Movie Film Reviews

Bob Marley: One Love is a cold puff piece. The protagonist is flat, infallible, and static, reduced to an idealized concept. There are no...

Madame Web is boring plot with superficial character drama. The story is woefully convoluted yet surprisingly empty, making viewers work...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind explores mysterious depths of familiar feelings. It covers themes of intimacy, loneliness,...

Birds of Prey delivers inspiration alongside mistakes. Its feminism is measured and sincere, focusing on solidarity and empathy. The...

Sunset Boulevard is the cardinal showbusiness tragedy. There are themes of ego, fame, delusion, obsession, integrity, existentialism, and...

Lisa Frankenstein has creative pieces that don't consistently coalesce. It delivers sincere teenage angst from a feminine perspective,...

Juno is playful, respectful, and nuanced. There are themes of self-discovery, judgment, boundaries, partnership, agency, honesty,...

Jennifer's Body is elevated entertainment. It covers themes of adolescence, friendship, sexuality, power, trauma, agency, purity,...

Hot Fuzz is precise. It weaves together a mystery plot, character growth, and potent humor through airtight setup/payoff. Verbal jokes...

Kick-Ass has high energy and muddled messages. It aims to subvert the superhero genre but perpetuates the same old tropes. It's an origin...

Argylle buries decent ideas in a convoluted script. There's a goofy premise, superficial espionage, wonky setup/payoff, excessive twists,...

With a derivative premise and unprepared details, The Underdoggs is embarrassingly low effort. Some might call it a well-intentioned...

The Zone of Interest captures the banality of evil. It's exceptionally light on plot and character growth, aiming for a lifestyle...

All of Us Strangers explores the subconscious. It considers themes of isolation, family, making amends, farewells, loss, love, grief,...

Origin is educational and emotional. It looks beyond regional racism to a global caste system, covering topics of history, humanity,...

The Rise of Skywalker is cramped yet weightless. It has a convoluted plot, MacGuffins, useless characters, contrivances, illogical...

The Last Jedi is ambitious. There's adventure, several arcs, and meta themes. It critiques power fantasies, martyrdom, and harboring the...

The Force Awakens is energetic but shallow, establishing new protagonists without developing arcs. The plot is busy with exposition,...

The Kitchen centers a personal story against a political backdrop. Some might find these partnering threads unfocused, but the social...

I.S.S. heightens a familiar concept for decent excitement and thought. It could've further developed its messages and characters, but...