Category: Reviews
REVIEW: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
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...
Read MoreREVIEW: Godzilla Minus One (2023)
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 ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Napoleon (2023)
Napoleon feels like a clip show of what may well be a great movie. At two and a half hours, it feels rushed, with too little time devoted to establishing the titular conqueror or his beloved Joséphine, not to mention the many battles and political maneuvering that defined his career. We get snippe...
Read MoreREVIEW: Silent Night (2023)
Silent Night, the newest entry in the Christmas action subgenre, is director John Woo’s first American film since 2003’s Paycheck, and I can understand his disillusionment after that one. Fortunately, Silent Night is a lot better than that, and while it’s not a classic or as good as some of W...
Read MoreREVIEW: Wish (2023)
I was fortunate enough to get a ticket for an early screening of Wish, Disney’s latest animated feature, which goes wide next week for Thanksgiving. I’ve been pretty excited for this movie despite the minimal information released. The trailers’ music and villain looked impressive,...
Read MoreREVIEW: Thanksgiving (2023)
I don’t go into many movies with a lot of hope nowadays, and I never expected a whole lot from horror films, so I’m happy to be surprised on occasion. Thanksgiving was one such treat, a fun, (mostly) smart slasher with decent characters and something genuinely interesting to say about the true ...
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