Movie Film Reviews

Firestarter is mixed, containing interesting ingredients that don't meaningfully integrate. First, the premise is promising, looking at...

A Hero carefully contemplates morality. The film deepens a simple story with shifting perspectives and evolving context, building...

Green Room is an experience. It's a captivating bottle story, but the film is so vivid, it's as much a feeling as a narrative. The plot...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a singular experience. Surreal, uncomfortable, and insightful, it seemingly endorses depraved behavior...

X-Men: First Class succeeds by emphasizing characters, exploring Xavier and Magento's backgrounds, friendships, and ideologies. Plus,...

Fantastic Four has forced plot points, corny dialogue, generic relationships, and a hollow story. Plus, the climax is underwhelming and...

X-Men pioneered modern superhero movies by becoming a critical and financial success. Fundamentally, the story is reinforced with defined...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness absolves messy writing with spunky flavor. Still, the story is cumbersome, protagonists are...

Avengers: Endgame is complicated, yet satisfactory. It has issues, but hits key goals. First, Endgame explores the aftermath of Infinity...

Avengers: Infinity War is impressive, delivering everything that could be reasonably desired from a Marvel movie. It showcases thirty...

Seasoning MCU formulas with philosophical ideas, Doctor Strange introduces themes of spirituality, ego, and surrender, yet sidelines them...

Darkman uniquely twists familiar ingredients. The plot has revenge and monster origin tropes, but mixes in originality and humor to...

Drag Me To Hell is irresistible fun with Raimi's horror-comedy mastery. Its basic story strikes a fabulous balance of suspense and...

Iron Man 3 is a bounce back. After Iron Man 2's overextension, this film shows restraint by emphasizing Stark's character and delaying...

The Avengers is peak commercialism, fusing merchandising and fun. Despite its flaws, the script successfully paces characters and tension...

Iron Man 2 is overstuffed, pulling in superfluous directions. It introduces Black Widow (and expands on SHIELD), War Machine, two...

Iron Man kickstarted a juggernaut franchise, but is fairly ordinary alone. The story is formulaic and its arc is contradictory....

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is iconic. Its plot of bandits searching for treasure is seemingly simple, but deconstructs many ideals....

Sharknado is maximum shlock. It isn't good or consistently amusing, but does serve an audience. The premise revolves around shark attacks...

The Bad Guys showcases many talents. It's artful, fun, energetic, and cute. The characters are defined, the plot is engaged, and the...