Author: Matt Paprocki
Matt Paprocki has critiqued home media and video games for 20 years across outlets like Washington Post, Variety, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Playboy, Polygon, Paste, and others. His current passion project is the technically minded
DoBlu.com. You can follow Matt's body of work via his personal
WordPress blog, and follow him on Twitter
@Matt_Paprocki.
Dian Fossey's life is explored in a routine biopic, Gorillas in the Mist, which fails in focusing on what matters or the complex.
Stop or My Mom Will Shoot did actually happen, and Estelle Getty is only reason anyone mentions it.
Patiently exposing a too-far reaching conspiracy, Parallax View depicts an uncertain time through what's now an unlikely hero.
Desperate and trying patience, Coming 2 America's bright spots happen in the barbershop and nowhere else.
Messily edited and vapid, even by Paul W.S. Anderson videogame movie standards, Monster Hunter is a dud.
The Croods: A New Age doesn't aim to try anything new, but tells a familiar story in a fun, expedient way.
Still relevant, Spike Lee's masterpiece Do the Right Thing balances countless characters and personalities to create believable racial tension.
Introducing the slasher genre to a new generation, Freaky picks up where Scream left off to make sure these tropes remain relevant.
Ridiculous as it is, She's the Man knows the target audience and hones in on a progressive ideal that seems closer to reality today.
Fatale is slick in its look and theme, but falls to a predictable, cliche noir thriller elements by the end.
A smart take on a familiar sci-fi premise, Invisible Man vs The Human Fly engages with multiple social issues to fill its story.
Sought after as an early example of Japanese tokusatsu films, Invisible Man Appears is interesting only for its moves to outwit censors.