Octogenarian James L. Brooks returns to filmmaking for the first time in 15 years. This time, the director of Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets makes an ensemble comedy-drama set during the 2008 recession. Ella McCay (Emma Mackey) is the 34-year-old lieutenant governor who succeeds her boss, Bill Moore (Albert […]
Tag: 20th Century Studios
Predator: Badlands Review
The Predator franchise has endured for nearly 40 years. The alien hunters finally get a chance to lead a film with Predator: Badlands. Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) is a young Yautja runt who is dismissed by his father, Njohrr (Reuben de Jong), as being too weak to join the clan. Njohrr demands his other son, Kwei […]
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Review
Bruce Springsteen, AKA the Boss, is one of the most popular musicians America has ever produced, and he is the latest musician to be given the biopic treatment. In 1981, Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) had completed a sold-out tour and returned to his hometown. He uses his time to write a new album and […]
Alien: Romulus Review
The Alien franchise has had a long history of ups and downs across many forms of media. Alien: Romulus is the first movie in the franchise to be made after Disney’s takeover of 20th Century Fox. Rain (Cailee Spaeny) is a miner on the Weyland-Yutani colony of Jackson. When her contract is forcibly extended Rain […]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review
20th Century Studios have returned to the Planet of the Apes with a fourth entry in the reboot series and the tenth film overall in the franchise. This film shows how ape society has developed since the fall of man. Generations after the death of Caesar ape society flourished and formed many different cultures and […]
The Creator Review
In a media landscape of franchises milked for everything they’re worth, 20th Century Studios has done something remarkable: giving audiences an original, special effects-loaded sci-fi film. In the future, a nuclear strike on Los Angeles leads to the United States outlawing A.I. and destroying any remaining robots in the nation. A.I. is given sanctuary in […]
A Haunting in Venice Review
A Haunting in Venice marks the third time Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a Poirot film. This time he adapts Hallowe’en Party and aims to make a leaner film. It’s 1947 and Hercule Poirot (Branagh) has entered retirement and lives in Venice. His bodyguard, Vitale Protfoglio (Riccardo Scamarcio) ensures no one comes close to the famous […]
The Boogeyman Review
The Boogeyman is based on a Stephen King short story of the same name. This time childhood fears and grief are explored as a family battle a monster. The Harpers are suffering from grief after a drunk driver killed the family matriarch. Sadie (Sophie Thatcher) has become overly attached to her mother’s possessions and wears her […]
Avatar: The Way of Water Review
It has been 13 years since James Cameron introduced audiences to the world of Pandora. Cameron returns to the world he created with the long-awaited sequel to Avatar. Since the events of Avatar, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) have started a family. Their world gets rocked when The Sky People return to conquer Pandora […]
Barbarian Review
Barbarian has become one of the surprise hits of 2022. Made on a modest $4.5 million budget it already has a healthy box-office return and is a critical hit. The question is, has the hype been justified? Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) travels to Detroit for a job interview and books an Airbnb in the Brightmoor area of the city. However, […]










