Tag: adventure
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Pizza Movie Finds Its Frenzied Pulse in a Dorm Full of Bad Decisions
“Pizza Movie” turns a dorm‑wide drug trip into a frantic, self‑aware comedy that blends formal invention with genuine emotional stakes. Not every gag lands, but the film’s bold energy and sharp character beats make it a surprisingly satisfying slice.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: A Galaxy Spinning on Charm, Chaos, and the Occasional Cosmic Shrug
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie spins through its cosmic adventure with charm, chaos, and a restless imagination, even when its storytelling thins. A mixed but mildly positive sequel, it dazzles in bursts and stumbles in others, carried by a spirited cast and a universe that still glows.
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Sundance 2026:Hot Water: A Road West Filled With Steam, Memory, and Small Revelations
Hot Water follows a mother and son on a westward road trip filled with diners, motels, and warm springs. Dale Dickey and Tedd Taskey bring heartfelt depth to Ramzi Bashour’s gentle, reflective drama.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash Finds Beauty in Repetition
Avatar: Fire and Ash blends sweeping spectacle with a story of family, grief, and renewal as Jake Sully and Neytiri face new threats across Pandora’s oceans and volcanic frontiers. James Cameron delivers a visually radiant chapter that revisits familiar themes with warmth and scale.
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Anaconda: The Indie Jungle Joyride We Deserve
Tom Gormican’s Anaconda delivers a wildly funny, self‑aware adventure that turns indie filmmaking into a jungle carnival. Jack Black and Paul Rudd lead a spirited ensemble through a story filled with ambition, friendship, and one very enthusiastic anaconda.
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In Our Dreams: The Sandman’s Children and the Fractured Marriage
Step into the haunting dreamworld of In Your Dreams, where siblings Stevie and Elliot confront the Sandman to save their parents’ fractured marriage. Directed by Erik Benson and Alexander Woo, this Grimm-inspired drama balances charm and darkness, offering a tale of wishes, fears, and the fragile bonds that hold families together.
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Predator: Badlands is a brutal, inventive survival tale that reimagines the franchise through blood, betrayal, and bond.
Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands reimagines the franchise as a brutal survival tale, with Elle Fanning delivering a dual performance that anchors a story of betrayal, adaptation, and chosen kinship. Read my full review.
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Watch the Skies: “Forever Young, Forever Searching”
Victor Danell’s Watch the Skies blends alien conspiracy with familial longing in a Swedish sci-fi adventure that dares to ask: what if the truth we seek in the stars is really about those we’ve lost on Earth?
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40 Acres: A fierce, fractured, and fertile post-apocalyptic vision
Danielle Deadwyler leads a brutal, lyrical post-apocalyptic thriller in “40 Acres,” where land, legacy, and violence collide. R.T. Thorne’s debut is uneven but powerful, exploring Black survival, generational tension, and the cost of defending what’s yours.
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The Lost Bus: The Road that Burned Behind Them
A mixed-to-positive review of Paul Greengrass’s The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey, exploring its strengths as a docudrama and its lyrical portrayal of survival, while lamenting its reluctance to confront the broader civic and corporate failures behind the Camp Fire tragedy.
