Movie Film Reviews

Moana properly executes familiar tropes. It offers an underrepresented community, an absence of needless romance, a proactive...

Wicked is an extravaganza. Its premise is an ingenious recontextualization of an iconic story, injecting relatable drama and appropriate...

Gladiator II is a spectacle with weak substance. Its motivated characters and explicit themes are underdeveloped. The protagonist feels...

Small Things Like These examines how institutionalized injustices harness coerced silence to thrive. Told through a bystander...

Marrying social humor with weighty emotions, A Real Pain is a true dramedy. While its dual protagonists seem like the typical odd-couple...

Blending several genres into one odyssey, Emilia Pérez is ambitious. Some might find it overstuffed, but the story conveys ample...

A transparent product, Red One comes across like it was written by an algorithm. Combining sanitized Christmas tropes with sanitized...

Heretic 's high concept offers intriguing ideas, yet its payoff doesn’t quite fulfill the potential of its setup. Thematically, it...

Don't Move has a high concept, a meaningful arc, and solid themes. However, the drama is often overshadowed by a formulaic plot. Its...

More a storytelling exercise than a realized story, Here is ambitious yet simple. There are grand themes of time, nostalgia, place,...

Anora cultivates dense substance under the surface. Through the perspective of a marginalized protagonist, it critiques classism and...

Jaws is the quintessential creature feature. Centered around a classic hero's journey, its protagonist arc is directly interwoven with...

The Birds is fundamental. Its high concept works as a metaphor for rich drama and themes. Characters and settings are layered with...

The Invisible Man repurposes its high concept as a metaphor for social commentary, exploring themes of PTSD, gaslighting, isolation,...

Placing schemes for power in a religious setting, Conclave  is a model political thriller. This contrasts themes of ambition and faith,...

Venom: The Last Dance is an aimless jumble of plot fragments, loosely tied together by a vague threat that never fully materializes....

Woman of the Hour has powerful themes but clunky storytelling. It uses its true-crime premise as a jumping-off point for broader...

We Live in Time is heartfelt. Some might consider it saccharine or obvious, but that's debatable. The protagonists have established...

Using its premise as a metaphor for emotional distress, Smile 2 broadens its retread plot. Themes of unprocessed trauma, substance...

More a sanitized summary than a story, Piece by Piece is a puff piece. There's no drama, conflict, insight into Pharrell's creative...