Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube After over a decade, “Avatar” returns, once again pushing visual effects to a new level. But, despite the breathtaking imagery, the overly-long plot doesn’t break much new ground and in fact repeats quite a few themes from the first film. As expected, the movie is beautiful to look at.… Read More: Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water (3D) »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Thanks to strong acting and a story that properly pay tribute the life of Chadwick Boseman, the latest “Black Panther” film overcomes a long runtime and choppy pacing to deliver an entertaining experience. The story quickly dives into the untimely death of Bozeman, and eerily mirrors it with the… Read More: Movie Review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A mediocre superhero film that introduces too many characters and concepts in too short of an amount of time, and is only saved by Dwayne Johnson’s physical prowess and charisma (which is unfortunately toned down.) Despite its ties the “Shazam!”, this film mostly glosses over that connection and moves… Read More: Movie Review: Black Adam »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube With great looking visuals and a strong concept, “Nope” is unable to live up to its lofty goals due to a disjointed narrative and characters that take too long to endear themselves to the audience. The plot is relatively simple, but there’s a strange execution to it, with chapter… Read More: Movie Review: Nope »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A mildly entertaining film with a poorly executed plot, mediocre action sequences, love story that never quite connects, and hit-and-miss humor. After a decent start, the film quickly goes off course as we catch up with Thor after his most recent appearance in “Avengers: Endgame.” The pacing here is… Read More: Movie Review: Thor: Love and Thunder »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A mediocre film that brings together the “Jurassic World” and “Jurassic Park” franchises that can’t overcome ridiculously over the top action, lame dinosaurs and not-so-intimidating human villains. The plot at its heart is flimsy, but the execution ramps it up to eleven to cover this fact. The two storylines… Read More: Movie Review: Jurassic World Dominion »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Despite a slow build up, cookie-cutter secondary characters and a slightly convoluted third act, the sequel to 1986’s “Top Gun” delivers in the end thanks to intense action sequences, strong lead characters and solid emotional payoffs. The film starts off slow, dishing out nostalgia while letting us catch up… Read More: Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Playing more like a sequel to “WandaVision” than the first “Doctor Strange,” the latest MCU addition brings a little more flash and spectacle than a satisfying story. The plot rockets along early, introducing the villain and the looming threat. Things then slow down for some necessary, (and unnecessary) detours… Read More: Movie Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A mildly entertaining film that returns to wizarding world and sees the “Fantastic Beasts” characters trying to prevent all-out war between the wizards and the muggles…which is not as exciting as it sounds. The basic plot it fine, even though it somewhat retcons parts of the last movie, but… Read More: Movie Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A boring film with pacing issues, weak acting, bland characters and no sense of urgency or peril. The overall plot is weak and introduces the science-based vampire angle only to quickly disregard any form of science. The pacing is all over, and never allows time to connect with the… Read More: Movie Review: Morbius »