Tag: movie review
Movie Review: ‘The Invisible Man’
There’s a big mistake at the heart of “The Invisible Man” and that’s letting the audience know from the very title that there is...
Movie Review: ‘Onward’
With “Onward,” one streak was going to come to an end. In one corner was Pixar, who after 25 years of making consistently impressive...
Movie Review: ‘The Call of the Wild’
Last week in my “Sonic the Hedgehog” review, I lamented that the title character was a cleaned-up cartoon rather than the “realistic” CGI abomination...
Movie Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
“I liked him better when he was worse.”That was my reaction to the second trailer for “Sonic the Hedgehog” in November. The film had...
Movie Review: ‘Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)’
I’m writing this review less than three hours removed from Joaquin Phoenix winning an Oscar for “Joker.” It is the second time an actor...
Movie Review: ‘Bad Boys for Life’
In preparation for “Bad Boys for Life,” I watched the previous two “Bad Boys” films from 1995 and 2003. This research coincided with the...
Movie Review: ‘1917’
Back in 2014, my favorite movie of the year was “Birdman,” a chaotic comedy about a Broadway show gone wrong. The Academy agreed with...
Movie Review: ‘The Grudge’
I never saw the 2004 version of “The Grudge” or the 2002 Japanese horror film that served as its basis. I didn’t even watch...
Movie Review: ‘Little Women’
The new big-screen version of the Louisa May Alcott literary classic “Little Women” pulled off something of an upset at the Christmas box office....
Movie Review: ‘Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker’
So this is it, everybody. This is how “Star Wars” ends. At least, it is how “Star Wars” was supposed to end at one...