Jurassic World
I saw this movie three months ago, which is to say this isn't going to be a super high-quality in-depth review. I write these reviews for fun, and I haven't been feeling the fun for the last few...
View ArticleAnt-Man
I saw this movie two months ago, which is to say this isn't going to be a super high-quality in-depth review. I write these reviews for fun, and I haven't been feeling the fun for the last few...
View ArticleMission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation is the fifth Mission Impossible film. This time around, writing and direction are by Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote The Usual Suspects and Edge of Tomorrow (and...
View ArticleThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is a spy action/comedy from Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Downey's Sherlock Holmes) and based on a 60s TV show (with which I am unfamiliar). More than anything, this is a stylish, slick...
View ArticleBonus review: Chappie
I skipped Chappie in the theater because I heard it was bad. Then I was stuck on a transatlantic airplane flight, and thought why not? Ugh. I made it all the way through, but mainly because I could...
View ArticleMaze Runner: The Scorch Trials
The Scorch Trials is the sequel to last year's The Maze Runner, based on a series of YA dystopian sci-fi books. I praised that movie for having a different feel than the rest of the...
View ArticleThe Martian
I'm a fan of Andy Weir's book on which this movie was based. It has style, wit, action, suspense, and is just generally good.Ridley Scott's The Martian is a fairly faithful adaption of the book. It...
View ArticleSpectre
I saw Spectre.Those following my movie reviews may remember that I gave Skyfall a fairly negative review. It ranked 14th of the 28 movies I saw in 2012. I had plenty of time while watching Spectre to...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Refer to this for my review of the first part.Mockingjay Part 2 is the conclusion of the series which started with Hunger Games. If you haven't seen the previous films, you'll be completely lost, as it...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Force Awakens
This will be a spoiler-free review, at least for Episode VII, and assuming you have at least seen the trailer.Context is important. I am a Star Wars fan. By that I mean I grew up with the original...
View ArticleThe Force Awakens update
I've written a spoiler version of the review, but have not posted it on the front page, for obvious reasons. I have added a link to it at the bottom of the spoiler-free review, which should be...
View ArticleThe Hateful Eight
The Hateful Eight is a Quentin Tarantino movie. That means it is violent - gratuitously over-the-top violent. It is also offensive - if anyone tracks number of uses of the N-word in a film, this almost...
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2015 Year in Review
2015 was a very different year for me than 2014. I saw exactly half as many movies. On average, those movies were a fair amount better than last year, if you ignore Blackhat and Chappie (3.417 vs 2.9,...
View ArticleRogue One: A Star Wars Story
There are mild spoilers in this review.I'm going to start my review with a two-part statement that may cause confusion and outrage: I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and none of the movies are very good. The...
View ArticlePassengers
I don't think I've done a meta-review before, but I need to rant about the press coverage that Passengers is getting, and dammit I have a blog.This will involve spoilers. Lots of them.Gizmodo's review...
View ArticleAssassin's Creed
I wasn't really planning to see Assassin's Creed. While I am a fan of action movies, I've never played any of the Assassin's Creed games, and the trailer wasn't impressive. Thanks to the generosity of...
View ArticleValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian is a reasonably enjoyable sci-fi adventure film. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, actually a good movie, but if you're willing to ignore its more glaring defects, it's quite fun....
View ArticleDunkirk
Dunkirk is, as of this writing, getting 92% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm with the other eight percent.The movie has many positive qualities, by far the best of which is the cinematography....
View ArticleAtomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is an extremely good action film. It has a solid plot, good writing, better acting, stunning cinematography and action sequences, and it absolutely nails the period.It is set in Berlin at...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Last Jedi
This review will be spoiler-free, assuming you have seen the trailer.I am mostly writing this because as of the afternoon of December 15, Last Jedi has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 93% with critics, and...
View ArticleReady Player One
Believe it or not, this is a review of Ready Player One. Let's talk about adaptations from one medium to another. Specifically, the most common adaptation, book to movie. But first, a story. I used to...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Time ... in Hollywood
This review will contain spoilers. However, it will contain spoilers that I really wish I had known about before going to see the film.I'm going to put this right up front: do you think about the...
View ArticleWhat is the Wheel of Time and why should I care?
This post is aimed at people who have not read the Wheel of Time books, but have heard about it due to the news surrounding the upcoming TV show.The Wheel of Time is a lengthy high-fantasy book series...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (spoiler review)
This review has spoilers. For the non-spoiler review of this movie, click here.Episode IX is in a tough spot. Not only does it need to finish the much-criticized Sequel Trilogy, it also need to wrap up...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (spoiler-free review)
Here are links to my spoiler-free reviews of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, which have links to the spoiler reviews. There will also be a spoiler review of this movie, linked at the end.I don't...
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