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Let’s be honest, since the first trailers started to emerge, Mortal Engines has seemed to be a film that the studio had no idea how to sell to audiences. Based on the book series by Philip Reeve with a screenplay adapted by Lord of the Rings authors Peter Jackson Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh,  it has suffered […]

In most cases, that headline might seem like ridiculous hyperbole, but when it comes to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the film is simply the best interpretation of the comic book story experience to the big screen. That’s not to say there aren’t other brilliant comic-based films, but to date those are adaptations to live action, […]

Ralph Breaks the Internet is delightful, charming, has more heart than Ready Player One, and a better internal logic than Tron: Legacy. In short, it’s a blast of a ride and well worth your own ride to the theater. Be warned-there’ll likely be a large number of kids in the audience, so depending on your […]

If you’ve seen the trailer for the latest take on the Robin Hood story, you have to have some inkling of what you’re about to get into. Anyone looking for a historic take on a mythic character and legend should quietly move on along and see if you can uncover Showtime’s old Sherwood series. However […]

Readers of this are going to wonder- is it true? Is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as lackluster and joyless as the prior films? We can cut right to the chase and say no, that’s not the case. Crimes isn’t one of the best of the films, but neither is it terrible by any stretch […]

Bohemian Rhapsody was very, very long, but at the same time, felt like it was missing so much. I could speak at length about my personal disappointment with the film, but judging something on what it could have been vs what it is maybe isn’t so fair. Yes, Rami Maleck is good as Freddie Mercury. […]

Bohemian Rhapsody was very, very long, but at the same time, felt like it was missing so much. We could speak at length about >this< writer’s personal disappointment with the film, but judging something on what it could have been vs what it is maybe isn’t so fair. Yes, Rami Maleck is good as Freddie […]

Remember the first of the two movies about the White House having taken over by a terrorist siege? No, not White House Down with Channing Tatum, that one was ghastly. The one with Gerard Butler. Hunter Killer is a lot like that in that while no one should ever confuse it with Oscar-level artistry, it is […]

Halloween is a franchise that represents one of the pillars of the modern era of horror films. Introducing us to the William Shatner mask-wearing Michael Myers, it laid the groundwork that would later bring us the likes of Jason and Freddie. Like the other series, while the originals continue to be lauded as touchstone classics […]

Now, don’t panic when I say “national mythos” in the headline of this review. I’m in no way suggesting the moon landing was a myth. Apollo 11 and the wider Apollo project at large is a part of the American psyche and it’s own historic construct – the individuals involved were all larger than life, […]