This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends This is the way the DCEU ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is a tiresome exercise in listless sound … Continue reading
The Family Plan is Apple TV+’s latest example of an old trope… a happy family discovers the mom or dad (or both) had (or has) a secret life as a super spy action hero. This time it’s Mark Wahlberg which … Continue reading
When Animal gives you a runtime of 3 hours 10 minutes, it means 3 hours 10 ten minutes. Don’t even bother getting up when the credits roll… the flick doesn’t have mid-credits scenes, it has mid-credit storylines. And then it … Continue reading
In the spirit of the season, good will towards men, and shooting them in the head, I’ll charitably – and I mean charitably – give Silent Night a decent rating. Even I can’t ignore John Woo’s inarguable visual style, the … Continue reading
Freelance is a pretty decent action/comedy starring John Cena’s enormous face as a married guy who probably listens to Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads a LOT. He wants more from life so when a surprise Christian Slater asks … Continue reading
Awareness is a Spanish sci-fi action flick on Amazon Prime Video about people with psychic powers and the factions who want to stop or control them. You’ve seen this movie before… but it’s pretty sure you haven’t. It thinks it’s … Continue reading
Joke’s on me. I thought this was the John Wick Ballerina spinoff I’d heard about. But don’t be a fool like me – that’s a 2024 American action flick, not a 2023 S. Korean “action” flick. Ballerina is not, in … Continue reading
You’d think all the mocking FantFourStick got for doing “the sequel number is in the title so you know it’s cool”, the makers of Expend4bles would have reconsidered. But given how generic and boring the movie they made was, at … Continue reading
Oof… I’ve seen a handful of Indian pictures imported to the US over the past few years and this one didn’t work for me at all… though perhaps more exposure to these actors and this director would have had made … Continue reading
King of Killers is a bad film… but there’s a chance it’s bad in a way that could entertain. It’s a tough guy pulp actioner that made my eyes roll… but I have a low tolerance for unironic tough guy … Continue reading