Passably old fashioned while drenched in modern visual effects, Jungle Cruise is little more than acceptable, one-off escapism trying to recapture Disney's Pirates gold.
Someone’s Overcompensating It figures that in this current and cursed timeline, something like Hobbs & Shaw speaks sensibly. As a brazen, idiotic, muscle-driven action flick, it’s necessary to spell …
Rock Top Two quirks define Dwayne Johnson’s muscled character, Beck, in The Rundown. One, he’s an aspiring chef. By Rundown’s end, it’s assumed that passion led to him opening …
Tall Man There’s much to extract from the slim frame of Walking Tall. Minus the end credits, the total film weighs in at 73 minutes, enough time for Dwayne …
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 …
Let’s Go Monstering No one speaks an intelligent word through all of Rampage. Rather, they blabber on about corporate badness, genetic gobbledygook, and hoo-ra America militarism. Oh well. At …
Jungle Hopping In those moments where Jumanji isn’t over explaining itself, there’s a story with a high moral center. Four high school kids, neatly fitting into standard archetypes, get …
No Watch There’s one overlapping joke in Baywatch – the lifeguards seem unaware they’re not cops. It’s like The Munsters, where the family lives in bliss, oblivious to ther …
Furiosa The Fate of the Furious shot its opening scenes in Cuba, no small feat considering the slew of political sanctions that left the country void of American presence. …
Island Life Considering Disney, Moana is quaint in its antiquated formula – an inspiring story of self-purpose set off by tragedy and loss, starring a lead character looking for …