Movie Film Reviews

Although it's completely different from the original, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is solid. In fact, its departure is its strength and its...

Ghostbusters is a perfect storm. The writing is gold and the cast is legendary. Meanwhile, the film transcends genres with magical...

Men in Black is peak Will Smith. The story is compelling, the style is thorough, and the filmmaking is strong. Smith is an ideal everyman...

Mortal Kombat is messy. It aims to be mediocre entertainment but mostly misfires. On the positive, Mortal Kombat has fine action. Battles...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire isn't the highest craft in this series, but is a turning point. Here, the Potterverse takes its final...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the best of the series so far. This is because it takes the strengths of the previous movies...

The only clear positive of Red Notice is its cast. Johnson, Reynolds, and Gadot are interesting draws, which only highlights how...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets moderately improves on its predecessor. The acting of the children is the clearest step forward....

Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone is great in some ways and messy in others. On the positive, it creates an ambitious, fantastical...

The centerpiece of Spencer is undoubtedly Kristen Stewart's electricity. Stewart disappears into her tortured character, displaying...

The Room is famously terrible. First, it’s amazing how the dialogue nonsensically bounces around topics yet also repeats earlier...

The Matrix defines Y2K sci-fi action. Its special effects are most notable because a combination of CGI and practical gives the film a...

Eternals is an overstuffed movie that fails to thoroughly focus on any of its ideas. Recognition is deserved because it touches on some...

Wes Anderson remains a master of his craft. By now, most cinephiles know what to expect from Anderson's films: precise camera framing,...

Antlers is ambitious but fails to come together. There is plenty to appreciate here but, unfortunately, it is less than the sum of its...

Blade Runner 2049 is perfect. The ambition of a pop culture epic met with the detail of high art; this film has everything. The story is...

Horror is known for schlock of all levels and Thirteen Ghosts lands somewhere in the middle. It isn’t high art or even necessarily a good...

Edgar Wright has matured as a filmmaker. Last Night in Soho isn’t as overtly flashy as his previous work but it makes up for that by...

Trick ‘r Treat provides plenty of technique to chew on. It has a cleverly written, non-linear story that weaves plotlines together and...

As the godfather of zombie movies, Night of the Living Dead established many of the tropes we have come to expect from the genre. The...