“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” Review
There’s a marvel to the mess within this Beetlejuice legacy sequel. It aims with a familiar arsenal of the macabre and the absurd, with Tim Burton wielding this old material
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“A Quiet Place: Day One” Review
The origins of the alien monsters from A Quiet Place don’t sound that interesting. The creatures are more compelling for their towering physical forms and attraction to sound. Day One,
“The Union” (2024) Review
The Union feels like a made-to-order action film with Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry. Perhaps there was a genuine desire to make a sort of Kingsman where blue-collar workers get
“Incoming” (2024) Review
The one-wild-night comedy premise requires a certain level of courage, energy, and wit to be fun. It’s also a sub-genre that tends to adhere to the youth of the era,
“The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” Review
Here is a film that keeps baiting. From the title to the climax, it always feels like there’s untapped potential. For starters, no, this is not a film about the
“Daughters” (2024) Review
Daughters details the stories behind the Daddy Daughter Dance, a historic event where incarerated fathers are given the chance to spend a day dancing with their daughters. Early in the
“Jackpot!” (2024) Review
There’s a barrier that Jackpot taps into in its attempts to wield dark comedy and slapstick action amid a dystopian setting of greed. Rather than offer anything wittingly wry on
“The Beast” (2024) Review
It’s fitting that The Beast begins with Léa Seydoux being placed in a green-screen environment. She appears before a director who asks her to react to nothing. Everything terrifying about
“Alien: Romulus” Review
There’s something to be said of the Goldilocks Zone aimed for with Alien: Romulus that actually manages to reach a safe space of intense thrills. It’s not a rip-roaring sci-fi
“Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie” Review
SpongeBob SquarePants has been around for so long that there was bound to be some reinventing of the wheel. There are plenty of spin-offs of varying quality, ranging from a