Deadpool & Wolverine
Instead of knowing what it wants to be, Deadpool & Wolverine tries to be everything at once. Burdened by a convoluted yet simplistic...
Reviews of Movie Films
Instead of knowing what it wants to be, Deadpool & Wolverine tries to be everything at once. Burdened by a convoluted yet simplistic...
Instead of advancing its self-awareness, Deadpool 2 tells the same joke again. There are dated references, contrivances, convoluted...
Both common and clever, Deadpool mixes generic ingredients (crude humor and an origins plot) into a refreshing blend. The meta-awareness...
Contrived and convoluted, X-Men Origins: Wolverine rushes through a trope checklist without making anything its own. The drama is...
Twisters is competently formulaic. Its retread plot, generic drama, and timid themes are properly executed. The protagonist has an...
Twister feigns a story. Its drama is painfully cliche. There are too many side characters. The protagonists are one-dimensional at best....
Overstuffed with corny formulas, Fly Me to the Moon's hollowness is eventually exposed. Its contrived romance, inaccurate history, flat...
Beneath its brewing terror, Longlegs is lonely. Its (arguably convoluted) plot drives the story while serving meaty drama and themes....
Hundreds of Beavers modernizes classic humor. It's a clinic in setup/payoff, building various running gags into a crescendo third act....
Centered around a villain protagonist, A Clockwork Orange dissects ideas of morality, human nature, and control. Its controversy comes...
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F is watchable yet forgettable. Its highly formulaic plot is executed competently enough, feeling neither...
Despicable Me 4 is insulting. There's no story, just a collection of convoluted digressions. The thin plot splinters into several dead...
MaXXXine struggles to unite its worthy pieces. Its plot parallels showbusiness and a serial murderer, critiquing media exploitation and...
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 is bloated and undeveloped. After endless setup, it arbitrarily stops without a conclusion. Its...
Breaking fundamental storytelling conventions, Kinds of Kindness is difficult yet rewarding. The stilted dialogue, deadpan acting, and...
A Quiet Place: Day One is thin. The gimmick is arbitrary, its drama is underdeveloped, and the plot meanders. Its single motivation...
A Quiet Place has a high concept, basic drama, and a contrived plot. Character choices are forced and internal conflicts are simplistic....
Extremely absurd yet extremely dry, The Lobster challenges social constructs. Its blunt dialogue, deadpan acting, and absent resolution...
The Exorcism's use of demonic possession as a metaphor for guilt holds potential, but that's woefully wasted. The blunt dialogue...
The Bikeriders is muddled. While its subject and themes possess potential, the story never solidifies. The drama is underdeveloped,...