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Men in Black: International Review – New Cast, Same Everything Else

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:00:41 +0000

When it comes to the breadth of quality in cinema, there’s a classically shaped bell curve. That is to say, most films are just “fine.” Men in Black: International sits squarely in that population. The fourth in the sci-fi comedy series, Men in Black: International follows the formula that we’re used to seeing from the...

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Creed II Review: Embrace with Arms Wide Open

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:00:25 +0000

If we’ve learned anything from boxing movies, it’s that the brutality of the sport is not in direct contrast to the emotions behind those punches. Divorcing passion in the ring from passion outside the ring is both impossible and disingenuous. Creed II lives up to its legacies, in and out of the ring, and on...

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‘Sorry to Bother You’ Review: Not Worth the Bother

Jason Gorber — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 19:00:10 +0000

I’m sorry, ‘Sorry to Bother You’, but I just didn’t like you very much. I’m sure a lot of the problem is down to me. I saw you mid festival at Sundance earlier this year, where you were one among many films dealing with similar issues of justice, be they racial or economic, and simply...

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‘Westworld’ 2.10 Recap: “That Which Is Real Is Irreplaceable”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:00:16 +0000

I often feel that ‘Westworld’ is too clever for its own good. That’s never been truer than in the Season 2 finale, which exerts so much effort trying to stay three steps ahead of the audience that I’m not sure it even makes any sense at all. The show does so much time-jumping that, frankly,...

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‘Westworld’ 2.01 Recap: “Have You Ever Questioned the Nature of Your Reality?”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:00:15 +0000

HBO’s ambitious sci-fi Western ‘Westworld’ returns for a second season to both dazzle and confound viewers. Now that we know some of the show’s secrets from last year, will the story be easier to follow this time? I doubt anyone will be shocked if I say that the answer is “yes and no.” First off,...

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‘Annihilation’ Review: Thought-Provoking Sci-Fi Shocks

Philip Brown — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:00:24 +0000

Following up his acclaimed directorial debut ‘Ex Machina’, Alex Garland (who’d previously written ’28 Days Later’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Dredd’ and others) got a chance to make a rare big-budget sci-fi film built as much on unsettling ideas as on CGI monsters. Sadly, the realities of contemporary filmmaking being what they are, Paramount got wet feat about...

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review: A Hilarious Hulking Blockbuster

Philip Brown — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:00:42 +0000

Of all the characters to clog up screens during Marvel Studios’ reign of box office dominance, Thor has always been the trickiest to get right. The last two ‘Thor’ movies were among Marvel’s worst, so it comes as a relief that ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ is possibly the studio’s funniest film. Oddball indie comedy specialist Taika Waititi...

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‘War on Everyone’ Review: Bad Buddy Cops

Philip Brown — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:00:51 +0000

In ‘The Guard‘, writer/director John Michael McDonagh made an adorably Irish twist on the bad cop genre. That film did rather well, so now he’s been allowed to cross the ocean and serve up more of the same with a bigger budget and American accents. ‘War on Everyone’ feels like a throwback to the cartoonish...

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