Movies

"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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

'Dune' is so spectacular, so masterfully envisioned, and so wonderful to behold, this is exactly what blockbuster filmmaking should be.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

The Green Knight is not a film in which a lot of stuff really happens. It's not an easy or breezy viewing experience. Instead, it's a film that gives as much as it receives.

'Axanar' was a project with great promise, a fan film that could've been done right. Instead, it turned into a prime example of toxic fandom.

"What if we made John Wick but replaced all the tedious character development with women shooting people?"

An old show biz adage says: Always leave them wanting more. The saddest thing is, with 'Black Widow' and Natasha Romanoff, we already know there isn't.