New horror movie is far from perfect
Immaculate★★★★★ In 2021’s The Voyeurs, writer and director Michael Mohan mined the depths of trashy ’90s erotic thrillers to create his own take...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ builds on storytelling
Dune: Part Two★★★★★ For retroactive clarity, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One was originally due to come out November 2020, but got pushed almost...
Superhero flick is a tangled mess
Madame Web★★★★★ Sony’s Spider-Man Universe — the one that, confusingly, doesn’t actually have Spider-Man — crawls forward with Madame Web, another...
‘Frankenstein’ comes across lifeless
Lisa Frankenstein★★★★★ The story of Frankenstein has been reanimated so many times it was perhaps inevitable that we would eventually get a 1980s-tinged...
‘Argylle’ leans heavily on tired tropes
Argylle★★★★★ With a couple of exceptions, Matthew Vaughn is a director whose appeal largely eludes me. Twenty years ago, his Guy Ritchie-esque Layer...
Netflix film sheds light on fear
Orion and the Dark★★★★★ At first glance, the latest DreamWorks animated movie Orion and the Dark does not seem to stand out much from the legion...
Tensions rise in sci-fi thriller
I.S.S.★★★★★ The sci-fi nail-biter I.S.S. opens, fittingly, with text about how the International Space Station serves as a symbol of alliance between...
Musical adaptation is not too nice
Mean Girls★★★★★ An adaptation of a Broadway musical which was based on a movie that was adapted from a book, the 2024 version of Mean Girls can’t...
Action film keeps with bee puns
The Beekeeper★★★★★ Jason Statham starred in four action projects last year alone (most recently in last September’s bomb Expend4bles), and he doesn’t...
Counting down top 10 films of 2023
Undoubtedly, the 2023 year in film was defined by “Barbenheimer,” the simultaneous release of Barbie and Oppenheimer in the middle of the summer that...