Tag Archives: 3 Star Films

Movie Review: The Equalizer 3

Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Despite a mediocre plot, lack of action and flat finale, Denzel Washington’s acting and charisma carry this film enough to make a fairly entertaining installment to the franchise. The plot is the weakest part of this film, as it’s not only cliché, but a lot of it doesn’t really… Read More »

Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 4

Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Despite a slow start, this film eventually becomes another solid action flick and one of the better films in the franchise. Things move fairly slowly in the beginning, and there’s not much indication of what the plot is supposed to be. And when we do finally get to the… Read More »

Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water (3D)

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: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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: Top Gun: Maverick

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: Black Widow

Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube A solid solo film for Marvel’s Black Widow that introduces some fun new characters, but wraps the story up in a bit of a mess. While this movie is hindered by the fact that it’s a prequel and we know Natasha will survive, the rest of the supporting cast’s… Read More »

Movie Review: A Quite Place Part II

Watch the SPOILER review on YouTube Definitely a direct continuation of the first film rather than a sequel featuring the new adventures of the same characters, this movie uses the same tricks as Part 1 to create tense moments as the Abbott family attempts to survive a dangerous post-apocalyptic landscape. Things open strong, as we… Read More »

Movie Review: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

A fun and action-packed film that uses plenty of pizazz to hide a mediocre plot. The plot here is very thin, and the gist of it, plus all the main character’s motivations, are basically revealed in just a few lines of dialogs from the film’s trailers. Fortunately, things are jazzed up by colorful characters and… Read More »

Movie Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

A ballet of action and violence, that almost gets lost in an unfocused story that relies a bit too much on the franchise’s lore. The film starts off right where the previous entry left off, but before long that fascinating new narrative gets pushed aside for what turns into a massive detour that seems to… Read More »

Movie Review: Shazam!

A fun, but surprisingly predictable, superhero movie. If you’ve seen the trailers for this film, or any superhero origin story, there’s very little here beyond what you’d expect. Despite that, Shazam (or Captain Marvel as he was originally known) is a nice twist on the formula. Aside from a couple dark moments, it’s generally fun… Read More »