Movie Film Reviews

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...

Creed carefully fuses nostalgia with renovation. Its narrative follows predictable tropes (with a shoehorned illness thread), but each...

Sharper is a slick thrill ride. It's thematically light and its ending is convenient, but the entertainment value more than compensates....

We Have a Ghost doesn't solidify. Attempting comedy horror, family drama, surprise thrills, and some sci-fi, the film is scattered. These...

Full of aimless plotlines, unlikable characters, juvenile dialogue, and cringey humor, Zombeavers hopes intentional idiocy is somehow...

Cocaine Bear is clumsy. Its one-joke premise promises horror and humor, but the unsure script doesn't blend them. Instead, it undercuts...

The 40-Year-Old Virgin offsets juvenility with an endearing protagonist and fair insight. The relationships start contrived but grow...

The Incredible Hulk is thin, smartly montaging its origins before losing steam. The drama is underdeveloped, telling viewers how...

Star Trek optimizes cheap but effective material. The generic and inept villain is highly motivated. Its simple and formulaic plot allows...

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fluff-filled stepping stone. There's inconsistent humor, unexplored science, afterthought villains, thin...

Quantumania is jumbled. Its story juggles five protagonists, significant world-building, and setup for a multi-movie villain. This is all...

Ant-Man is a uniquely mixed MCU film. Its script has levity, smaller stakes, and a heist plot, making it fresh and relatable. However,...

Valentine's Day is toxic commercialism, perpetuating excessive romanticization, sanitized emotions, narrow views, oversimplified...

Her explores love with nuance, honesty, and insight, embracing philosophical and existential social commentary. Characters show real...

Starting with a trope premise, Somebody I Used to Know plays with conventions to find thoughtful conclusions. There are meaningful arcs,...

Your Place or Mine is artificial, possessing forced relationships, obvious exposition, unnatural dialogue, lame humor, flat characters,...