Category: Reviews

REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 2, “Promises”

With its second episode, “Promises,” Secret Invasion gets even more intriguing, wrapping itself comfortably in the espionage tropes it introduced last week and introducing shades of gray for all the main characters. There’s a subtlety to this show that other Marvel productions don’t have, es...

REVIEW: No Hard Feelings (2023)

In the realm of modern comedy films, No Hard Feelings is the party animal who shows up to kick-start a boring party: the kid who spikes the punch at the prom, the guy who hijacks the sound system at a stodgy soirée and plays rock and roll, the girl who jumps on the bar and …

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REVIEW: Superman & Lois – Season 3, Episode 12, “Injustice”

I saw the title “Injustice” a couple of months back on IMDb and wondered if Superman & Lois’ third season was going to get much, much bigger by the end. It hasn’t, at least not in the way that title would imply. But “Injustice” does feel like it’s upped the ante for the show, as &h...

REVIEW: Secret Invasion – Season 1, Episode 1, “Resurrection”

Remember when we used to expect Marvel movies to be good? It wasn’t all that long ago, but it feels like a lifetime since we entered a theater or, almost as often these days, started a new TV show without trepidation and with the anticipation of a fun story with characters we either knew we &helli...

REVIEW: Elemental (2023)

I haven’t been excited for Pixar’s Elemental. I’m a lifelong Pixar fan, and for years, their releases were an anticipated highlight of every year. I always saw whatever Pixar was putting out for my birthday, as they tended to come out in June. However, I knew immediately that Elem...

REVIEW: Extraction 2 (2023)

Extraction 2 lives up to its promise; it’s an exhilarating action movie that manages to top its excellent predecessor in both suspense and spectacle. It also features three-dimensional characters who feel like real people with human motivations and desires amid the fantastical action sequences, an...