The best of the three MCU Spider-Mans (just to clarify) has nostalgia, laughs, and emotions. When we last saw Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, the Jake Gyllenhaal villain Mysterio not only framed Spider-Man […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Sing 2
Cute animated sequel hits almost all the right U2 notes. You know when the Big Bad Wolf threatens to throw the dreamer koala Buster Moon off a building, he’s clearly the bad […]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
It captures the nostalgia of the original, if not any big laughs. The original “Ghostbusters” was a comedy hit from director Ivan Reitman, and it’s heroes were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, the […]
Home Sweet Home Alone
The reboot nobody asked for is just as bad as you’d expect. Here’s the setup of “Home Sweet Home Alone.” A fat English kid living in America begs to use the bathroom […]
The Souvenir: Part II
This worthy sequel continues the young filmmaker’s story of ambition, loss, and life. In the tradition of sequels to independent features like “Before Sunrise” and “Clerks,” “The Souvenir” joins the club with […]
Halloween Kills
This sequel goes for the kill, but misses the target. How is Michael Myers able to survive the fire at the end of the previous “Halloween” entry? Three things: 1: We didn’t […]
No Time to Die
It’s worth the wait to see Daniel Craig playing James Bond one last time. It’s about bloody damn time, if you ask me. “No Time to Die,” which is the last 007 […]
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
It’s better than the first, which isn’t saying much. I’ve said “Venom” was “a mean-spirited and noisy debacle with unlikable characters, bad special effects, pointless violence, and no plot. It ranks with […]
Candyman (2021)
This spiritual sequel is both scary and poetic. I met Tony Todd at a virtual photo op, courtesy of Wizard World, and there’s a reason why I was holding a honey jar. […]
Don’t Breathe 2
This sequel is too blind to see the misfires. The following is a spoiler alert, so I suggest you cover the next paragraph if you haven’t seen the original “Don’t Breathe,” but […]
