There’s a sense of finality that hangs over every moment of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The balance that Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his high flying gang of villagers and dragons have built over the years is…
Glass Movie Review: A messy but fascinating character study
With Glass, M. Night Shyamalan faces a challenge fit for a superhuman. How does one cross the grounded style and characters of Unbreakable, a 19-year-old superhero mood piece, with the nightmarishly deranged antagonist of Split? His answer mirrors the philosophy…
Bumblebee Movie Review: Travis Knight breathes new life into an old series
The word “Transformers” has become synonymous with never-ending, money burning, ear bleeding blockbuster filmmaking. It a doormat that critics wipe their shoes on and a psycho ex-partner of millions of fans who just want to remember the good times. Here’s…
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Movie Review: Ambition can’t defeat tiresome tropes and effects
One has to wonder if director and motion capture extraordinaire Andy Serkis started screaming into a pillow upon seeing Jon Favreau’s superb re-imaging of The Jungle Book in 2016. Not only did those visual effects rival anything in the Planet…
Creed II Movie Review: The sequel tries but it can’t quite live up to Ryan Coogler’s former glory
Ryan Coogler’s Creed opened in a youth detention center. Young Adonis Creed, pulsing with rage, gets in a fight with another boy for seemingly no reason at all. We didn’t just meet a new character in the Rocky franchise, we…
The Front Runner Movie Review: The Hugh Jackman political drama fails to challenge itself
The Front Runner is custom made for an election year awards campaign. Featuring a salacious campaign scandal, a group of relentless journalists desperate to uncover the truth, and a veteran actor looking to pivot his superhero image, the film is…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Movie Review: Melissa McCarthy delivers the best performance of her career
At the outset, Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? wallows so deeply into the loneliness of down on her luck biographer Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) that you may feel the people around you in the theater disappear. We see…
