Category: 3D

Floundering On Repeat Viewings Note: The following essay contains spoilers. Our original theatrical review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters is safe, although different in conclusion. The Oxygen Destroyer …

Brazilian Romancing Jivaro is a movie of sweaty, barrel-chested men sailing on exotic Brazilian waters with their shirts open, fawning over the one American woman in their camp. The …

Sharks with Frickin’ Laser Beams It’s impossible to compartmentalize the finale of Aquaman. The imagery involves a kraken out of Pacific Rim, submarines, crab people, merepeople, fish people, laser …

The Pre-Blackfish Blackfish Continuing Universal’s brand of anti-science horror, Creature from the Black Lagoon’s sequel finds the Gill Man pulled from his home in an Amazon tributary and dunked …

Yeti Smash When The Muppets revived in 2011, certain corners of media attacked the movie’s anti-capitalist slant. Chris Cooper starred at Tex Richman. His name wasn’t coded, as if …

Lover’s Quarrel Set right at the edge of the Revolutionary War, Sangaree doesn’t necessarily use that period. It’s merely a turgid tale of pirated shipping lanes, estate law, a …

Readying Up Ready Player One whiffs in terms of asking viewers to explore the copyrighted icons of their youth (and some of today’s too). They sprawl on screen, battling …

Dreaming in HDR Jeff Bridges narrates this IMAX feature that, ironically, happens to feature bridges. Clearly, an engineer planned that too. Dream Big follows a selection of engineers, all …

Park It Here Released to large format theaters in 2015, the Robert Redford-narrated National Park Adventures adores the sights of America’s parks system. Numerous canyons, rivers, mountains, and other …

Smash, Boom, Bam Never is Rampage intelligent or smart. It covers the stupid with plenty of boom-boom, crumbling buildings, and monster brawling though. That’s what the entrance fee is …

No Way Out Much of The Maze builds on the legacy of Universal’s classic horror. The eerie, fog-drenched castle, the empty interiors, deepened shadows, frozen bats on strings, and …

Croft-y Reboot A key action scene in Tomb Raider involves Lara Croft leaping from a ridge and into rapids. There is, of course, a waterfall awaiting her at the …