Movie Review: “The Predator”
Shane Black has always loved a good team-up. From his screenwriter days (“Lethal Weapon,” “The…
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Movie Review: “The Darkest Minds”
Formulaic approaches to filmmaking are not inherently a bad thing. While innovation and unique storytelling…
Movie Review: “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
After the ambitious and polarizing “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Lucasfilm gets back to basics…
Movie Review: “Ready Player One”
Escapism is a natural tendency for people and a driving force for much of modern…
Movie Review: “Pacific Rim: Uprising”
Sequels are always an uncertain proposition. So many different elements have to come together perfectly…
Movie Review: “A Wrinkle in Time”
Watching the beginning of “A Wrinkle in Time” felt eerily similar to watching 2017’s film…
Movie Review: “Annihilation”
Cancer is life. That’s a weird concept to wrap one’s head around, especially for those…
Movie Review: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
The burden of legacies is a mixed blessing that is hard to come to terms…
Movie Review: “Blade Runner 2049”
Thirty-five years after the release of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic, “Blade Runner,” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve…
Movie Review: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” is almost precisely what a…