Nope
Nope is writer/director Jordan Peele's third thriller. His first two outings were the exceptional and brilliant Get Out and Us. Both of them proved...
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing is the adaptation of the 2018 best-selling novel by Delia Owens and fans will appreciate this version regardless of whatever...
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor: Love and Thunder marks the fourth standalone effort, but I think the filmmakers missed an opportunity to call it Thor 4. Nevertheless, this...
The Black Phone
The Black Phone could've easily been a disposable horror thriller, but it's elevated largely due to a committed cast and a story that features...
The Rise of Gru
For me, the Despicable Me series has had a hit-or-miss track record. The first two movies were clever and fun. The third movie, as...
Elvis
If there was a Mount Rushmore of singular music artists, Elvis Presley would be among them.
In the time between his debut in the 1950s...
Lightyear
More often than not, Pixar's track record has been to 'infinity and beyond.' They know how to craft ingenious animated films that are dazzling,...
Jurassic World: Dominion
Jurassic World: Dominion is advertised as the finale of this long-running franchise and one can only hope it is. This new trilogy was already showing...
Top Gun: Maverick
In 1986, Tom Cruise starred in the role that helped catapult his career into the stratosphere with the original Top Gun. Now 36 years...
Downton Abbey: A New Era
The original Downton Abbey blew me away despite my never seeing a single episode of the television show, so you can imagine I walked...
Firestarter
Firestarter is a remake of the 1984 horror thriller based on Stephen King's novel. This version would be right at home in fire because...
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness takes this character and its plot to stranger (no pun intended) and more mind-blowing directions than its...