Movie Film Reviews

The Woman King blends Oscar bait with blockbuster, taking the safest elements of both genres. It's a historical epic of an...

Pearl is eccentric. Its prequel plot is fairly thin and predictable, but its characters are substantive. The extreme protagonist feels...

The Wolf of Wall Street is earned excess. It depicts repulsive antiheroes but doesn't deride or overly moralize. Instead, The Wolf of...

Spin Me Round has potential but fails to solidify. It mocks hollow commercialism, romance fantasies, and power abuse, yet devolves into a...

Hereditary is psychological horror at its best. Weaving supernatural terrors with real family pain, this film transforms them into...

Barbarian has effective structure. Tension builds through natural character development, connecting emotions and deepening undertones....

Pinocchio is a cynical and mediocre imitation. The plot points are exactly the same, so its moral lessons and character arcs remain....

Tusk is bizarre. It includes dark comedy, shocking horror, and themes of humanity, but none of these ingredients are thoroughly realized....

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies embodies the trilogy's worst impulses. There's no clear protagonist, the story is all climax,...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has no beginning or end. An Unexpected Journey had contrived character arcs, but this film makes no...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is overdone. Its script adds superfluous material to a classic story. These unrelated scenes are the...

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. mixes satire with drama, switching between mockumentary and narrative formats. This dichotomy highlights...

Interstellar is true sci-fi yet remains accessible. It honors technical details but is driven by relatable emotions. Despite...

Me Time is pointless and lazy. Kevin Hart's act is tired, but it's the only effort here. The story is muddled, unrealistic, and generic,...

Breaking is sincere. Its hostage plot is used for themes of classism, racism, institutionalized violence, mental health, veteran support,...

The Invitation is boring. It's a television episode that's dragged out to feature length with painful predictability. Exposition is...

Three Thousand Years of Longing is ambitious, yet emotionally muddled. The actors are committed but their chemistry is inconsistent....

Look Both Ways is empty, trivializing serious topics. Unplanned pregnancies, competitive career paths, and relationship difficulties can...

Combining peak creativity, passion, and respect, Pulp Fiction is a postmodern masterpiece. Its iconic dialogue authentically establishes...

The Godfather is legendary. Its downfall arc, thorough dialogue, structured tension, unique development, paralleling themes, motivated...