Category: Theatrical/VOD

Earning the Crown Dropping Gareth Edwards’ 2014 near arthouse take on giant monsters, the follow-up concentrates on national anxieties. This sequel engorges on desperate American feeling and dialogs. Godzilla’s …

Stark’s Arc The hero of the Marvel universe isn’t Tony Stark. Captain America couldn’t save us all either. Marvel’s movies – some 52 hours of storytelling – belong to …

Boxed In In 2015, Poland’s conservatives took power. In their position, the party began to reset progress, wiping elements of the country’s history to embellish a time before democracy. …

Reeling Waning attendance made the Mahoning Drive-In reconsider their business model: No first run movies, just classics, and on true 35mm film. It worked. At first, At the Drive-In …

Marveling at Marvel No Doubt’s charged “I’m Just a Girl” blares when Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) finally overcomes her personal skepticism to take on a group of villains. It’s …

Shattered As a pair, Unbreakable and Split delivered a sharp, “life imitates art” conceit. Comic books represent life – social issues, injustice, moral right – and M. Night Shyamalan’s …

Enjoyment Eater Science failed in defeating Godzilla. A nanometal city – a stand-in of sorts for popular monster Mechagodzilla – was obliterated in the last chapter of this anime …

Rocky IV’s memorable scene is that of James Brown, surrounded by Americana, introducing Apollo Creed on his march to fight the USSR’s Ivan Drago to the pop tune “Living …

More like the spy was a catcher, but still “You’re an unusual man, Mr. Berg,” says Jeff Daniels to a potential American spy, aging Red Sox catcher Moe Berg. …

Swingin’ Dramedy A Swingers Weekend does deal with the expected awkwardness of a casual sex weekend. Three couples come together in an isolated cabin, not all of them in …

Meg-a Dull The final image of The Meg is a tongue-in-cheek, punny “Fin.” If only the rest had that dad humor. It’s odd to consider The Meg’s sin is …

On the Edge of Boredom Unlike The Happening, where trees became sentient and began killing people, City on the Edge of Battle finds the entire Earth becoming empathetic to …