Review: ‘Dumb Money’ Clears But Fails to Win Big
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …
Movie Reviews
‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review: Branagh and an All-Star Cast in a Glossy Whodunit
What does it say that in an era of superhero and sci-fi sequels, audiences will still rush out to cinemas to see an old-fashioned murder …
Landscape With Invisible Hand Review: Sci-Fi Melds Sweetness and Righteous Anger
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …
‘Strays’ Review: A Film Only Fit for Summer’s Dog Days
Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lend their voices to Strays, a scattershot, vulgar, and occasionally heartfelt take on the Homeward Bound-style film. Does the prospect …
‘Blue Beetle’ Review: A Mess of Competing Messages
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …
‘The Last Voyage of The Demeter’ Review: Beautiful, Effective, and Too Repetitive
Based (as the opening on-screen tells us) on a single chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter plays far better than that …
Gentle Jules Contemplates Life, Extraterrestrial and Otherwise
Ben Kingsley leads a small but stellar cast in sweet slice of sci-fi. Early in Jules, a spacecraft crash lands in senior Milton Robinson’s (Ben Kingsley) …
Review: Meg 2: The Trench More Camp Than Cohesive
Meg 2: The Trench is more camp ridiculousness than cohesive entertainment. Think if Jurassic Park and The Fast & Furious series joined forces. A lot …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Is Cool Enjoyment for a Hot Summer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is funny, gross, and sweet; a picture children and adults will enjoy. It reminds me of the recent Transformers …
The Specter of Mediocrity Hangs Over Haunted Mansion
Despite LaKeith Stanfield’s master class in carrying a film, Disney’s latest theme park ride adaptation offers little by way of thrills or chills. One question …
Oppenheimer Thunders Into Theatres
Christopher Nolan’s latest is his biggest film. It might also be his smartest about the human condition. It is perhaps a trite observation to call …