It's centered around classism and human rights issues like violence, trafficking, and displacement....

The First Omen's plot is dampened by typical prequel issues such as predictability, convolution, and absurdity. However, these flaws are...

Monkey Man is messy but ambitious. It fortifies the generic revenge action plot with themes of classism and abuse of power. However, the...

The Omen's fundamental approach further solidified the subgenre. The mystery has steady investigation, setup/payoff, and clues. Its...

Saint Maud is a psychological character study, propelled by emotions and beliefs. There are themes of spirituality, death, masochism,...

Late Night with the Devil utilizes a high concept for surprising depth. It sticks tightly to its framing device, delivering the story...

Godzilla x Kong is simultaneously superficial and convoluted. Its sole purpose is monster fights, amounting to drawn-out buildup to a...

Kong: Skull Island embraces its silly premise, adds decent Vietnam allegories, and gets bogged down by superficial characters. There are...

Godzilla (2014) has weak development. It attempts to stay grounded and restrained, but lacks the heart and themes to support that...