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Eden: The Garden That Would Not Bloom
Ron Howard’s Eden is a fevered meditation on the fragility of paradise, a film that dares to ask whether utopia can survive the weight of human desire. It opens with a promise—a couple fleeing the corrosion of modernity, seeking purity on an island untouched by the world’s noise. Yet what unfolds is not a cleansing,…
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Night of the Zoopocalypse: The Gum-Beast Manifesto
In the tradition of barnyard revolts and dystopian fables, Night of the Zoopocalypse arrives with a snarl, a growl, and a gelatinous thump. Directed with uneven but earnest flair by Richard Curtis and Roderigo Perez Castro, the film is a comic zombie romp set in the Colepepper Zoo, where the animals are not just caged—they’re…
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War of the Worlds: “War of the Wha?”: Surveillance, Aliens, and Baby Showers in the Apocalypse
Rich Lee’s War of the Worlds, starring Ice Cube as Will Radford, is not so much an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel as it is a bureaucratic meltdown with aliens, flash drives, and a baby shower that somehow ends the apocalypse. It’s a film that asks: what if the fate of humanity depended on a…
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Nobody 2: The Vacation That Bled
“Nobody 2 arrives not with the sleek vengeance of its predecessor, but with a bruised heart and a broken pinky. Bob Odenkirk returns as Hutch Mansell, the weary assassin who once danced through Russian mobs with a coffee mug and a snarl. This time, he’s limping toward redemption in Plummerville, a theme park that smells…
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Fixed: The Testicle Gospel of Bull
There’s a moment in Fixed when Bull, the Staffordshire Terrier voiced with manic sincerity by Adam DeVine, gazes at his testicles and calls them his “hairy, dangling muses.” It’s absurd, grotesque, and weirdly poetic—an emblem of everything Genndy Tartakovsky’s latest animated fever dream dares to be. This is not a film for the faint of…
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The Penguin Lessons: Juan Salvador’s Long Swim
Peter Cattaneo’s The Penguin Lessons waddles into the canon of oddball inspiration dramas with an earnest heart and a satchel full of feathers. It offers us a reluctant teacher, a rebellious student body, and a creature so plainly unheroic it charms the stoicism right off a rugby pitch. If Dead Poets Society whispered “Carpe Diem”…
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The Legend of Ochi: The Lantern Beneath the Alder
There’s a hush to The Legend of Ochi, not the silence of fear, but the quiet after something sacred has been touched. Isaiah Saxon’s direction threads the edges of folklore and fable, delivering a debut feature that breathes in myth and exhales childhood. Carpathia, rendered with murky moonlight and soil-thick air, gives us a story…
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps— Toward the Mythic
Matt Shakman’s Fantastic Four: First Steps begins not with spectacle, but with quiet intention. The film’s heartbeat is the family dinner, where wonder, love, and uncertainty pulse beneath champagne toasts and cosmic dread. Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards with grace tethered to guilt; his intellect is not the prize, but the price. He carries the…
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Smurfs: Blue Chaos in a White Wedding Dress
Chris Miller’s Smurfs twinkles with the kind of sugar-rush irreverence that only a fairytale built on mushroom houses and interdimensional wizards could deliver. This latest installment in the kaleidoscopic Smurfs franchise tosses canon into a blender, resulting in a comic, candy-colored mess that’s part triumph, part migraine. Somehow, it almost works. Rihanna voices Smurfs with…
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Superman: Solar Messiah: A Kryptonian Reckoning
James Gunn’s Superman is a baroque cathedral of spandex and salvation—part cosmic opera, part gospel pamphlet. It’s a film where every punch echoes through dimensions, and every teardrop carries mythic weight. Starring David Corenswet as the Sun-borne savior and Nicholas Hoult as the malevolent mind behind his misery, the movie balances reverence for its comic…
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Invention: Invention as Inheritance
Courtney Stephens’ Invention moves like smoke curling through rooms of memory: elusive, personal, and strangely ceremonial. It’s less a film than a kind of séance with the archive, gathering fragments of familial detritus—audio reels, feverish patent diagrams, domestic footage—and stitching them into a visual elegy that resists conventional closure. As a narrative, it flirts with…
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Jurassic Park: Rebirth- Mutants, Mosasaurs, and Mutadons: A Roaring Return That Almost Finds Its Footing
It’s hard not to chuckle when the newest entry in the Jurassic franchise opens with a mutated six-limbed T. rex named “Distortus rex”—a name that feels like it was brainstormed after two energy drinks and a midnight viewing of Sharktopus. Jurassic World Rebirth, directed by Gareth Edwards and penned by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David…
