Category: Theatrical/VOD

While familiar, safe, and even predictable in its method, Rise of Skywalker does what's needed to close a saga concerned with totalitarians and the families who fight back.

Midway is far too hollow and selective a film to depict such a critical point in World War II's Pacific front.

But what about Taco? Terminator: Dark Fate’s worst moments happen during the action. Either the ceaseless digital effects tire, the explosions become routine, or the countless beatings sustained by …

Does for Florida What Jaws Did for Water Alligators do not really do what they do in Crawl. To Crawl, the catalyst might be climate change and the resulting …

Tingles If the Marvel movie-verse is considered a single entity – one 50+ hour movie – then Spider-Man: Far From Home is effectively the post-credit sequence. It’s a little …

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 …