The release of a new Jason Statham movie is always an event for me, so I’ve been looking forward to A Working Man since it was announced (under its superior first title, Levon’s Trade, the name of the Chuck Dixon novel on which it’s based). I love action movies, and Statham is easily my favor...
Read MoreWhile I love the classic animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, I was never excited for Disney’s live-action Snow White remake. I am beyond done with these things; this is a movie that never should have been remade, and nothing they’ve said about or shown from it has been the least bit encour...
Read MoreThe Electric State should have been great. The materials are all there: the creative team behind most of the MCU’s best films, a charismatic and lovable lead actor, a story about familial love transcending tragedy, themes of freedom and the loss of humanity, some truly excellent special effects, ...
Read MoreMickey 17 is garbage. There’s no other… well, that’s not true; there are lots of words to describe it, but “garbage” is pretty succinct. It’s a comedy that isn’t funny, a character study that has no real characters, a thriller with no thrills, and a political commentary so on the nose...
Read MoreCaptain America: Brave New World is the first of a series of Marvel films most seem to feel like we have to suffer through before we get to the good stuff – and there’s no guarantee, or even much faith, that the “good stuff” will be all that good. The point is, I doubt many fans …
Flight Risk is the kind of movie I’ve been saying Hollywood should start making again: a relatively low-budget thriller that doesn’t need to make much money to be successful. What I forgot to mention is that they actually have to be good. Flight Plan had a lot of promise, and it has some decen...
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