The summer’s final comic book movie is perhaps the least expected as far as its source material and whether it’d been worth manifesting into a full-length feature. Look at The…
[Note: This film presented initially during the 2019 Seattle International Film Festival] Every family is a little different, so many will tell say time and again. In size, shape, strength,…
The summer box office oft never leaves enough room for any fresh air product to breathe through. Heavy franchise fare whose fans are either reassured or polarized aside, original standalone…
The summer movie season usually isn’t complete without at least one horror plot involving dangerous animals (ala Jaws or last summer’s The MEG), dangerous weather (The Perfect Storm), a dangerous…
If there’s a studio that knows how to strategically mine valuable IP to the best advantage, clearly Sony’s tracking the most productive pulse, and there’s certainly no disputing their track…
[AN OFFICIAL SELECTION FROM THE 2019 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL] Late night television isn’t so much cutthroat nowadays as it would’ve been during the Leno/Letterman wars of the mid-90s. Yet,…
It’s occurred to me that the jukebox musical hasn’t earned the best reputation, particularly with the examples we’ve seen this century (mostly Mamma Mia 1 and 2). Of course, for…
Five years ago, the second American imagining of Japanese cinema icon Godzilla was met with a mixed consensus. British auteur Gareth Edwards put in every best effort to raise the…
It sounds like a very so-so premise on paper, that could be emerging onto screen eight years too late. Seth Rogen at his raunchiest and/or conscience-driven (or a witty combination…
In a spring season that’s seen nothing but shoddy, mislaid attempts at broadening the typical horror or thriller film, to perhaps go beyond the typical, only to come up short,…