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REVIEW: Wonka (2023)

virginiakublawi | Dec 17, 2023 | 0

Wonka is a rebootquel of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and, to a lesser extent, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I like the Gene Wilder-led classic well enough, but I don’t think I ever watched the Tim Burton movie all the way through. When Wonka was announced, I was frankly an...

REVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 3, “Picture Says a Thousand Words”

AlexGherzo | Dec 17, 2023 | 0

Reacher’s second season took a bit of a detour with “What Happens in Atlantic City,” but “Picture Says a Thousand Words” revs the show into overdrive. The already quick pace picks up even more speed as Reacher and his team focus their investigation, the connections between the villains ap...

REVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 2, “What Happens in Atlantic City”

AlexGherzo | Dec 16, 2023 | 0

“What Happens in Atlantic City” is a busywork episode, bringing Reacher and his team to a new location to chase a lead in their investigation while little of the story develops. These can feel like video game sidequests if handled poorly; fortunately, Reacher roots this episode in character, an...

REVIEW: Reacher – Season 2, Episode 1, “ATM”

AlexGherzo | Dec 15, 2023 | 2

As Christmas approaches and 2023 winds down, Amazon gave us a stocking stuffer to end a mostly disappointing entertainment year on a high note: season 2 of Reacher, or at least the beginning of it. Based on Lee Child’s series of mystery novels, Reacher follows the exploits of Jack Reacher, a form...

REVIEW: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)

virginiakublawi | Dec 10, 2023 | 0

I don’t have much of a history with The Hunger Games franchise. I saw all four movies in theaters, but it was for my sister, who read all the books and loved Katniss. But I never read them myself, and I don’t regularly re-watch the films or anything like that. When a prequel film was an...

REVIEW: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

AlexGherzo | Dec 9, 2023 | 0

Godzilla Minus One feels like the little movie that could, taking America by storm the way Godzilla takes Tokyo. It seems like a legitimate crowd-pleaser, with movie fans praising it and buying enough tickets to secure it a wider release this week. And it’s a pretty good movie to boot, with some ...