Movie Film Reviews

Rebel Moon is more concerned with franchising than storytelling. Its script is a series of unaltered tropes so blatant that it almost...

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is jittery and disorienting. There's no internal development, growth, or earned drama. Emotional beats are...

Aquaman is too much. There's heavy exposition, corny dialogue, flat characters, tropes, convoluted MacGuffins, superficial motivations,...

Maestro develops character passion, flaws, personality, repression, range, and fears. The thorough acting adds vulnerability, layers,...

In Bruges masterfully weaves entertainment and insight. Its dark humor is personalized and playful, but hints at deeply existential...

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is amusing. Its plot is predictable but executed well. There's innocent humor, appropriate themes, and...

Wonka is delightful. While it may not stay true to any source material, it establishes its own identity. The characters are likable,...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a mess. Its drama is overshadowed by belabored exposition and superfluous digressions. The...

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a genuine family fantasy story. Its structure is clear, feeling both easy to follow and rich with...

Happiest Season commercializes marginalization. There's obvious exposition, contrivances, predictability, broad comedy, unearned arcs,...

Eileen is a homage thriller with modern ideas. It covers themes of abuse, power, identity, isolation, shame, normalization, assumptions,...

Leave the World Behind unfolds its mysterious premise very gradually, allowing for significant tension, developed themes, and earned...

The Boy and the Heron is nostalgic and existential. It covers themes of time, grief, acceptance, mindfulness, legacy, imperfection,...

A heartfelt coming-of-age story and a potent fable, Spirited Away fuses childlike wonder with mature intention. The fantasy elements are...

Little Women is gentle yet potent. It has themes of self-discovery, individuality, nostalgia, inequality, choice, community, loneliness,...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is forced, obvious, and sometimes offensive. The slapstick humor mildly works but there isn't much...

May December is dense with themes of sensationalism, control, denial, trauma, maturity, behaviorism, seduction, abuse, identity, truth,...

Silent Night has polarized strengths and weaknesses. Its absent dialogue is an ambitious gimmick that suits the genre. The protagonist...

Godzilla Minus One uses exciting set pieces to accent emotions and meditations on war. Metaphors for nuclear fallout and PTSD unify the...

The BoJack Horseman Christmas Special may not be near the series peak, but it encapsulates much of the show's core ideas. It offers...