Tag: 2025
The Smashing Machine Largely Accomplishes What It Meant To Do
The hype surrounding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest film has been substantial. After becoming one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars during an era that has seen movie stars become less important than they’ve ever been, a string of…
Read More »Him Turns the Ball Over on Downs
Football, fame, and greatness. These are some of things an aspiring professional athlete is pursuing in a new horror film from Universal. Him introduces us to Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), the next big thing at quarterback preparing to…
Read More »The Long Walk Highlights Modern Day Cultural Issues
One of Stephen King’s earliest works finally makes it to the big screen in the latest film adaptation of the legendary scribe. In The Long Walk, a group of young male teens who inhabit a dystopian, post-war America…
Read More »Splitsville is Zany, Topical, but Only Mildly Entertaining
In Splitsville, Cary (Kyle Marvin) believes he leads the idyllic life, married to a beautiful woman he loves named Ashley (Adria Arjona) who he will spending the rest of his life with, his world view is shattered though…
Read More »Caught Stealing is a Throwback, Simple Crime Thriller That Mostly Entertains
Fresh off directing Brendan Fraser’s Oscar winning comeback role in 2022’s The Whale, director Darren Aronofsky returns to theaters with a throwback crime thriller. In Caught Stealing, Hank (Austin Butler) is a baseball obsessed California boy now working…
Read More »Sorry, Baby is a Character Study on Processing Trauma
Sorry, Baby introduces us to Agnes (Eva Victor), a graduate student preparing to finish her thesis in a small college town while nurturing her longtime friendship with Lydie (Naomi Ackie). While finishing her studies, Agnes has a traumatic…
Read More »Highest 2 Lowest is a Mostly Worthy Reimagining of a Classic
Longtime collaborators Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have returned to the big screen for their fifth collaboration with their most ambitious film yet, Highest 2 Lowest, a reinterpretation of the 1963 Akira Kurosawa classic High and Low which…
Read More »Weapons More Than Lives Up to Its Already Storied Hype
To say that Weapons, the latest film from rising writer/director Zach Cregger, enters theaters on a hype train may be a bit of an understatement. The script was a hot commodity in Hollywood, building whispers of its high…
Read More »Together is a Pleasant Surprise
“So lucky few we are who become whole.” Real life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco bring their actual chemistry to the big screen in a modern horror film that explores teetering relationships and the supernatural. Together…
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One Battle After Another is a Stunning Achievement
Leonardo DiCaprio. Paul Thomas Anderson. Two titanic names in Hollywood who have established themselves as the best at what they do in town and future legendary figures finally connect on a movie set and bring a sprawling, ambitious…
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