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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A solid reboot of the Bat-franchise that is shot beautifully, well-acted, and spends its nearly three-hour runtime trying to step out of the shadow of the Nolan trilogy. The film looks great and is injected with some dynamic camerawork. (There’s also seems to be a filter present that gives… Read More »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube An action film based on the popular video game franchise, “Uncharted” is a surprisingly flat film that never manages to level up. I have never played any of the video games in this series and have no knowledge of any of the in-game characters or storylines, so I have… Read More »
Watch the SPOILER recap on YouTube 5. Dune: Part One– A fantastic-looking film that starts off strong but ends up feeling like it just goes on forever before stopping abruptly to set up a sequel. 4. Black Widow– While it hurts the plot a bit knowing how Natasha’s story ends, the scaled-back approach that focuses… Read More »
Watch the full breakdowns (with SPOILERS) on YouTube I’m pretty picky about the films I see, so the this is really more a list of my least favorite films of the year. Honorable mention: The Matrix: Resurrections: Actually worse than some of the other films on my list, but I knew going in it wouldn’t… Read More »
Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Advertised as an action-packed prequel to “The Kingsman” featuring colorful characters and cool-spy tech, this film is kind of a slow-moving World War 1 period piece that lacks direction or much of the fun stuff that was expected. The foundation of Kingsman spy agency could’ve been an interesting concept,… Read More »