OPERATION: MINCEMEAT dir. John Madden, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfayden, and Kelly Macdonald In 1943, British intelligence officers Ewan Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley devise and enact possibly the greatest deception in human history: Operation Mincemeat, a giant ruse designed to fool the German army into thinking the...
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS dir. Sam Raimi, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Xochitl Gomez, Benedict Wong, et al Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the sequel to 2016's Doctor Strange, continues to delve into the mystical side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as...
MONSTROUS dir. Chris Sivertson, starring Christina Ricci and Santino Barnard In the 1950s American west, Laura and her seven year old son, Cody, drive to a remote home in California to flee from her abusive ex husband. The family is threatened by the possibility of his return...
THE INNOCENTS dir. Eskil Vogt, starring Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, and Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim The Innocents follows four children who become friends during the summer holidays. Out of sight of the adults, they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound...
Episode I: The Phantom Menace review by Darryl Mansel Episode II: Attack of the Clones review by Darryl Mansel Episode III: Revenge of the Sith review by Darryl Mansel Solo: A Star Wars Story review by Jim Washburn Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review by Jim Washburn Episode IV:...
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker [UPDATED REVIEW – 20 April 2022] This movie sucks. It has almost no redeeming qualities. It represents the nadir of the entire Skywalker Saga and Star Wars franchise. For all I know, it caused the COVID-19 pandemic, because no...
STAR WARS EPISODE VIII: THE LAST JEDI dir. George Lucas, starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher [UPDATED REVIEW – 20 April 2022] This movie is still the hardest for me to properly evaluate of the sequel trilogy. I feel strongly...
STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS dir. JJ Abrams, starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, and Carrie Fisher Late last year, I watched The Matrix Resurrections. It was so bad it retroactively made me re-evaluate every bit of Matrix media, and...
RETURN OF THE JEDI dir. Richard Marquand, starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, et al. I was born in 1979, and Return of the Jedi is the first Star Wars movie I remember seeing to any degree. I didn’t just see this movie in...
STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK dir. George Lucas, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Billy Dee Williams Filmmaking has changed a lot in the last 40 years. So too has the way we consume films, and the way we discuss them. It’s remarkable...