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Chattanooga Film Festival: Operation Wakaliga: Fate and Blood (2024) Review – A Wild Fusion of Action, Satire, and Ugandan Cinema
Ori Yakobovich, Maya Rudich, and Nabwana IGG’s *Operation Wakaliga: Fate and Blood* (2024) marks a groundbreaking collaboration between Israel and Uganda. This film seamlessly blends high-energy action with satirical elements. It follows two Israeli commandos who are sent to Uganda to rescue the kidnapped son of Israel’s Prime Minister from the notorious Ugandan Tiger Mafia,…
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The Phoenician Scheme: A Meticulously Crafted Tale of Power and Redemption
Wes Anderson’s *The Phoenician Scheme* is a film about power, legacy, and the fine art of surviving assassination attempts with impeccable tailoring. Benicio del Toro plays Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda, a wealthy man who even gravity hesitates before inconveniencing him. After his sixth near-death experience—this time involving a plane crash, a cornfield, and a pilot who…
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How to Train Your Dragon: Fire and Friendship: A Soaring Saga of Scale and Sky
From the moment the first dragon cuts through the misty twilight, scales flashing in the half-light like molten gold, it is clear that this live-action adaptation of *How to Train Your Dragon* does not merely seek to replicate its animated predecessor. It aims to embody something more profound—a tale woven with fire, flight, and the…
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: A High-Stakes Dance with the Endgame
The world is on the brink, teetering between order and chaos, and Ethan Hunt is running out of time. *Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning* is not just another mission—it’s the reckoning of everything that came before, the culmination of thirty years of impossible feats, betrayals, and relentless pursuit of justice. Christopher McQuarrie delivers a…
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Fountain of Youth: A Swashbuckling Chase Through Time and Temptation
The legend has whispered through the ages, a promise too tantalizing to ignore—the Fountain of Youth, hidden somewhere beyond the reach of mere mortals. But Guy Ritchie doesn’t deal in myths. He deals with men who chase them, gamble with fate, and come out grinning. *Fountain of Youth* is a rollicking, globe-trotting adventure that wears…
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Lilo & Stitch: A Cosmic Collision of Chaos and Heart
Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. But in Dean Fleischer Camp’s live-action reimagining of *Lilo & Stitchb*, family is also messy, loud, and stitched together with the kind of love that survives even the most intergalactic disasters. This isn’t just a remake—it’s a neon-lit, surf-soaked, heart-thumping revival of…
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Thunderbolts: Marvel’s Misfit Heroes Find Their Groove
Thunderbolts” is a bold and refreshing addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Jake Schreier and featuring a stellar ensemble cast led by Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The film diverges from the typical superhero formula, focusing on a group of antiheroes who confront personal trauma, seek redemption, and navigate the complexities…
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A MinecraftMovie: Almost a Diamond, But More Like Gold
When Jared Hess took on the monumental task of creating a *Minecraft Movie*, expectations were understandably high. After all, how do you transform a game that’s 50% about punching trees and 50% about running from Creepers into a cohesive narrative? Ultimately, Hess crafted a reasonably entertaining experience filled with some standout moments, though a few…
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Snow White : A Reimagined Tale of Reflection and Renewal
In a realm where the magic of cinema knows no bounds, a bold reimagining of a timeless classic has made its grand debut: Disney’s live-action *Snow White*. Starring the talented Rachel Zegler as the enchanting princess and the formidable Gal Gadot as the chilling Evil Queen, this fresh adaptation aims to infuse new energy into…
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The Electric State: Rust-Colored Horizons and Broken Circuits
The *Electric State* comes alive like a flickering neon sign in the dim light of a twilight alley, embodying a unique blend of beauty and fragility that draws you in. Directed by the Russo brothers, this film carries with it the hopes and dreams of many as it explores the poignant narrative of a retro-futuristic…
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Slamdance 2025: Under the Burning Sun: A Journey of Survival”
Movie Info: In an anti-abortion barren realm, Mowanza encounters serial obstacles in terminating her unwanted pregnancy. Learning that another nation called Iropus has a lenient abortion policy, she decides to forge ahead, even though all she has is a half-empty water bottle and a beaten-up car. On her journey, she shares fleeting love and enduring…
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Speeding to Success with a Dash of Crazy Carrey!
