Movie Film Reviews

Mutant Mayhem is likable. It has predictable tropes, blunt exposition, pop culture references, and contrivances, but those flaws are...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is careless. Its plot is generic, convoluted, illogical, and impersonal. It has inept villains, flat...

Theater Camp comes from a sincere place. Its plot conflict is a classic trope, but that's just a foundation to build flavorful...

Haunted Mansion is bland and convoluted. It has its moments, but is mostly boring, predictable, and forgettable. There are too many...

Talk to Me is a fresh spin on familiar structures, providing accessibility and depth. It weaves in themes of substance abuse, peer...

It Comes at Night's ambiguity heightens its mood and themes of paranoia, grief, trauma, and guilt. The desperate situation makes...

Do the Right Thing is an unapologetic microcosm of racial tension, community, cultural identity, segregation, cycles of trauma,...

They Cloned Tyrone is smart and fun, delivering needed perspective with potent flavor. It has witty dialogue, ranged humor, social...

Barbie is lightning in a bottle. It's ideally self-aware and experimental, subverting conventions while remaining playful. It examines...

Oppenheimer is dense with procedural drama, scientific accuracy, and political intrigue. The core conflict is humanity's power surpassing...

Dunkirk is immersive, focusing on events over characters. This unconventional approach may feel impersonal, but allows for a larger scope...

Memento is purposeful innovation. Its timeline manipulation isn't just a riveting gimmick, but also essential to immersion and themes....

Bird Box Barcelona is limp. It's built around a father/daughter relationship and a conflicted protagonist with unclear rules, repetitive...

Bird Box is mixed. It has a catchy premise, a flawed protagonist, earned romance, inclusivity, and personal struggles. There are themes...

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is everything expected. It has flat protagonists, a convoluted plot, MacGuffins, constant...

Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a maximized vanity project, more an excuse for set pieces than a story. Its protagonist is a Mary Sue,...

Mission: Impossible is a solid thriller. There's a subversive opening, a motivated plot, properly set-up twists, and a steady increase in...

Fateful Findings is horribly uncomfortable. Its erratic narrative jumps across incongruent ideas without structure. There's a...

Joy Ride traps potential in mediocrity. It's informed about race, sexuality, femininity, body positivity, and identity. Yet, this...

Insidious: The Red Door takes a purposeful path with spotty execution, building around father-son tension and making the horror a...