Category: Uncategorized
-

WILL & HARPER REVIEW: A ROAD TRIP OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP & EDUCATION OF THE TRANS EXPERIENCE
Will Ferrell has always been a comedy legend, but the “buddy comedy” genre is not always associated with the performer. Most of the time he is a lone wolf full of anger having to learn to ween it in to…
-

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE REVIEW: TIM BURTON’S OVERSTUFFED FUNHOUSE HAS ENOUGH MACABRE CHARM TO FILL UP A CEMETERY
There is a rarity today’s films and finding one that truly goes all out. Reserved can be appreciated but far too many pick the conventional and often tame route. But you also have to be careful about what you wish…
-

TRAP REVIEW: M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AND JOSH HARTNETT GO FULL DAD MODE AMONGST A DEADLY CONCERT
You just never know what you’re going to get when it comes to an M. Night Shyamalan movie. You may think you do and even joke that the filmmaker who has been making features for over three decades enjoys the…
-

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE REVIEW: A NOSTALGIA DRIVEN FILM SHOWS HOW MUCH BETTER THE PAST WAS AND HOW THE FUTURE IS DOOMED
In order to appropriately review the film Deadpool & Wolverine major spoilers are discussed. Read at your own caution. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you!) Kevin Feige has been all around Marvel films for quite some time. While many now…
-

TWISTERS REVIEW: EXHILARTING BLOCKBUSTER FILMMAKING MAKES THIS THE STORM OF THE SUMMER AND WILL LEAVE YOU CHANTING “IF YOU FEEL IT! CHASE IT!
There is a moment in the grand finale of TWISTERS when a storm hits a movie theater and a character screams ‘This theater wasn’t built to withstand what’s coming!” It is a moment that comes with a hysterical sense of…
-

MAXXXINE REVIEW: TI WEST’S 80s COSPLAY ENDS THIS TRILOGY ON A DULL AND MISGUIDED NOTE
When Ti West released his 70’s horror homage X back in 2022 you wouldn’t be wrong for thinking that the last thing this film needs is to be part of a trilogy. “X” a film that this critic considers one…
-

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE REVIEW: A BLEAK BUT TENDER MONSTER FILM PROVES THIS FRANCHISE WILL NOT GO SILENT
It is nearly impossible to find silence in the streets of New York City. A city known for its liveliness and one that never sleeps New York city for all its heart is also a place not known for its…
-

THE BIKERIDERS REVIEW: AN EXCEPTIONAL OLD SCHOOL THROWBACK OF AMERICANA IGNITES THE MOVIE STAR POWER OF AUSTIN BUTLER
Coffee table books are basically a thing of the past. Yes coffee, tables and books still exist but those days of lying out a few books to impress party guests is hard to compete with phones, social media and the…
-

KINDS OF KINDNESS REVIEW: YORGOS LANTHIMOS’ DARK WAYS ARE BACK IN A FABLE OF CODEPENDENCY
Fables like to lie to us. A fictitious retelling, we were given them as children and then studied them as we got older but one thing they have always shown us it that the lessons they appear to teach us…
-

SACRAMENTO TRIBECA REVIEW: MALE INSECURITIES TAKE THE WHEEL IN THIS CHARMING ROAD TRIP
Michael Angarano delivers his second feature and like most actors turned directors Angarano chooses a personal story to deliver a quick and charming look at the fears and sadness many men carry, even if they don’t realize it. Rickey (Michael…