“Cocaine Bear” Review
Cocaine Bear is every bit the playful, bloody, and absurd creature feature it promises to be. It takes the true story of missing cocaine in 1985 via a botched delivery
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“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” Review
As the third Ant-Man movie, Quantumaniana feels the most fantastical and the least like Ant-Man’s zippy capers. Gone are the slick sensibilities of a quirky thief-turned-hero, replaced with a lost-world
“80 For Brady” Review
80 For Brady is an autopilot comedy that makes a passive play at boomer humor and Super Bowl silliness. It feels as though a film like this could make for
“Knock at the Cabin” Review
Director M. Night Shyamalan has always been known for his twists. Nearly every film comes with an anticipation of waiting for the unexpected explanation to drop off aliens, ghosts, and
“Plane” Review
For a film all about a commercial airline crashing on a wartorn island, Plane is surprisingly routine with its action. This whole picture was centered around the thrilling climax of
“Babylon” (2022) Review
The old Hollywood presented in Babylon is presented with both affection and scathing. It lavishes the dazed trip that comes with out-of-control parties, drugs, orgies, and cinema love but also
“Avatar: The Way of Water” Review
After more than a decade, coming back to the fantastical world of Avatar feels like a throwback to different times. It’s not only been some time since James Cameron’s 2009
“Empire of Light” Review
Set in early 1980s England at a movie theater, it’d be easy for Empire of Light to slip into being a saccharine nostalgia dose and a love letter to the
“Emergency Declaration” Review
It may sound surreal to speak of a blockbuster-style disaster film like Emergency Declaration as a routine picture involving a deadly virus. Yet there’s also some catharsis in its staging
“The Retaliators” Review
I could see myself in high school being really into a film like The Retaliators. With the lattice of a revenge thriller, it’s a picture where the highlights are the