Movie Film Reviews

Dungeons & Dragons is derivative. Its predictable script has obvious exposition, inconsistent motivations, coincidences, McGuffins, blunt...

Scott Pilgrim is imaginative. Its comedic tone lacks vulnerability, but that's outweighed by surreal substance. The protagonist is an...

Boston Strangler is a competent thriller with social gravity. Ideas of sexism, bureaucracy, and publicity are explored, highlighting how...

Despite formulaic, melodramatic, and repetitive habits, A Good Person succeeds through vulnerability. There's growth, tension, natural...

John Wick 4 is unashamed entertainment, a means for abundant action. There's cartoonish realism, no emotions, cliche motivations,...

John Wick is simple yet effective. Its humanizing onset can feel superficial, but also very streamlined. There's gratuitous action...

The Grand Budapest Hotel hides dense thought in meticulous detail, highlighting the idealization of storytelling. Themes of nostalgia,...

Luther: The Fallen Sun tries to highlight the underbelly of mental illness, secrets, and spectacle, but it rarely lands. This is because...

A simple story with complex subtext, Inside strips humanity to its bones. Themes of art, creation/destruction, luxury, time, and...

Shazam! Fury of the Gods abandons its predecessor. The comedy in the first Shazam! had self-aware honesty and purpose. This sequel is...

Shazam! humorously plays with its genre and premise. It's anchored by its protagonist's arc, who accepts the responsibility of his power...

Argentina, 1985 is a faithful tribute, an accurate legal drama addressing political landscapes, procedural demands, and personal threats....

The Last of Us optimizes its genre with careful drama, depicting the primal animals within people. It explores politics,...

65 supports a cheesy premise with slim execution. The drama is obvious, cliche, and shoehorned, confusing the tone. The simple plot is...

Scream VI is in line with its franchise, a self-referential whodunit that's oddly simplistic. Studying tropes could create social...

Scream 2 is thin. Meta ideas of representation, sequelitis, movies within movies, and violent media don't go anywhere. Instead, the film...

The Wizard of Oz is legendary with iconic characters, famous scenes, humor, foreshadowing, symbolism, and a vintage journey. It has...

Operation Fortune jumbles fun pieces with tired tropes. It has witty quips, but that's the only clear positive. The plot is convoluted...

Fruitvale Station reaches past politics to humanity, turning abstract issues into personal realities. Societally, it shows how...

Creed 3 has sporadic talent. Its crowded script weakens messages of past, guilt, trauma, and closure. Had it focused on that core...