‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Runs on Empty
Capitalizing off the CGI technology available to it during this age of digital filmmaking, Jeff Fowler’s Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) could have been a dream...
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Category: Action/Adventure
‘Disturbing the Peace’ is So Bad, It Makes Me Re-examine My Life Choices
When I saw Disturbing the Peace on a list of upcoming movies, I thought it was going to be an adaptation of Richard Yates’ titular novel....
‘The Gentlemen’ is a Disposable, Yet Welcome Return to Guy Ritchie’s Comfort Zone
Guy Ritchie has had quite an interesting career. Making a name for himself in the late 90s and early 00s with the critical and financial...
‘Bad Boys for Life’ is the Rare Delayed Sequel that Actually Works
Bad Boys 2 may be the best bad movie ever made. Not in the same sense as ironic classics The Room and Plan 9 from Outer...
‘1917’ Has Absolutely No Staying Power
We should bar every critic from calling 1917 a “cinematic achievement”, a “technical achievement”, or any derivation of the two. It’s an overused phrase in...
I Tried to Find Good Things in ‘Charlie’s Angels’
I had no intention of seeing Charlie’s Angels. I’ve never seen a full episode of the original TV show nor have I seen any of the movies....
The Madness of Crispin Glover Cannot Save ‘Lucky Day’
Here’s the premise: a psychotic hitman goes on an ultra-violent odyssey to avenge his brother’s death. Does this sound intriguing to you? Not really? Well,...
‘Rambo: Last Blood’ is a Very Flawed Yet Satisfying Finale to the ‘Rambo’ Series
John Rambo has been a prime example of the muscle-bound eighties action hero for many years, even though the roots of the character were literary...
‘Angel Has Fallen’ Won’t Win Over Any New Fans to This Franchise
Walking out of the theater in 2013, after watching Olympus Has Fallen, I couldn’t imagine thinking about that movie again. Or that I’d be sitting...
Film Review – Hobbs and Shaw (2019)
In Hobbs and Shaw, Big man and British man make big car go boom. The following review will be spoiler free. Synopsis Directed By: David...
Film Review – Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
I had a rollercoaster of emotions after watching Godzilla: King of the Monsters. As a huge Godzilla fan dating back to my childhood, I was...
Film Review – Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin is one of the better Disney live-action reboots. However, that isn’t saying much. Still, the film works fairly well. While it isn’t the masterpiece...
Film Review – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
We live in an entertainment climate full of polarity; for the most part, massive blockbusters with budgets over $100 million and tiny indies or genre...
Film Review – Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
I have a confession to make — I’m a closet Pokémon fan. I was obsessed with it after its 90’s debut. And while time and...
Film Review – Triple Threat (2019)
Last week I reviewed Dragged Across Concrete, which co-starred Michael Jai White. Coincidentally, Triple Threat also co-stars Michael Jai White — he’s a lot nicer...
Film Review – The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot (2019)
Every now and then, a film comes along whose title seems to make no sense whatsoever. It doesn’t fit the plot, the characters, and seems...
Film Review – Cold Pursuit (2019)
10 years after the release of Taken, anytime you see Liam Neeson on a poster with a killer’s stare and the word ‘revenge’ in the...
Film Review – Bumblebee (2018)
The Transformers Franchise is one of Hollywood’s worst. For over a decade we have been subject to Michael Bay’s exploding and shooting versions of these...
