Movie Film Reviews

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...

Dream Scenario uses a catchy premise to deliver compelling satire, themes, and character studies. There are ideas of fame, insecurity,...

Gladiator is a classic epic. It has predictability, contrivances, and a Mary Sue protagonist, but that's all more traditional than...

Napoleon doesn't pick a lane. It covers vast history, examines a complex relationship, and deconstructs a mythologized figure. Each...

Wish is mild. Though competent, its plot is predictable, simplistic, and derivative. It wants to harken back to Disney's golden age but...

Saltburn boldly contemplates familiar themes of sexuality, privilege, status, obsession, power, possession, loneliness, manipulation,...

Next Goal Wins follows generic underdog formulas without developing the necessary drama. Scenes aren't motivated or earned, they just...

Rustin is simultaneously important and formulaic. It covers ever-pressing topics of prejudice, activism, inequality, police brutality,...

Thanksgiving is shallow. The gimmicky premise is mildly amusing, but beyond that, little thought was put into this script. It has blunt...

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is bloated. Because the action spectacle and character study aspects of the story never meld into one,...