Code Name Banshee is one hell of a schizophrenic movie. It starts with a laughably bad action scene and I pretty much wrote it off as Z grade cinema. And then Antonio Banderas shows up and suddenly the non-action drama … Continue reading
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a very busy film without, thankfully, being a very messy film. They manage to stuff the movie to the (ahem) gills with character and plot without the whole merry-go-round flinging everyone off in a fit … Continue reading
The Lair was another fairly blind rental… but I was immediately intrigued when Neil Marshall’s name came up in the opening credits. Dog Soldiers, The Descent, and even the uneven Doomsday… plus the last thing I saw him make was … Continue reading
Athena is a Netflix film that gets an A+ for filmmaking effort even if it just gets a B for character drama. I wish it had nailed every aspect because, wow, this is an amazing movie on a technical level. … Continue reading
On the upcoming season of So You Think You Can Action Star, watch luminaries such as Joey King, Bob Odenkirk, and our latest contender Allison Janney trade in their usual Hollywood stardom for a life of kicking butt and taking … Continue reading
The Woman King is a very well produced film in two halves with maybe a little extra shaggy character drama added in. I don’t think the multiple personalities of the film gel super well, unfortunately. I was very engaged in … Continue reading
End of the Road starts like it’ll be a decent crime thriller then slowly devolves into a semi-decent thriller, and then falls off a cliff with laughable action scenes. It could have been something but it wound up being nothing. … Continue reading
I was on the fence about Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva because it was yet another nearly three hour long Indian film of unknown quality, origin, and actors. But it showed up on IMAX 3D so I figured there must be … Continue reading
Based on historical events, Medieval is set during a schism in the Catholic church were there was one pope in The Vatican and another in France. The plot is kind of about getting the king of Bohemia to Rome so … Continue reading
Carter is a new single-take action flick from the director of The Villainess… which had a number of great single take action scenes in an otherwise muddled plot. Carter has a plot… something something North and South Korea, a rogue … Continue reading