Movie Film Reviews

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is thinly disguised commercialism. It shoehorns in some formulaic development but that's indirectly...

Bumblebee is derivative but properly executed. Its commitment to formulas is stale yet establishes decent heart. It has a superficial...

Sanctuary defies genre boundaries. It's a bottled thriller with psychosexual subtext, bringing awareness to erotic kinks and humanizing...

Reality brews with tension. Its conflict is immediate but the details unfold slowly, building anticipatory anxiety while showcasing a...

The Boogeyman fumbles a decent premise. It sets up emotional conflicts and a metaphor for unprocessed trauma. Yet, it doesn't see these...

Across the Spider-Verse anchors its spectacle with vulnerable character development. There's payoff, patient drama, tension, meta comedy,...

Into the Spider-Verse is a complete gem with earned emotions, creativity, and awareness. Its self-referential conflict pushes the story...

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie is sincere. It's completely centered around Fox's interviews and, thus, feeds off of his natural charisma....

Master Gardener offers quiet thought. Fairly unbelievable, it foregoes an everyday story for big ideas. Still, it's intimately grounded....

You Hurt My Feelings blends relatability with thought, working as entertainment and substance. Its characters are natural, likable, and...

The Little Mermaid (2023) is uneven. The romance is more earned and Eric is more fleshed out, but that doesn't justify the extra fifty...

The Little Mermaid is old-fashioned. Its characters, plot, and scenes are integral to pop culture. However, its undercurrent of sexism...

The Lion King (2019) is a devoid retread. Innovative remakes can deliver fresh perspectives, but this is a hollow copy. Pointless scenes...

The Lion King is Shakespearean with themes of responsibility, past, identity, shame, oneness, trauma, and time. These messages are...

The Covenant highlights how Afghan interpreters have been abandoned and targeted. The film balances entertainment and respect when...

Fast Five is a thin excuse for action. Its messy script has illogical motivations, contrivances, absent tension, invincible protagonists,...

Fast X is chaotic nonsense. There's obvious exposition, excessive characters, insincere drama, unnatural dialogue, contrivances,...

The Fast and the Furious is fair shlock. There's shallow romance, unnatural dialogue, flat characters, rushed drama, absent motivations,...

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret pushes underrepresented discussions of womanhood, spirituality, and adolescence. It avoids...

Beef depicts emotional isolation. Both protagonists have support, yet they're not honest with themselves so they can't connect with...