’47 Meters Down’ a respectable addition to pantheon of shark terror
Movie review: Mandy Moore and Claire Holt star in this taut thriller.
Movie review: Mandy Moore and Claire Holt star in this taut thriller.
It’s hard to review “Life” (March 2017) — which I recently saw via Redbox – without entering into apologia. It is undeniably in the “Alien” ripoff subgenre. But it strikes me as odd that “Gravity” […]
At one point in “Baby Driver” — now available via Redbox and streaming — the gunshots are in perfect sync with the beats from the song in Baby’s (Ansel Elgort) earphones. It’s one example of […]
TV review: The creator of “Gilmore Girls” launches her third great series, this time via Amazon Prime.
I didn’t know if we needed another “King Kong” reboot per se, especially since Peter Jackson’s 2005 version was pretty great. And there are indeed some been-there, done-that moments in “Kong: Skull Island,” which hit theaters […]
In “Wish Upon” — now available via Redbox and streaming — young Clare (Joey King, from Season 1 of “Fargo”) comes upon an ancient Chinese box that grants seven wishes. She makes a wish, it […]
Movie review: The “Conjuring” Universe goes back to the Fifties to tell Annabelle’s origin story.
I consider myself to be an amateur “Star Wars” historian, but until recently, I didn’t know about the influence of the “Valerian and Laureline” comics on George Lucas’ saga. Pulling the 1997 “Magic of Myth” book […]
Superhero movie flashback (Review): This is (sort of) the fifth movie in the series that started with Reeve.
Superhero movie flashback (Review): The fourth Superman picture has big ideas, but the execution of those ideas is laughable.