Movie Reviews

Too many movie studios attempt to set up a potential series before a first film has any chance of making enough money or goodwill from fans to warrant...

There are only 10 days until the 96th Academy Awards, and there are plenty of nominated movies that either didn’t play at a local theater or only play...

The Oscars have done a, to put it mildly, subpar job at recognizing diverse and varied stories and voices during its 95 years of awarding the best in ...

About 40 minutes into the movie musical adaptation of “Mean Girls,” the new girl Cady (pronounced like Katie) is upset because Regina George, the quee...

One of my favorite specific subgenres of movies is those near-future science-fiction stories that are meant to be fairly realistic and based on some s...

People, like onions and ogres, have layers. You’re a different person with your family than at work or at the store. Not everyone knows exactly what y...

There’s nothing quite as exciting – or anxiety-inducing – as a surprise sequel to a movie that came out decades before, especially if the original fil...

Adaptations are almost always impossible to pull off. Plenty of TV shows, movies and stage productions are based on books, comics and earlier written ...

It’s no secret that comic book movies reached an apex several years ago and, with a few rare exceptions, have been more and more disappointing since t...

The worlds of author Roald Dahl have been entertaining and terrifying children for generations. With a seemingly endless imagination and dry, dark Bri...

When discussing the long-running movie franchises that have had a huge impact on cinema — your “James Bond,” your “Star Wars,” your comic book adaptat...

The BBC sci-fi adventure TV show “Doctor Who” has been engaging and frightening viewers for 60 years, and to celebrate that diamond anniversary, a ser...

I love movies for a lot of reasons, but getting to spend a couple of hours transported to a world or a lifestyle outside my own is a big one. Visiting...

Of all the movie series with the long line of sequels, prequels, re-boots and re-imaginings in recent years, the one I last expected to see a prequel ...

We’re now 33 movies deep into this thing. That’s right, “The Marvels” is the 33rd big-screen installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not to ment...

The holidays are just around the corner, and along with plenty of family gatherings and community events to celebrate the season, the late fall and ea...

Introducing kids to horror movies can be such a slippery slope. Of course you shouldn’t show “The Exorcist” to a 10-year-old, but it’s usually around ...

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” is something people have been saying for decades, and yeah, of course movies aren’t made the same way in 2023...