Movie Film Reviews

Pokémon Detective Pikachu offsets formulaic commercialism with decent drama. Its safe script contains heavy exposition, contrived...

Akira is a landmark. Its overstuffed plot and underdeveloped drama are countered by exceptional themes. Psychological, political, social,...

Trap begins with a high concept and an engaging antihero. It sets up motivated drama. Yet, once its external conflict starts, the story...

Split has pulpy fun and attempts at themes. Yet, its mix of sensational thrills with serious topics can feel exploitative. There's forced...

Relating everything back to its hero's emotions, Logan is genuinely intimate. Its existential themes of death, legacy, and family...

With smaller stakes and existential themes, The Wolverine puts emotions first. Yet its contrivances make an illogical plot and hollow...

X2: X-Men United is distilled substance. It's driven by ideological conflicts, supporting its central theme of bigotry. The drama is...

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...