Tag: movies
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Toy Story 5
4 outta 5 Toy Story 5 provides another solid Toy Story entry even though, honestly, Toy Story 3 had a fairly definitive ending. However, the specials, shorts, Part 4 and Part 5, all deliver fun continuing adventures of the Toy Story gang. Their plastic life is different now with their former leader leaving, and being…
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Toy Story 3 (2010 review)
5 out of 5 The great thing about sequels, when they work, is that since you’ve known the characters you’re emotionally invested in their journey. Toy Story 3 clicks so well because we’ve seen these characters grow, which is odd considering most of them are ageless plastic and all of them are computer animated. This…
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The End of Oak Street
4 outta 5 The End of Oak Street may be a high-concept idea, but it ends up being a pretty straightforward survival movie featuring dinosaurs, with some really gnarly horror action involving folks being eaten by dinosaurs. This movie is primarily scenes of either dinosaur attacks or family melodrama. Adding a 1980s visual sheen is…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
5 outta 5 Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the 4th Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is probably more of a character drama than previous MCU Spider-Man movies. Considering that Homecoming is a high school coming-of-age comedy, Far From Home is a full-on sitcom road trip movie and No Way Home is a…
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (’21 review)
5 outta 5 Spider-Man: No Way Home is a culmination of not only the Spider-Man story in the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also a full-on victory lap for all the Spider-Man movies. Considering the series kicked off with 2002’s Spider-Man and spawned about a dozen different films, that is a remarkably deep well to pull…
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Spider-Man: Far From Home (’19 review)
4 outta 5 Spider-Man: Far From Home is technically the 8th Spider-Man film (or 9th, give or take a Venom) and Far From Home proves he is still a viable character. By film rights owner Sony lending the character to Marvel Studios, it has allowed Spider-Man to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (’17 review)
4 outta 5 There have been numerous attempts at Spider-Man since 2002. After diminishing returns on the (unjustly maligned) The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony, who holds the movie rights to Spider-Man, came to an agreement with Marvel to restart the character (again) and integrate him into the creatively fertile, and mega box office earning, Marvel…
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The Odyssey
5 outta 5 Director Christopher Nolan bounces around genres and his films are unique and compelling. Now his adaptation of the epic Greek poem The Odyssey is appropriately epic. This is still a uniquely Nolan movie except set in ancient times and also has fantasy and horror elements. The Odyssey is a cool way to…
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Evil Dead Burn
3 outta 5 It doesn’t seem possible, but Evil Dead Burn may actually be the goriest entry in the Evil Dead series. The excessive violence and cackling dismembered Deadite heads fit the tone of the last few installments. The 3rd film, Army of Darkness and the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead are much more…
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Supergirl
3 outta 5 Supergirl is the second film of the once again rebooted DC Universe after 2025’s Superman but tonally it could have fit into the old DCEU Snyder-verse. More than anything, this movie feels of a piece of director Craig Gillespie’s previous output like I, Tonya, Cruella, Pam and Tommy and Fright Night. His…
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