‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ – A Critical Miss
One of the struggles with adapting a niche geek property like Dungeons & Dragons, or any game, is finding a way to appeal to hardcore …
Movie Reviews
Tetris Can’t Make All The Pieces Line Up
Despite a surprisingly interesting true story, the historical thriller never comes together. At first blush, the “real-life story” of the video game Tetris doesn’t seem …
Spinning Gold Turns up Nothing but Lead
The story of Casablanca Records’ founder is too chaotic for anything interesting to rise to the top. Neil E. Bogart was 39 years old when …
Love Adds up Most in ‘A Thousand And One’
Teyana Taylor may owe her first screen appearance to an episode of MTV’s My Super Sweet 16, a show devoted to the lifestyles of the …
A Sparkling Cast and Muddled Story in A Good Person
A Good Person, written and directed by Zach Braff, deals with addiction, grief, generational harm, and how one slight misjudgment can cause far-reaching ramifications. There …
Shazam: Fury Of The Gods Is A Whole Lot Of Fun
Shazam! Fury of the Gods is full of humor, action, and heart – just like the first Shazam! movie. While the future of these heroes …
Willem Dafoe Goes ‘Inside,’ but Not Deep in an Art Heist Gone Wrong
Can one man live out all the social ills of the 21st century? The film Inside demands no less of Willem Dafoe and its own …
John Wick 4 Shatters The Bar for Suspenseful Action
John Wick: Chapter 4, directed by Chad Stehelski, with screenplay by Michael Finch and Shay Hatten, is the culmination of a bloody path that began …
65 Movie Review: You Won’t Be Watching For The Plot
65 has a whole lot of potential when you look at who is involved, but ultimately it wastes a lot of it. That isn’t to …
Scream VI Is How You up the Ante for a Franchise
Scream VI is a meta, subversion requel that ups the stakes in franchise fashion. Not only is the return to Woodsboro mayhem set in NYC, …
Champions Gives Seamless Representation in a Heartwarming Sports Tale
Champions takes the traditional beats that entail a heartwarming story with sports. The movie comes complete with a gruff, rude, unlikeable character, Marcus (Woody Harrelson). …