Movie Film Reviews

How to Train Your Dragon is competent plagiarism. In isolation, it's driven by the protagonist's relationships: an endearing friendship,...

Although The Phoenician Scheme may be lesser Wes Anderson, it's still exquisite filmmaking. Its convoluted plot muddles the story's...

Ballerina is messy. Instead of differentiating a tired formula with proper drama, it convolutes it with impotent side plots....

Karate Kid: Legends is empty. It has clunky exposition, contrived relationships, cliche formulas, and constant coincidences. The obvious...

Bring Her Back 's patient horror is fueled by drama. Themes of family, trauma, manipulation, and grief are unpacked naturally. Through...

Friendship uses surreal absurdism as satire. Dissecting male intimacy into themes of social norms, acceptance, and ego, the story has...

As usual, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol peppers superficial drama into a stew of convoluted and cliche plot. However, these...

Lilo & Stitch is diminished returns. The drama is vaguely outlined but underdeveloped, weakening the script's essential heart. Instead,...

Surrounding impressive action with fundamentally flawed writing, The Final Reckoning is polarized. There's punishing exposition,...

Lilo & Stitch makes an archetypal story structure its own. While its narrative is formulaic, that's mitigated by crisp emotions and...

Hurry Up Tomorrow attempts to be profound but arguably ends up pretentious. It has themes of isolation, fame, obsession, and emotional...

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...