Tag: john lithgow

Over the years becoming an internet meme, Shrek deserves the derision - if not so much as to ignore the the clever story beats.

Silent Fall holds some merit as an isolated murder mystery, but it's utterly deflated by a ridiculous, implausible twist.

Bombshell's story isn't what matters, rather how Bombshell portrays the pressure, anxiety, and fears of women trying to undue decades of power.

Let God Take His Own Kid The key scene in this Pet Semetary remake is when the parents, played by Jason Clarke and Amy Seimetz, discuss death with their …

Hanging In There Blending the ‘90s extreme sports fascination and distrust of government institutions, Cliffhanger is a masterwork of an action movie idea. It’s scenic, with enormous pans of …

Still the Day The Day After purposefully avoids denoting which side first launched their nuclear arsenal. As designed, both the US and Soviet-era Russia bear responsibility, different from other …

Fight Men Fight The best scene in Daddy’s Home 2 concerns a mishap between a wandering snowblower and endlessly strung together Christmas lights. Doltish Will Ferrell engages in some …

Stellar Interstellar’s grandest achievement is recreating the awe of human exploration. Pre-lunar landing sci-fi cinema often carried with it the fantastic and improbable. Post-lunar sci-fi showed the grandiose expanses …

Cosmic We’re important cosmically. At least, we think we are. Humans seek to solve the mysteries of space time for the purposes of harvesting another planet for our continued …

The film barely hides the sitcom seams which bore the concept. But, that's Harry's relaxed approach.

The Campaign is inspired casting, and pacing that doesn't have a minute to lose.

This is forward-thinking, just not backwards thinking, leaving room for sequels that, who knows, may still connect themselves.