Movie Info: Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely…
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Captain America: Brave New World – A Heroic Leap Forward and Backwards
Movie Info: Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the…
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Paddington in Peru: A Heartfelt Adventure Filled with Whimsy and Wonder
Movie Info: When Paddington discovers his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Determined to solve the mystery, they soon stumble across a legendary treasure as they make their way through the rainforests of the Amazon. Review:…
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The Gorge: A Cinematic Odyssey of Suspense and Heart
Movie Info: Two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When…
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Dog Man: A Whimsical Romp Through Chaos and Cuteness
Movie Info: When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve–and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity…
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My Penguin Friend: A Delightful Heartwarming Tale of Bird and Man Without the Avian Flu
MOVIE INFO: A sweeping family adventure, My Penguin Friend is a triumphant tale of friendship between a lonely father and a little lost penguin who recharges his spirit and heals his family with an unshakable, ocean-crossing loyalty. Humble fisherman João (international star Jean Reno) has turned away from the world in the wake of tragedy.…
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That Christmas: A Heartwarming Holiday Tale That Delivers Festive Cheer
MOVIE INFO: Based on the charming trilogy of children’s books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Love Actually, Yesterday), That Christmas follows a series of entwined tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake, not to mention an enormous number…
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Mufasa: The Lion King” – A Roaring Success with Stellar Voice Cast and Stunning Animation
MOVIE INFO: “Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka–the heir…
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Moana 2: Completing Her Princess Heroic Journey.
MOVIE INFO: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical “Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike…
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Gladiator 2: A Spectacular Return to Rome with New Faces and Familiar Shadows
MOVIE INFO: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. With rage in his heart and the future of the empire at stake, he looks to the past to find the strength and honor needed to…
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Red One: The Rock Saves Santa and the Entire Naughty List from Bad Good Intentions
MOVIE INFO: After Santa Claus — Code Name: RED ONE — is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas. REVIEW: In the latest holiday blockbuster, “Red One,” director Jake Kasdan delivers a unique blend of…
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Venom: The Last Dance – A Symbiotic Swan Song That Stumbles”
MOVIE INFO: In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that…
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The Wild Robot: A Lyrical Odyssey of Metal and Nature.
MOVIE INFO: The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot–ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. REVIEW: In “The Wild…
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Transformers One: A Fresh Start for a Beloved Franchise
MOVIE INFO: TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. REVIEW: Transformers One (2024) is a surprising breath of fresh air in a franchise that has often been criticized for its lack of…
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Before and After the Forklift
Before it was lowered over the broken city grid and became my second houseit was a meadow where the grasses grew tall.I watched the top shell of earthbeing moved and hauled away,saw everything leveled to sand, except a thick, distant forest with a thin stream that bled to the city park—and did not shed a…
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Deadpool and Wolverine: Fighting Against and To the Metaverse
MOVIE INFO: Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat. REVIEW: Deadpool and Wolverine works nicely when the Merch with the Mouth (Ryan Reynolds as…
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Love Lies Bleeding: K Stew Finds Crazy Love
MOVIE INFO: Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family. REVIEW: I like it when Kristen Stewart’s acting…
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Twisters: Getting Past the Past
MOVIE INFO: Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the…
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Despicable Me 4: Minions All The Way
MOVIE INFO: In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4. Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated…
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Chattanooga FF: Off Ramp: Getting to True Juggalo
MOVIE INFO: A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America’s hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted REVIEW: What makes Off Ramp so enjoyable to watch is its twisted take on Deliverance, the backwood revenge story that features every racist hillbilly assumption and stereotype. …
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Ultraman: Rising: Kaiju Rearing for Estranged Families
MOVIE INFO: With Tokyo under siege from rising monster attacks, baseball star Ken Sato reluctantly returns home to take on the mantle of Ultraman. But the titanic superhero meets his match when he is forced to adopt a 35-foot-tall, fire-breathing baby kaiju. Sato must rise above his ego to balance work and parenthood while protecting…
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die: Hopefully, Their Last Ride
MOVIE INFO: This Summer, the world’s favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a twist: Miami’s finest are now on the run. REVIEW: The Bad Boys franchise has been pretty hit and miss for me, mostly miss. The last one, was a…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: George Miller Strives for Some Poetic Tragedy Amongst the Road Warrior Wasteland
MOVIE INFO: Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel, presided over by the Immortan Joe. As the two tyrants fight for dominance, Furiosa soon finds herself in a nonstop…
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Garfield: The Movie: Too Busy for this Lazy Cat
MOVIE INFO: Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father — scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) — Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining…
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Madame Web: Gets Stuck in Its Spidey Sense
MOVIE INFO: In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future… and realizes she can use that insight to change it.…
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The Book of Clarence: Getting to Jesus Via Atheism and Mimicry.
