Smile 2 Grins Its Way Into Theaters in October (Trailer)
Following up on the surprise hit from 2022, Smile, director Parker Finn is back in October with Smile 2. Naomi Scott, playing pop star Skye Riley, is the latest person targetted by the “Smile Entity” when she witnesses a horrific death and then starts to have terrifying visions. Learning about the previous people inflicted with […]
New Release Round Up 9/3/24
Here’s what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray/4K this week; it’s the New Release Round-Up. Pick of the Week: Repo Man (Criterion Collection 4K) Also Out This Week: 22: The Unforgotten Soldier Belgravia: The Next Chapter Charlie Tango CSI: Las Vegas The Final Season The Clean Up Crew A League of Their Own (4K) Sweeney Todd: […]
Review: Alien: Romulus
Horror director Fede Álvarez brings his penchant for visceral gore to the latest entry in the Alien franchise while also completely nailing the look and style first established in the 1979 Ridley Scott classic.
Review: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
When it debuted in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road was a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart, and anticipation has been high for the follow-up prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. While George Miller’s visual style and action sensibilities are as sharp as ever, Furiosa feels more bloated and less finely tuned than its predecessor and was a pretty big disappointment.
Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Almost 10 years since the last entry in the franchise, War for the Planet of the Apes, the apes are back in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a solid continuation that doesn’t quite hit the heights of the previous trilogy
Review: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Guy Ritchie has been seemingly working nonstop recently, releasing two movies last year, the recent The Gentlemen series on Netflix, and, most recently, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a fun action romp that feels like a combination of Inglourious Basterds and Ocean’s 11.
Review: Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
The second part of Zack Snyder’s Netflix space opera Rebel Moon, The Scargiver, feels less like a whole movie than the third act of a film drawn out to 2 hours and the threat of more Rebel Moon on the way.
Review: Monkey Man
Dev Patel stars and makes his directorial debut in Monkey Man and while there’s some cool, bloody action, some pacing and stylistic decisions keep it from reaching the level of something like the John Wick movies.
Review: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Last year we got the emotional heft and massive action of the Oscar winning Godzilla Minus One but on the other end of the spectrum is the recently released Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which delivers ridiculous and dumb but fun monster action as the latest chapter in the Monsterverse.
Review: Road House (2024)
Jake Gyllenhaal steps into the shoes of Patrick Swayze to try and clean up a rowdy bar in the Florida Keys in the “reimagining” of the 80s classic Road House, which recently hit Prime Video.