I want to give a thematic four stars, but I can’t quite do it. Earth 828, the Fantastic Four are the planet’s protectors. But when a silver-clad being from outer space threatens the planet with destruction, the charismatic heroes must rise to the challenge. To protect not only the planet, but their new family… Directed…
Tag: 2025
Review: Ballerina (2025)
This movie dances with joy in the established John Wick universe. A young girl is brought into an assassin syndicate after her father is killed. Now she willing to defy everyone around her for revenge. Ballerina, also known as the mouthful “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” is a blast. Directed by Len Wiseman,…
Review: The Phoenician Scheme
Always a hit or miss with me. But it is still a joy to watch. A ne’er-do-well businessman faces off constant assassination while establishing a trans-continental transportation empire. Director Wes Anderson returns for another unorthodox experience, having given us The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City, and more. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael…
Review: The Surfer
Each year we get a weird and unsettling Nic Cage movie. A father takes his son surfing at the beach he grew up with. But when the locals don’t take kindly to their appearance, the father risks everything to keep his dream alive. The Surfer is a grim but striking movie directed by Lorcan Finnegan,…
Review: Sinners
Ludicrous, but when it is all said and done, Sinners is a classic horror in the making. In 1930s America, young Samuel wants to become a blues guitarist. To achieve this dream, he joins a pair of twins who are setting up a new club house. But everyone’s plans and excitement are about to be…
Review: Snow White
Disney really need to pick a lane and stick to it. Snow White, surviving princess of the kingdom, finds herself a target of the Evil Queen. After fleeing into the woods, she finds a band of freedom fighters who can perhaps help her retake the land. This live action remake of Walt Disney’s seminal work…
Review: Flow
Beautifully emotional, understated animation. Flow is the sort of animation we need more of. A household cat is forced to leave home as the world floods around them. So begins a boat-bound adventure with a group of unlikely friends. Directed and co-written by Latvian Gints Zilbalodis, starring the vocal talents of Miut, the orange pet…
Review: Companion
Yep, this is very much my frequency of movie. Five friends take a trip to a countryside house. But for Josh, Iris, Kat, Eli, and Patrick, not everything is as it seems… Companion is arguably a career first feature film by writer/director Drew Hancock. Previously having worked on television, shorts, and Tenacious D videos, his…
Review: Wolf Man
It does have heart and conviction, but is a little too shallow. When husband and father Blake learns of his own father’s death, he takes his family to his woodland home to settle affairs. However, things quickly go wrong as something in the woods is hunting them. Wolf Man comes to us as the second…
Review: Nosferatu
Remakes of classic movies never looked this good before. In 1800s Germany, a woman is haunted by visions, while her husband travels to distant lands to settle a housing transaction. However, these events will bring a terrible plague upon them and the country… The boom of horror movies continues. Director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, VVitch,…