MOVIE INFO: Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, he risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the…
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Noa’s Arch
MOVIE INFO: Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a…
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Migration: Just Misses the Trip South
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into the thrill of the unknown with a funny, feathered family vacation like no other in the action-packed new original comedy, Migration. REVIEW: Migration is a…
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Hundreds of Beavers: A Funny Homage to Classic Shorts
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: A slapstick epic about a frostbitten battle between JEAN KAYAK and DIABOLICAL BEAVERS–hundreds of them–who stand between him and survival. REVIEW: Hundreds of Beavers is a low budget comic delight that mixes silent-era splastick, animation, mascot worthy furry costumes, with the absurdity and chaos of a Loony Tunes short. Think…
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Wish: Don’t Wish Upon this Star
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES; Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” is an all-new musical-comedy welcoming audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force–a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable…
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire— 1/3 To(h)ony, 1/3 Koko, 1/3 Planet of the Hollow Earth Apes
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence — and our own. The epic new film…
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Ghosting Its Way Out
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started — the iconic New York City firehouse — to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact…
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Damsel: A Game of Thrones Style Princess Story
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must rely on her wits and will to survive. REVIEW: In Damsel, staring Millie Bobby…
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Kung Fu Panda 4: He Kicks His Butt Good
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains with his unmatched courage and mad martial arts skills, Po, the Dragon Warrior (Golden Globe nominee Jack Black), is called upon by destiny to… give it a rest already. More specifically, he’s tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace.…
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Spaceman: Adam Sandler Does Major Tom
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: Six months into a solitary research mission to the edge of the solar system, an astronaut, Jakub (Adam Sandler), realizes that the marriage he left behind might not be waiting for him when he returns to Earth. Desperate to fix things with his wife, Lenka (Carey Mulligan), he is helped…
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Dune Part 2: A Brilliant Conclusion to the Sand War
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors…
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: Abandonment Issues of the Warner Brothers Kind
MOVIE INFO VIA ROTTEN TOMATOES: After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences,…
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Journey to Bethlehem: Mary the Disney Princess With a “Gleeful” Spirit
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical adventure for the entire family weaves classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith and new pop songs in a retelling…
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The Marvels: Not So Much Modern Marvels
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled…
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Society of the Snow: Getting Past Survival and Hunger to Know Life
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they have to…
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget- Don’t Believe that Heaven Is Finger Licking Good
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes : Having escaped from the farm, Ginger and Rocky welcome a new little adventurer into their lives. Back on the mainland, the whole of chicken-kind faces a terrible new threat. Review: Chickens are naturally funny, almost cartoonish in the way they cluck, attempt to fly and ambulate. So Chicken Run:…
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The Killer: He Bores Them to Death
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal. Review: David Fincher films are full of criminals, homicidal maniacs, serial killers and other assorted murders and murderers. Even his last film, the glorious Mank, featured Hollywood producers who ruthlessly killed…
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Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken: A Really Big Growth Sprout that Avoids the Red Panda
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Sweet, awkward 16-year-old Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise) is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush (Jaboukie Young-White, Ralph Breaks the Internet), who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and…
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Survive: Dashing Through the Snow
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: When their plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain, Jane and Paul have to fight for their lives as the only remaining survivors. Together they embark on a harrowing journey out of the wilderness. Review: In Survive, an adventure drama now streaming on STARZ, Sophie Turner not playing a bestie…
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Plane: Gerard Butler Saves Us from Liam Neeson Once Again
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island — only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels,…
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Fast X: Dumb Fun and Horsepower Thrills
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and…
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The Little Mermaid: Great Sea Legs, Not So Great Land Legs
