THE LITTLE MERMAID There always seems to be a little something missing from these Disney live-action remakes. There’s a piece of magic that just doesn’t fully materialize when putting them together. The newest attempt at reimagining a Disney Animation Renaissance classic, The Little Mermaid, does all...
White Men Can't Jump When director Calmatic remade House Party, I wasn’t too mad at it. It stuck to a lane, knew not to take itself too seriously, and focused on what most people do at houses that are hosting parties. If you aren’t one...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 From the very first scene after Marvel’s opening flipbook, I knew that director James Gunn was going for straight gut-punches with Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Between that opening shot of a young Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) and a...
CHEVALIER Y’all remember the final rap battle in 8-Mile between Eminem’s B. Rabbit and Anthony Mackie’s Poppa Doc? Rabbit went relentlessly hard, honestly owning up to his own flaws before his opponent could do it, so he could then turn the disses around and rip Doc...
AIR There’s nothing that brings crowds to their feet with more enthusiasm and fervor than sports and music. Rooting for your favorite team, hearing your favorite song, or listening to your favorite motivational halftime speech can make you feel as if you could run through a...
THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE There has been a nice little run recently of video game adaptations having more critical success than any other time in movie history. Much of that can be attributed to the creators understanding the strengths of their source material. The Sonic...
John Wick: Chapter 4Two minutes into John Wick: Chapter 4, Laurence Fishburne (The Bowery King) proclaims with all the pomp and grandeur only Laurence Fishburne can muster that “you are now in the presence of the motherfucking KING”. Four entries deep, director Chad Stahelski and...
CODE OF THE ASSASSINS dir. Daniel Lee, starring William Feng, Jun Hu, Gina Jin After completing his training, an elite young assassin embarks on his first mission and is quickly ensnared in an intricate plot laid by powerful people pulling strings from the shadows. Upon failing to...
INSIDE dir. Vasilis Katsoupis, starring Willem DaFoe A high-end art thief becomes trapped inside a luxury, high-tech penthouse in New York's Times Square after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention...
SHAZAM: FURY OF THE GODS dir. David F. Sandberg, starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Helen Mirren, et al BLUF: The second Shazam is a better-than-expected family superhero movie if you can strip away the IRL meta circumstances around it. There are two radically...
