A sequel that likes to upgrade itself, but feels more like a downgrade. Last week, I received a comment on my 1-star review of “The Electric State.” I don’t know if it […]
M3GAN 2.0
Ironheart
She’s not really living up to Tony Stark’s standards. The new MCU Disney+ series “Ironheart” explores the young whizkid Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who was introduced in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” This […]
Elio
Pixar’s latest has plenty of fun for kids and parents. I think young Elio is part of the right world to want to be abducted by aliens. I’m sure many of us […]
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
I can’t really double my time with this remake. Before my viewing of the live action remake of Dreamworks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” a fellow critic asked me what I […]
Predator: Killer of Killers
Even in animation, these Predators are still awesome. I’ve mentioned that my favorite adult animated film of all time is “Heavy Metal,” which combined Sci-Fi and fantasy with rock music. Even in […]
Lilo & Stitch (2025)
This remake is little and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good. I basically had the same reaction towards the live action remake of “Lilo & Stitch,” as I had with “The […]
Thunderbolts
These MCU anti-heroes kick some serious ass. There’s a scene later in “Thunderbolts” when Valentina De Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) tells Yelena (Florence Pugh) she looks like “Sh*t.” If I were her, I […]
The Shrouds
A sharp way for Cronenberg to examine the dead. David Cronenberg is a brilliant, bizarre, and absorbing filmmaker, who is able to take certain audiences in his own visionary world. And by […]
Andor: Season 2
The force is strong with this next season. Three years ago, we got the Disney+ series “Andor,” which was created by Tony Gilroy, and allowed Diego Luna to reprise his “Rogue One” […]
The Assessment
Alicia Vikander has to act like a child in this strange, but affective futuristic drama. Let’s begin with the look of “The Assessment” before we get to the premise. We open with […]