Summary via IMDB: The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, Ariel is a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. Longing to find out more about the world beyond the sea, Ariel visits the surface and falls for the dashing Prince Eric. Following her heart, she makes a deal with the evil sea…
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Grand Turismo: Lap after Lap after Lap
Summary via IMDB: Based on the unbelievable, inspiring true story of a team of underdogs – a struggling, working-class gamer, a failed former race car driver, and an idealistic motorsport exec – who risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. Review: Racing movies only have to get the cars,…
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Strays: The Incredible Journey Goes on a Foul Mouthed Road-trip
Summary via Wikipedia: When a gullible Border Terrier named Reggie (Will Ferrell) is abandoned on the streets by his selfish and ruthless owner Doug (Will Forte), an animal-hating drug addict who never wanted him, he teams up with other strays including a street-wise Boston Terriernamed Bug (Jamie Foxx), an Australian Shepherd named Maggie (Isla Fisher),…
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The Monkey King: Too Much Monkey Shines
Summary via IMDB: THE MONKEY KING is an action-packed family comedy that follows a charismatic Monkey and his magical fighting Stick on an epic quest for victory over 100 demons, an eccentric Dragon King, and Monkey’s greatest foe of all -his own ego. Along the way, a young village girl challenges his self-centered attitude and…
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Blue Beetle: Las Cucarachas Fight Back
Summary via IMDB: An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle. Review: I expected there would be moments in Blue Beetle where…
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Heart of Stone: Netflix Fights Back to Reclaim the Algorithm
Summary via IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13603966/?ref_=tt_mv_close An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable and dangerous weapon. Review: In Heart of Stone, Gal Gadot is Stone, a spy with her own IMF team like Tom Cruise- Heart is the all powerful computer that plots and control it…
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TNMT: Mutant Mayhem— Oozing Growing Charisma
Storyline via Rotten Tomatoes: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3: A Nice Send Off for the Old Team and Good Setup for the New Guardians
Storyline via Rotten Tomatoes: In Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if…
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Barbie: Living and Dreaming in the IRL highly Meta-Life
Storyline via IMDB: Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. Review: There is a lot of feminism floating through Barbie. Some thoughts of death too— the perfect doll ruminating, fearing, crying about a mortal end. It turns out to be a rip in the Barbie-real world continuum, a…
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Nimona: F(r)ight the Power
Storyline via IMDB: When Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a mischievous teen with a taste for mayhem – who also happens to be a shapeshifting creature…
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Mission Impossible; Dead Reckoning-Part One— See Tom Run and Run and Talk and Talk
Storyline via IMDB: Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan…
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65: That Extinction Meteor Can’t Come Fast Enough.
Storyline via IMDB: After a catastrophic crash, pilot Mills quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on an unknown planet. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive. From the writers of A Quiet Place comes 65, a…
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Going into History
Summary via IMDB: Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA. Review: In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Professor Henry Jones must…
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse- Lighting Refines Gold
Storyline via IMDB: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.…
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Elemental: Fire and Water Will Mix
Movie info via Rotten Tomatoes: Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live…
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The Flash: Going Way Way Back
Storyline via Rotten Tomatoes: Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and…
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Transformers: The Rise of the Beasts: They Shouldn’t Have Touched the Bumblebee
Plot via Rotten Tomatoes: Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ’90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformer — the Maximals — to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.…
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Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Dungeons, Dragons, Thieves, Oh My
Plot via IMDB: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves serves up everything promised in the title and more. There are thieves. They are…
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Puss in Boots- The Last Wish: Knowing the Last Cat Life Is Not Really the Final Curtain Call
Plot via IMDB: Sadly, Puss in Boots, the undaunted Spanish lover and hero, is now down to the last of his nine lives, a decade after the events of Puss in Boots (2011). And as if that weren’t enough, the unstoppable bounty hunter known as The Big Bad Wolf is after him. To restore all…
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We Have a Ghost: Going Beyond Spooky
Plot via IMDB: Seeking a fresh start in Chicago, the Presley family moves into a dusty fixer-upper they soon realize comes with a catch: a ghost in the attic named Ernest (David Harbour). Despite Ernest’s attempts at scaring teenage son Kevin (Jahi Winston), the detached, music-obsessed teen soon finds a kindred spirit in this trapped…
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania— Getting Tinier and Tinier Until It Hardly Even Matters
Plot via IMDB: Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, along with Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with strange creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. It’s a cinematic truism that if a character says “It’s never over,”…