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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] A Wrinkle in Time is not at all a bad film, in fact it’s pretty darned solid. But to put the film into context, it has to be understood who the film’s audience actually is. These days it’s far too common for the term Young Adult to really just mean any film with […]

If you were that age bracket born in the mid-late ’80s, chances are Everything Sucks on Netflix is the retro high school show for you. Much like how Stranger Things appeals to ’80s kids for all the callbacks to period things (toys, fashions, set dressing), Everything Sucks does it for the mid-’90s crowd, in a mostly dramedy format. […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Red Sparrow has been compared to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but that entirely undersells Sparrow. Where Tinker was droll and predictable, Sparrow actually carries along the thread of an interesting story to keep the audience engaged. Clocking in at nearly two and a half hours, one thing the film is not is in […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Let’s get one thing out of the way right off the top about Annihilation: if you are a fan of the original book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer, you will likely be in a bit of a shock as the cinematic version releasing in theaters is very different. It might almost be […]

Game Night was surprisingly fun and enjoyable.  I’m just gonna say that right away, because you readers know I generally don’t enjoy most of the modern comedy films I’ve seen the last year or two.  (Points to Fist Fight because that was a pile of crap.) You’ve seen the trailer for Game Night by now I’m assuming, which […]

It’s only February, but the film offerings this year have already been pretty great.  Annihilation is right up there, although it does fall a bit flat in the last act. From the mind of writer/director Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later) based on Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation is a strong entry into science fiction/horror.  […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Game Night finally breaks Jason Bateman’s losing streak of horrible low-brow comedies. After such dumpster fires as Office Christmas Party, The Longest Week, Mansome, and Identity Thief, we finally get a fun comedy that doesn’t spend it’s entire length trying to come up with ever more tasteless jokes.  The jokes read like the […]

We’ve made a lot of jokes about how FOX’s Red Sparrow is pretty much the solo Black Widow movie we’ve never gotten, but it really is, in some strange way.  True, the film is based on a book by former CIA operative Jason Matthews that was published in 2014, but seriously. If you see this movie, be […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Black Panther is one of those films is going to take a while before it can really be examined critically in a way that separates it from its point and time in history. Not unlike the deep and profound impact that Wonder Woman has had on the female audience, this one too will […]

Not gonna lie- Black Panther is probably the most important superhero film we’ll ever see.  I would hope maybe that wouldn’t be the case, but, as it stands right now, it is. Director Ryan Coogler did something incredibly special with this picture, combining his vision and sensibilities we’ve been seeing from him since Fruitvale Station and Creed into the […]