In my last review, published far too long ago, I raked popular auteur director, Wes Anderson, over the coals for his self-indulgent and...

The use of the phrase “style over substance” is at its very core a sophomoric criticism. Style is substance, as much a fundamental...

Movie Review From April 29, 2022: From “Rick and Morty” and “Into the Spider-Verse” to upcoming blockbusters like “Multiverse of Madness”...

Movie Review From April 8, 2022: In the face of the masterfully designed entertainment domination conspiracy known as the Marvel...

Movie Review From December 3, 2021: The very existence of this movie feels like a joke. In a wasteland of endless remakes, spin offs,...

Movie Review From October 22, 2021: A good story told badly is an infuriating waste of time, but a great story told only adequately is in...

Movie Review From October 15, 2021: Among the many movie franchises that have strung about through cinematic history, the James Bond...

Movie Review From September 24, 2021: Whatever credit James Wan is receiving for being the standard bearer of modern horror, I can safely...

Movie Review From September 17, 2021: Remember “Inception?” Over a decade ago, Christopher Nolan’s science fiction masterpiece surged...

Movie Review From August 20, 2021: Of all the sweeping epics of Arthurian legend, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” has always stood tall...

Movie Review From March 19, 2021: The phrase “Black Messiah” is used only once in Shaka King’s “Judas and the Black Messiah,” but its use...

Movie Review From February 12, 2021: There is a certain liberation to not having any standards, cataclysmic failure freeing you from all...

Movie Review From October 30, 2020: In 1968, ten thousand demonstrators gathered in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention...

Movie Review From January 31, 2020: A unique storytelling gimmick is a tricky thing for a film to rely on, as it can either enhance the...

Movie Review From November 8, 2019: There seem to be two schools of thought around addressing Hitler and Nazism in the media. You can use...

Movie Review From October 25, 2019: There is an important scene midway through the first “Zombieland” movie that I think sheds light on...

Movie Review From October 18, 2019: Good stories end. Bad stories wither away. It seems to be an almost universal experience in...

Movie Review From October 4, 2019: If you have never watched “Invader Zim,” then I am sorry to inform you that you have missed out and...

Movie Review From September 20, 2019: “Steven Universe” is a show with the premise of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and the execution of...