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STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The kinetic life of the Back to the Future star
"...sitcoms (Family Ties and Spin City) while headlining the blockbuster Back to the Future trilogy. And for a decade..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Bullet Bills and mushroom gags can't save this awful video game flick
"...trademark in its title, ffs) to prove a four-quadrant blockbuster could also be funny and startlingly weird and sincerely..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paint
Delightful throwback comedy with Owen Wilson as a Bob Ross-esque figure
"...every other film at the multiplex is a three-hour blockbuster sequel and Owen Wilson is undergoing a cultural reevaluation,..."

April 7, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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Adam Driver takes on dinosaurs as a space traveler in the wrong era
"...any of the plot devices woven into this high-concept blockbuster. Besides, the film only spends 10 minutes on the..."

March 17, 2023 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

The Devil Conspiracy
Nineties Catholic creature feature crap flies again!
"...scene to scene if it should be a Hollywood blockbuster joke machine or unflinching attempt at religious horror. But..."

Jan. 13, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Marvel's Afrofuturist paradise goes to war with the world
"...film achieves is important: The mere existence of a blockbuster built around Black women and a fantastical Mesoamerican culture..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Three Thousand Years of Longing
Swinton and Elba lack magic in this unfunny fantastical rom-com
"...of Longing, George Miller’s highly anticipated follow-up to the blockbuster hit Mad Max: Fury Road sounds like it should..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Elvis
If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place
"...Butler, star of the latest Elvis, Baz Luhrmann’s summer blockbuster turn at the tale...."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Jurassic World Dominion
Nothing new in the DNA of this dinosaur trilogy capper
"...as well describe the current state of the Hollywood blockbuster. Jurassic World Dominion, the third and final film in..."

June 10, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Acharya
Hyperviolent Telugu drama wastes its once-in-a-lifetime casting
"...Telugu blockbuster director Koratala Siva returns with Acharya, his latest big-name..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

K.G.F: Chapter 2
Sequel to the 2018 Kannada-language action drama
"...Chapter 2, the sequel to the director’s 2018 Kannada-language blockbuster crime epic. In K.G.F: Chapter 1, we were introduced..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Beast
Tamil action-comedy slips on too many banana peels
"...sees the release of the first big theatrical Tamil-language blockbuster of 2022 in Nelson Dilipkumar’s Beast, a genre-bending –..."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

I Want You Back
Charlie Day and Jenny Slate add charm to a stalker rom com
"...but understated comedy performers of the era of the blockbuster Hollywood rom com. Slate and Day have an awkward,..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

National Champions
Ric Roman Waugh places the NCAA on trial in this chilling sports drama

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Eternals
Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome
"...drama Short Term 12 have all ended up with blockbusters. And Eternals, directed by Nomadland filmmaker Chloé Zhao, is..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Freeland
Moving stoner drama finds the downside of going legit
"...film’s message is akin to corporate ’Merica building a Blockbuster video store right next door to a beloved indie..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Respect
Bloated Aretha Franklin biopic lacks her glitz and power
"...modern-day biopic. This is, after all, shot by the blockbuster cinematographer of Thor: The Dark World and Terminator Genisys,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Go ninja, go ninja, GO! Wait, wrong toy line …
"...the cinematography of Snake Eyes represented the worst of blockbuster action filmmaking. Director Robert Schwentke is certainly an easy..."

July 30, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Black Widow
What happened in Budapest no longer stays in Budapest as Marvel learns spycraft
"...Soldier but a Cold War conspiracy movie through a blockbuster lens, and what fires up the engines of Peter..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Warrens are back at it again ...
"...It’s disappointing to stop rooting for a blockbuster behemoth horror series, but The Conjuring movies’ quality and..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Dad, I'm Sorry
Vietnamese family goes through ups and downs in Saigon
"...Not reviewed at press time. Vietnam's biggest homegrown blockbuster, comedy-drama Bố Già follows a well-meaning but bumbling taxi..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review

A Quiet Place Part II
Creature feature is like great DLC rather than a sequel
"...fates for a filmmaker than a B-movie executed with blockbuster panache, especially when audiences are ready to forgive any..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
Japanese anime blockbuster screams into the nightmare void
"...from the hugely successful Demon Slayer anime, an unexpected blockbuster franchise that has become one of the biggest-selling manga..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Seventh Day
Training Day meets The Exorcist
"...screen. Keanu Reeves' Constantine was a big, weird supernatural blockbuster that is nothing to do with the comics. The..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Woman 1984
Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s
"...Anyone who tells you that blockbusters can’t be important should take five seconds to remember..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Greenland
Gerard Butler brings back the classic disaster movie

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Habitual
Overstuffed indie horror is like watching an OSHA violation
"...but swapping the horrific elegance of plague doctors for Blockbuster Exclusive-caliber gore prevents Hickey from delivering on the film’s..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Herb Alpert Is …
Too many filler tracks in this history of the Tijuana Brass guy
"...least 30 minutes too long. Like many an Eighties blockbuster album, Herb Alpert Is ... all A-side and no..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
The trailblazers fighting sexism and gravity in the film industry
"...The true heroes behind every big action blockbuster are not the stars or the directors of said..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

You Don't Nomi
Should you re-assess Showgirls? No, but that's not what's happening here?
"...realized that Eszterhas wrote sleaze. Verhoeven, coming off the blockbuster trifecta of RoboCop, Total Recall, and Basic Instinct, started..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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