"Thor: Love and Thunder" tells us, just because you lost something doesn't mean you should close yourself off from everything.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is propaganda we can all enjoy
Rather than seeking to divide or show us at our worst, Top Gun: Maverick succeeds by bringing us together to show what we can be at our best.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Multiverse of Madness’ is definitely a Sam Raimi movie
'Multiverse of Madness' is at its best when it's less of Sam Raimi making an MCU movie, and more of the MCU making a Sam Raimi movie.
Read More »REVIEW: “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood” is empty nostalgia
"Apollo 10 1/2" could have been a statement on the unreliability of memory. Instead, it's an animted episode of VH1's "I Love the 60's."
Read More »REVIEW: ‘The Batman’ is a film fighting itself
"The Batman" is not a revolutionary take on the character or the culture of our time. It doesn't provide clarity or meaning to our current moment. And it doesn't have to.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Uncharted,’ a game that wants to be a movie is now a movie that should be a game
Starting with Drake’s Fortune in 2007, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game franchise has become renowned for its effective storytelling, impressive setpieces, and memorable characters. Inspired by adventure novels, pulp magazines, and the Indiana Jones and National Treasure movies, the game and resultant franchise of the first popular examples of a …
Read More »Pop Mythology’s 10 Best Movies of 2021
I think we can all agree that 2021 was an extremely divisive year. Beginning, for Americans at least, with an event that, even a year later, half the country still doesn’t think happened the way the entire country saw it happen, the first year of the new decade saw greater …
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Don’t Look Up’ is the most terrifying film of the year
The biggest joke in 'Don't Look Up' is that the film is a comedy. It is not. It is a horror film. It is perhaps the most terrifying horror film of the last decade.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ gets Peter Parker right
If there is one thing that No Way Home gets absolutely right it is Peter Parker. Whether people know about him, care about him, or have no idea he even exists, he never stops trying to help. He is and always has been the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man no matter who played him then, now, or into the future.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Eternals’ is a big movie with big ideas
Polarized as its early reception has been if there's one thing everyone can agree on about 'Eternals': it is definitely not an average movie. Whether flying or falling, it is spectacular.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Dune’ is spectacular, immersive, visionary. See it in the theater.
'Dune' is so spectacular, so masterfully envisioned, and so wonderful to behold, this is exactly what blockbuster filmmaking should be.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘No Time to Die’ is a conclusion worthy of the best Bond ever
'No Time to Die' feels like a culmination, a conclusion worthy of the best Bond we've ever seen. Daniel Craig carries this film, as he has the entire franchise, overcoming the problems to make a standout character.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Shang-Chi’ is a worthy addition to the MCU and promises more
Based on quality alone, the film hangs somewhere near 'Captain Marvel' and below 'Black Panther' in recent Marvel origin stories. Yet, as with those two, the film is less remarkable for what it is now than for what it can be in the future.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 Thrice Upon a Time’ is a glorious end
Following 'Evangelion's themes of growth and maturity, 'End of Evangelion' is our angsty teenage years, when existence is meaningless, and 'Thrice Upon a Time' is adulthood, when we decide to find our own meaning. One may come before the other, but that doesn't mean the latter isn't equally important.
Read More »REVIEW: ‘The Suicide Squad’ knows it’s expendable
Just because something is gory or violent or cruel, doesn't mean it's enjoyable, or even necessary. And just because a filmmaker has crafted one excellent, fun, well-written film franchise, doesn't mean everything that filmmaker does will be equally brilliant.
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