Movie Film Reviews

Final Destination Bloodlines is mild amusement. On top of its well-worn premise, it provides estranged relationships for the...

Final Destination 2 is a retread premise without a story. While its action sequences involve setup/payoff and irony, the surrounding...

Requiem for a Dream is surreal. Despite being underdeveloped, its script exhibits good intentions by depicting the destructive nature of...

Thunderbolts* has heart. Despite bloated franchising pitfalls, it establishes key strengths: intimacy and substance. Importantly, the...

Age of Ultron is overstuffed. While it gestures at substance, it avoids development. Because there are so many characters, nobody earns...

The Accountant 2 is saved by its leads. The convoluted mystery is generic. Its detective work and reveals are sporadically engaging, but...

Back to the Future is fundamental. Its shining exposition constantly sets up and pays off at once, making engagement effortless. The...

Infusing entertainment with meaning, Sinners is bountiful. Its concise plot centers around one location, including clear rules plus...

Drop has an identity crisis. It starts with a cat-and-mouse mystery plus potential domestic abuse themes. Though generic, the drama earns...

The Amateur is forgettable. Mostly built around routine cliches, the script squanders its catchy premise. Though not convoluted, the...

Warfare is an exercise in realism . It foregoes storytelling fundamentals like character development to exclusively prioritize the plot....

The Day The Earth Blew Up is classically constructed. Weaving personal arcs into an external conflict, its stakes are clear. Forming...

A Minecraft Movie is a feature-length commercial. Without themes, drama, or a concise plot, it barely qualifies as a story. None of the...

A Working Man offers nothing. The story is all simplistic yet convoluted plot. Its drama comes across insultingly insincere. Serious...

Death of a Unicorn mines social commentary from a high concept. It satirizes classism, exploitation, and humankind's relationship with...

Opus is relevant satire. It unifies social issues (media and celebrity) with psychological themes (ego and fulfillment) to examine how...

Preoccupied with its convoluted plot, The Alto Knights underdevelops drama and themes. While it contains significant American history...

Snow White is a product with a story shoved in. Though the script gestures to themes and drama, it doesn't meaningfully engage with...

Black Bag is efficient. Though a twisty thriller, it's restrained. Driven by dynamic characters and their snappy dialogue, the story is...

The Electric State is a collection of blockbuster pitfalls. Its formulaic tropes manage vague competence but also ring insincere....