Shaft Movie Review: A dated and soulless return

Even in a summer that’s already been marked by soulless callbacks pandering to established fanbases (Aladdin, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Dark Phoenix, Men in Black International, etc.), 2019’s Shaft might be the most egregious. The sequel to 2000’s Shaft…

Movie Review: Independence Day: Resurgence

Since Independence Day became a massive commercial hit Roland Emmerich seems to have consistently invented new ways to fetishize the end of the world. Indeed he does a good enough job capturing an apocalyptic spectacle of carnage and destruction but,…